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Council confirms Paul Chester as finance director and increases treasurer salary
Summary
After an executive session on personnel and litigation, the Mayor announced the appointment of Paul Chester as Director of Finance/Treasurer effective on or before June 15, 2026; Council confirmed the appointment and adopted an ordinance raising the treasurer's salary from $5,000 to $10,000 annually.
Council entered an executive session to discuss personnel and litigation matters and returned to general session without decisions announced from the closed meeting. The Mayor then announced that letters had been issued recommending the appointment of Paul Chester as the new Director of Finance/Treasurer for the City of Sylvania, with a start date on or before June 15, 2026, and asked the council to confirm the appointment; the motion to confirm carried by voice vote.
Following confirmation, Council considered and adopted an ordinance amending the codified ordinances to increase the treasurer's salary from $5,000 annually to $10,000 annually. Councilmember Westfall introduced the salary ordinance and moved final passage as an emergency measure; it passed by voice vote.
