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Council accepts community service help and discusses firefighters’ pay raise, donation
Summary
Houghton County offered community service workers and the council approved accepting up to 40 hours per week of assistance. Trustees discussed raising firefighters’ pay by $10 per month and donating $400 for tournaments; the transcript does not record a roll‑call vote for the firefighter pay/donation motion.
Houghton County contacted the Village of South Range offering community service workers. Trustee Harkonen moved and Trustee Balma seconded a motion to accept up to 40 hours per week of community service assistance; the motion passed on roll call with recorded ayes.
Trustee Marier then moved, with Trustee Harkonen seconding, to raise the annual firefighters’ pay by $10 per month and to donate $400 for annual tournaments. The minutes record the motion and second but do not include a recorded roll‑call vote for that specific motion in the transcript provided.
