The city of McLoud has a new city manager.
During their most recent meeting, City CouncilmembersnamedCodyRoeasCity Manager and entered into a year-to-year contract with him.
Later, meeting as the Public Works Authority, they also entered into a five-year contractwithhimasMcLoudPublicWorks Director, a position he previously held.
Roe acknowledged the Council voted unanimously, 5-0, in naming him as the new city manager.
He said he’s been an employee of the City of McLoud since June of 2010.
The Council also appointed Becky Carpenter to fill theWard 2 Council position for the remainder of the unexpired term. Roe noted that position will be up for election in April of 2023.
Carpenter fills the vacancy created by former Ward 2 Councilman and Mayor Stan Jackson’s resignation in September.
The Council voted 3-1 to adopt an ordinance regarding Ward boundaries. Councilmen Daniel McClure, Jr., Larry Dillon and Steven Tomaszewski voted in favor and Mayor Ralph Snider opposed it. The emergency clause passed 4-0.
The ordinance was taken up just before Carpenter was appointed to the Council.
The Council also voted for Dillon as the new vice mayor. Carpenter made the motion and McClure seconded it for Dillon to become vice mayor.
He actually takes the role that Snider held prior to his being elected mayor after Jackson’s resignation two months ago.
Council members took no action on paving the parking lot on the west side of the Police Department.
Roe said the Council received only one proposal on engineering services for the OWRA-ARPA grant project and that was from Parkhill Engineering and that firm was chosen.
The Council approved the application for the OWRB-ARPAgrant by resolution.
In other business, the Council approved the 2023 meeting schedule and also the 2023 holiday schedule.
Meeting as the Public Works Authority, they approved two change orders on the new shop barn. They voted 4-1 on the first change order, with Dillon the dissenting vote. Roe said it was for $1,184 over the original bid.
Roe explained the Authority voted unanimously for the second change order which was for a total of $4,212, of which $3,294 was an increase in the cost of the overhead doors and $918 for an additional walk through door as required by code.
He said a $5,000 budget amendment was approved to pay for the second change order.