Special Called Meeting of the Helena West Helena City Council to Consider Amended Base Pay Ordinance

Helenaity Council (Helena ndity of Helenaontext: Helena nd Helena reas) · July 4, 2025

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The meeting begins with a prayer and a roll call of council members present.

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At a special-called meeting, the Helena–West Helena City Council addressed a clerical oversight in the cityase-pay ordinance that left the formal salary for the police chief listed at $55,000 while the city had paid successive chiefs $70,000 for nearly a decade. Council adopted Ordinance No. 4 (2025) to set the police chiefase pay at $70,000; the adoption passed with three votes in favor, two abstentions and one member absent. Discussion focused on the payroll history, a $900,000 grant intended for hiring officers that has not yet been drawn down, and the city's reported roughly $4 million deficit.

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