Also on the agenda is an update to the city’s employee handbook.
According to Harvey, there is much in the handbook that needs updated, including the pay rates for employees.
“You guys may know the rates, but there’s nothing in the handbook,” he told his fellow council members in April.
“At some point we need to discuss whether we pay a cost-of-living increase … I don’t think we can just make it up as we go,” he said.
Butler made the motion to pursue that issue as well, and Paul Coleman seconded it.
Other items on the agenda include an ordinance establishing a fee for research and/or copying necessary for all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, a discussion on the use of city equipment by non-city employees, the Back Street Festival Prayer Day, and more.
Candidates set for Piedmont election
Liz Beavers
Tribune Managing Editor
PIEDMONT - Voters in the City of Piedmont will be going to the polls Monday, May 10, to return the current mayor and three of five council members to their seats.
Mayor Paula Boggs is running unopposed in the city election, as well as council members Terry LaRue, Rhonda Niland and Greg Harvey.
The other seat coming open this year is currently held by Rick Butler, who chose not to run.
The fifth seat, currently held by finance commissioner Paul Coleman, does not come open this year.
Once the election is over and the unopposed candidates are back in their seats, it will be up to them to appoint someone to fill Butler’s seat.
Piedmont looking at possible garbage program
Liz Beavers
Tribune Managing Editor
PIEDMONT - A Piedmont City Council member would like to see the town revisit the idea of contracting with a garbage hauler for the residents.
Paul Coleman has taken a look at what other towns in the area do with their residents’ garbage, and notes that by contracting with a hauler, the city could turn the problem of accumulating garbage into a source of revenue.
Several years ago Piedmont itself hauled garbage for the town residents, but when the city-owned trash truck broke down, the city officials at the time decided it would be too expensive to replace the equipment.
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