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Windsor Heights › Sep 21, 2026 meeting › Vote 7

Consideration of Adopting Ad-Hoc Benefits Committee Recommendations, Updated Employee Handbook…

Windsor Heights City Council · Sep 21, 2026 · City government

Recorded in the minutes as “D. Consideration of Adopting Ad-Hoc Benefits Committee Recommendations, Updated Employee Handbook and Cell Phone Policy City Administrator Plagge presented recommendations from…”. Passed 4–1; names not recorded. Amount in the record: $62,000.

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Recorded in the minutes as: “D. Consideration of Adopting Ad-Hoc Benefits Committee Recommendations, Updated Employee Handbook and Cell Phone Policy City Administrator Plagge presented recommendations from the Ad Hoc Benefits Committee following its comprehensive review of employee benefits. Motion: Motion by Joseph Jones to APPROVE. Seconded by Susan Skeries.Roll call vote: Aye - Susan Skeries, Joseph Jones, Lauren Campbell, Fletcher Barry, Nay - Threase Harms”. The minutes add: “Proposed changes included modifications to deferred compensation and healthcare opt-out payments, elimination of executive leave, reduced PTO payout frequency and cell phone allowances, adjustments to summer hours and tuition reimbursement, and continued suspension of merit pay. No changes were recommended to holidays or parental and adoption leave. The recommendations were estimated to save approximately $61,000 to $62,000 …”

Motion as recorded: “Motion by Joseph Jones to APPROVE. Seconded by Susan Skeries.Roll call vote: Aye - Susan Skeries, Joseph Jones, Lauren Campbell, Fletcher Barry, Nay - Threase Harms”.

The minutes give only the count (4–1), so individual votes are Not in the record. Vote line as printed: “Motion Passed 4-1.”.

Source Full minutes for the whole Sep 21, 2026 meeting, p. 3 (saved copy) · Agenda packet · All votes at this meeting

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