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Council approves 2026 employment agreements, converts several roles to hourly

Hellertown Borough Council · January 6, 2026
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Summary

Hellertown approved multiple 2026 employment agreements, including Chief Battinger's contract and revised agreements converting several staff from salaried to hourly pay.

Council approved a package of 2026 personnel contracts at the reorganization meeting. The approvals included an employment agreement for Chief Jim Battinger and revised agreements moving Theresa Fadem, Tanya Stamets and Christy/Christie Curry from salaried positions to hourly pay; each motion was moved, seconded and passed by voice vote.

During discussion members asked procedural questions about the revisions and a council member noted the revision for Fadem "was moving her from a salary position to an hourly position based on..." (transcript). The council recorded the motions and confirmed approval on the record without recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript excerpt.