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Markesan council approves up to 40 hours of overtime for city clerk after failed amendment
Summary
Council approved an overtime request for the City Clerk not to exceed 40 hours in January after an amendment to limit it to 15 hours failed on a 2-4 vote; the main motion passed 4-2.
Council considered an overtime request for the City Clerk. Ald. Thiem moved, and Ald. Triemstra seconded, a motion to approve up to 40 hours of overtime for the City Clerk in January. Ald. Prill and Ald. Abendroth proposed an amendment to reduce the limit to 15 hours; the amendment failed on a 2-4 roll call vote (Kazda, Lager, Thiem, Triemstra — Nay). The main motion then passed 4-2, with Prill and Abendroth recorded as the two Nays.
The minutes record the sequence: "Motion Thiem/Triemstra to approve the overtime request for the City Clerk not to exceed 40 hours in January. Motion Prill/Abendroth to amend motion to 15 hours. Motion to amend failed 2-4 on roll call vote. Kazda, Lager, Thiem, Triemstra — Nay. Main Motion carried 4 -2 on roll call vote. Prill, Abendroth — Nay." The council did not specify further conditions or reporting requirements tied to the overtime approval.
