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SOUTH WHITLEY – At Tuesday night's meeting, the South Whitley Town Council approved changes to the police department including improved holiday pay, gym memberships for officers and on-call hour wage adjustments.
Town Marshal Chad Schipper presented multiple items to the council. Schipper said officers are currently paid eight hours of holiday pay even if they work more than eight hours on a holiday, and the hourly wage for local on-call officers is $20 per hour while out-of-town officers receive $25 per hour for on-call hours.
Council approved an on-call hourly wage of $25 per hour for all officers and holiday hours equal to the hours worked rather than the flat eight hours pay.
Schipper also asked if the department could purchase monthly gym memberships for the six officers. Council approved an allowance of up to $2,500 per year for the memberships.
In other business, council:
• Donated $500 to the BABE mini golf outing and approved closing the clerk's office from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25 for the event so town employees can play on a team. BABE is a nonprofit organization based in Columbia City that provides support to new and pregnant parents, and babies and toddlers ages 0–5.
• Approved a water and sewer adjustment for a resident's water leak totaling $770.88.
Council will next meet at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 12.
