Priceville Town Council
From The Hartselle Enquirer
by Clif Knight
Priceville’s mayor and town council members will receive salary increases totaling $12,500 during the next four-year term, beginning Nov. 5, 2012.
The increase was approved by ordinance at a town council meeting Jan. 12.
The new salary schedule will see the mayor’s pay ($11,000) jump $500 per year to a maximum of $13,500 in 2016.
Each council member will also receive $500 more per year, reaching a maximum of $11,500 in 2016.
Under state law elected municipal officials are prohibited from increasing their own salaries; however, they are allowed to increase the pay of officials serving in the next term.
The mayor and council will be subject to reelection next August.
The council acted on other matters as follows:
- Approved the payment of bills totaling $190,786.64 for the month of December 2011.
- Approved moving the Thur., Feb. 23, 2012, council meeting to Priceville Elementary School. There will be no work session.
- Approved $2,100 for registrations, lodging and other travel expenses for the mayor, town council and town clerk to attend the 2012 Winter Convention of the Alabama Municipal Association in Birmingham May 18-22, 2012.
- Approved $300 for the FY 2012 North Alabama Mayor’s Association dues.
- Approved lodging and travel expense for Paula Hensley, librarian, to attend the APLS Administration meeting in Montgomery Jan.18-19.
- Approved $1,224.76 for scheduled generator maintenance at the municipal building from Advanced Generator Technologies LLC.
- Approved allocation of $1,762.04 to Priceville Junior High School for the purchase of Career Choices software.
- Approved $65 for the purchase of a 1/4 page advertisement for the town of Priceville at the Morgan County Sheriff’s Rodeo.
- Approved $100 for membership dues for Magistrate/Court Clerk Kelly Dean in the Alabama Municipal Court Clerks and Magistrates Association.
- Approved $200 for the purchase of 1,000 hanging bags for the police department to leave with residents that need to put their 911 addresses on their mailboxes.
- Approved $50 registration fee and other travel expenses for Michael Bell, wastewater operator, to attend the Pumper & Grinder Expo in Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 26 – March 2.
- Approved $1,400 for the scheduled maintenance of three generators for the pump stations and a portable generator from Advanced Generator Technologies LLC.
- Approved $275 registration, $179 lodging and other travel expenses for Michael Bell, wastewater operator, to attend the 34th annual Technical training Conference in Montgomery March 12-14, 2012.