Cloverdale Town Council passes salary, peddling ordinances

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale Town Council approved Ordinance 2017-15, which sets forth town officials, their salaries and employment policies, during a recent special meeting.

The officials and salaries are as follows:

-- Council members (President Coweta Patton, Vice President Larry Fidler, Don Sublett, Gary Bennington and Cindy Hoffman): $5,000/year/member (from the general fund, water and wastewater service income), totaling $25,000/year

-- Clerk-Treasurer (Cheryl Galloway): $42,000/year (general fund, water and wastewater service income)

-- Deputy Clerk-Treasurer/Utility Clerk (Trina Baker): $28,704-$36,000/year (based on 40-hour work week; general fund, water and wastewater service income)

-- Building Inspector (Wayne Galloway): $13,256 (general fund)

-- Town Manager (Wayne Galloway): $47,476 (motor vehicle highway tax fund, water and wastewater service income)

-- Attorney (Daniel Hoffman): $20,000 (general fund)

-- Equipment Operator: $31,200-$35,360 (MVH tax fund, water and wastewater service income)

Utilities positions are:

-- Utility Manager/Wastewater Treatment Manager: $47,476 (MVH tax fund and water service income)

-- Utility Foreman: $35,360-$41,600 (MVH tax fund, water and wastewater service income)

-- Wastewater Treatment Manager: $41,536.80-$46,200 (MVH tax fund, wastewater and sewage service income)

-- Distribution/Intake Street Foreman: $23,100-$30,000 (MVH tax fund, water, wastewater and sewage service income)

-- Collection Foreman: $27,000-$30,000 (wastewater and sewage service income)

-- Part-time Utilities Clerk (Kelly Maners): $9-$12/hour (29 hours/week; water and wastewater service income)

-- Utility Laborer Class 1: $23,100-$31,200 (MVH tax fund, wastewater and sewage service income)

-- Utility Laborer: $23,100-$28,308 (MVH tax fund, water and wastewater service income)

-- Part-time/seasonal Utility Laborer/Contractor: $10-$13/hour (29 hour/week; MVH tax fund, water and wastewater service income)

Cloverdale Police Department positions are:

-- Town Marshal (Steve Hibler): $47,476-$59,936/year (general fund)

-- Sergeant (vacant): $36,670-$40,744.28/year (general fund)

-- Billy Wallace is a reserve sergeant. As a reserve, he donates his time to the CPD.

-- Patrolmen (Levi App), Crime Investigators/Code Enforcers (Rick Lambert): $31,500-$34,000/year (general fund)

Currently vacant positions are:

-- Deputy Clerk- Treasurer: $25,000-$28,700/year (general fund, water and wastewater service income)

-- Utilities Clerk/Typist: $25,000-$28,700 (water and wastewater service income)

The council also approved Ordinance 2017-13, which sets licensing requirements for peddling, canvassing and soliciting.

All fees collected will go to the general fund, and are as follows: $5/day; $20/week; $30/month; $60/month and $120/year. Violators will be fined $25-$300 for each violation. Licenses must be applied for with the clerk-treasurer at least three days prior.

The ordinance does not apply to sales by: solicitors, commercial travelers, selling agents in the usual course of business; sheriffs, administrators, guardians or other properly elected officers; farm and dairy producers; newspapers on a regular and established route; unpaid agents or nonprofit, community organizations for fundraising; door-to-door distributing of religious, political, social or ideological beliefs; and any veteran holding an honorable discharge.

Don Sublett and Gary Bennington were absent.

Visit the Cloverdale Town Hall at 154 Main St. in Cloverdale or cloverdalein.com to view the ordinances.

The Cloverdale Town Council’s next regular meeting is Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Cloverdale Town Hall.

CORRECTION: This article has been corrected to say that Reserve Sergeant Billy Wallace is a reserve officer, and as such donates his time to the CPD. A previous article had not listed him as reserve.