Amendments to the Winamac salary ordinance were considered on first reading when the Winamac Town Council met on Monday night.
Town Attorney Justin Schramm explained to council members that the first proposed change deals specifically with the salary of the parks and recreation department secretary.
He stated, “It changes the parks and recreation secretary from $30 a meeting to $1,000 payable the first pay period of December.”Schramm said the second amendment applies to individuals who are hired to work in the electric department. He said that an added condition specifies that employees who hold a valid journeyman’s card would be hired at a higher rate than the typical first-year starting salary. The amended starting salary for a licensed journeyman would be an hourly rate of $23.55.
This ordinance will be revisited at the next Winamac town council meeting.
