The Auburn City Council recognized several dedicated City of Auburn employees, as well as recent budget changes at the Tuesday night meeting.
Employee of the month, Ryan Molt of Auburn Parks and Recreation, as well as service pins and plaques were awarded by Major Bill Ham after the meeting's commencement.
Molt has been employed with Auburn Parks and Recreation since 2004 and served as a recreation leader and supervisor. Today, he is the leading sports soccer coordinator, participating heavily with the Thunder soccer teams, according to Ham.
Ham also discussed matters involving budget cuts during the citizen's communication portion of the meeting.
"In February of this year, the Board of Education approved a budget amendment of $1.2 million worth of cuts in our budget, and we made a commitment to sustain an annual cut of $750,000 over some period of time," Auburn City Schools Superintendent Dr. Karen DeLano said. "These efforts and the re-allocation of city funding discussed by the council have allowed us to move forward to phase one in this plan."
It is understood that the re-allocation of city funds means a delay in city projects and services based on the funding cut, according to DeLano.
"We will continue to work together to take this to council- this community has expressed that funding for the city schools is the number one priority of the council," Ham said. "I am very proud of the council in our budget hearing."
In other news:
The Council approved the establishment of two stop signs and one 25 mph sign at The Dakota subdivision, as well as the Wire Road Commercial Park, according to City Manager Charles Duggan.
The Council approved one stop sign at the Tivoli subdivision.
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