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Taylorville City Council Passes Motions To Hire New City Employees

The Taylorville City Council met in regular session on Monday night at the Taylorville Municipal building. It was a rather short meeting with not much to note. Most of the ordinances revolved around monetary issues and allowing various city employees to purchase equipment that their departments needed. One item of note that came out of the meeting was from City Attorney Rocci Romano’s Updates where he commented on the revised drafts of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreements between the City of Taylorville, and Owaneco, Kincaid, and Langleyville. City Attorney Romano informed the Council of some of the changes that had been made to the drafts.

 

 

The motions to approve the drafts of those Intergovernmental agreements all passed with a 7-0 vote. Nearly all of the motions on the Taylorville City Council’s agenda passed with a 7-0 vote. Two exceptions however were two motions regarding personnel. The first was a motion to bid and or advertise a heavy equipment operator position in the street department. The second was a motion to hire one replacement Police Officer if the need arises. Alderman Heberling, one of the Alderman who opposed the motion, suggested that for any future personnel issues such as this one, that the city entertain the idea of a temporary hiring freeze.

 

 

Alderman Vota expanded on Alderman Heberling’s comments, saying how there are many more expenses to hiring a new employee than just that employee’s salary. He explained why for this motion, and potentially future motions like it, he says no.

 

 

Alderman Walters did clarify that the motions were not to hire a brand new employee. They were simply to replace people who are or may be leaving their current positions. Ultimately both motions passed by a vote of 5-2.

 

After passing motions to come out of the various other committees including the payment of bills, the meeting of the Taylorville City Council adjourned at approximately 7:37 PM.

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