During the Monday, March 9, 2020, Frankfort City Council meeting, City Attorney Les Bergum explained to the members of the City Council that Indiana Code 36-4-7-3 allows only the Mayor to increase or decrease a salary of specific positions, parks superintendent being one, once the salary budget has been set for the current year.
“As I read the statute, it is pretty clear,” said Bergum. “The Mayor, as executive, has the authority to increase or decrease the parks superintendent’s salary during the current year. So this would be Mayor Sheets’ responsibility.”
For the parks superintendent’s to have increased, previous Mayor Chris McBarnes would have had to issue an executive order. He did not do so.
Current Mayor Judy Sheets could take action via an executive order. “So, like in 60, 90-days if we do an evaluation and decide this is something we would like to do, I as the executive can do that with an executive order.”
With the information presented, Ordinance 20-04 died on its Second Reading.
