Board approves city loan for grocery store, requires direct deposit for paychecks

The board met in a special session at 9:32 a.m. to consider accepting a city loan for a grocery store and to require that employee paychecks be issued by direct deposit going forward. The chair introduced the items and asked for a motion to approve the loan with the payroll condition.

A board member moved "to accept the loan from the city with the conditions that going forward paychecks have to be done as deposit," and the motion was seconded. The assembly voted by voice and the chair announced, "Motion carries." No roll-call or vote tallies were recorded in the transcript; the approval was taken by verbal assent during the meeting.

The action adopted the loan acceptance and imposed a direct-deposit requirement for future paychecks. The transcript includes a clarification from a participant that there was "no" raise associated with the action. The board did not record further details in the transcript about the loan amount, lender terms, or an implementation timeline.