Council Funds Contracts, Keeps Hiring Freeze
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The Council approved $90,000 for necessary union contract obligations and voted to honor all existing town contracts while freezing external hiring, except for internal transfers. The Council took no action on the proposed downtown parking permit program after both postponement and adoption motions failed.
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What this means
Union contract obligations will receive $90,000, and existing town contracts must be honored. The town will continue limiting hiring to internal transfers, while the search for a new human resources director continues. The proposed Walnut Street parking garage permit program was not adopted, and the rental-property income and expense penalty-waiver ordinance was postponed.
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- Approved a $90,000 appropriation for necessary funds to fulfill union contract obligations.
- Approved honoring all town contracts and freezing job hiring except for internal transfers.
- Approved continuing the search for a new human resources director.
- Authorized the Town Manager to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement for building official services, with authority to execute the agreement removed from the motion.
- Rejected motions to postpone or adopt the temporary downtown residential and business parking permit program for the Walnut Street parking garage.
- Postponed the ordinance concerning income and expense reporting penalty waivers for rental-income real property.
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