Tekoa council passes ordinance on clerk appointment and approves pay, training terms for candidate Kynda Browning

The Tekoa City Council passed Ordinance No. 910 and later recorded votes to set pay and training terms for its recommended Clerk/Treasurer candidate, Kynda Browning.

On Jan. 13 the council moved and approved Ordinance No. 910 to effect the Clerk/Treasurer appointment. Mayor Roy Schulz then recommended hiring Kynda Browning at $32 per hour with three weeks’ vacation and supplemental clerk training at $35 per hour. The record shows a split vote on the compensation and vacation terms (the transcript records “NO—Thomas and Hale; YES—Ausmus, Reid, Tysz, Jaeger”). Council also voted separately on trainer reimbursement; the transcript records that CM Tysz moved to reimburse a clerk trainer at $32/hour with CM Martin seconding and the roll call recorded some yes and no votes (the transcript lists “YES—Martin, Jaeger, Thomas, and Tysz; NO—Hale and Reid”).

Councilmembers also moved to add Browning to the city bank account and to authorize a credit card account at the same limit as the current clerk/treasurer. The meeting minutes record the mayor’s recommendation, recorded yes/no votes for the pay and training motions, and subsequent administrative steps to implement the appointment. The minutes do not record Browning’s start date or whether she had accepted the offer as of the meeting’s end.