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Council approves personnel moves: custodial posting, police hire and promotion; adopts small retirement resolution
Summary
Council approved posting a part-time custodian position, hired Terry Kiker as a full-time police officer (vote recorded 5–1) and approved promotion of Chris Phillips to corporal; the council also adopted a one-time retirement lump-sum resolution covering less than $8,000 spread among retirees and beneficiaries.
The council approved multiple personnel actions recommended by the personnel board. City attorney (S7) presented the request to post a part-time custodian position responsible for multiple municipal facilities; the council approved the posting without discussion.
The council moved to hire Terry Kiker as a full-time police officer at grade 10, step 3, with a mandatory six-month probation; the motion passed with a recorded 5–1 vote. Chief Stuckey's recommendation to promote Chris Phillips to corporal, with pay increase and six-month probation, was presented as a personnel-board unanimous recommendation and approved by the council.
Earlier in the meeting, the council also adopted a resolution authorizing a one-time lump-sum payment under "Act 608 of the 2026 legislature" for retirees and beneficiaries; the mayor said the total payout for local retirees and beneficiaries would be less than $8,000.
