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Girard council approves $1.88 million appropriations ordinance, clears hires and routine purchases
Summary
On March 23, 2026, the Girard City Council approved Appropriations Ordinance 2026-06 totaling $1,880,012.04 — including a $1.446 million purchase tied to a solar project — and approved multiple personnel actions and routine items via the consent agenda, with one abstention noted.
The Girard City Council on March 23 approved Appropriations Ordinance 2026-06, authorizing $1,880,012.04 in city expenditures, and accepted a consent agenda that included personnel changes and routine administrative items.
The appropriations ordinance lists several purchases over $10,000: Priority Power for a solar project at $1,446,251.54; Ryan Insurance annual premium of $180,569.00; KMEA/EMP3 operating account transfer of $78,387.00; KMEA Mid States concrete and mat for a CAT generator at $48,010.75; PWWSD #11 water purchases of $25,162.90; Murphy Tractor transmission work for a backhoe at $19,770.78. The ordinance total was read into the record and approved as part of the consent agenda.
Council also approved personnel and job-classification items included in the consent agenda: hiring Don Lipasek as a part-time compliance mower at $12.50 per hour (contingent on pre-employment paperwork), approving a part-time clerk job description and pay scale, reclassifying Jean Nichols to part-time clerk at $15.67 per hour, and granting Police Officer I Alex Wilson a $0.50 hourly increase after a positive six-month evaluation. Scottie Thomas was approved as Golf Clubhouse Kitchen Manager at $16.00 per hour effective March 20, 2026; Council Member Darrell Westhoff abstained from that specific item, citing the absence of a golf-committee interview.
Votes at a glance: the consent agenda motion to accept the items passed with a recorded 4–0 tally and one abstention on item G (golf clubhouse manager). Other motions on routine items, including accepting minutes and the judges report, passed by voice vote with no roll-call tally recorded in the minutes.
The council’s approval authorizes the listed purchases and personnel actions; budget transfers and contract-specific approvals remain subject to any additional procurement or contracting requirements noted in departmental procedures.
