By MICHAEL DIVITTORIO,Munhall council adopted its proposed budget with a 1-mill tax increase.
All six councilors present at Wednesday night's meeting voted in favor of the budget. Council Vice President Jill Fleming-Salopek was absent.
Councilman Dan Lloyd cast the only dissenting vote on a second budget-related motion, regarding the first reading of the proposed ordinance setting the millage rate at 10.25 mills.
One mill generates approximately $271,000.
"I don't think we're done trimming the fat yet," Lloyd said.
Some of that trimming could include cutting $100,000 that is set aside for a public works director.
Lloyd said the borough entered into an agreement with the director one or two years ago to pay him $70,000 for reported overtime throughout the years of service. Part of the agreement was that the director would retire, but that has not happened.
Council President Bernie Shields said he remembers the issue, and remembered voting against the agreement, and that there would be a "personnel issue" attended to today.
Several personnel issues, including the three-year police contract council agreed to Wednesday, among other increasing costs, were some of the major factors leading to a potential tax increase.
"We have to do more with less," Shields said. "It will be finalized by (Dec. 30). We can't talk about personnel, but there will be personnel decisions between now and the 30th."
