Seymour City Council approves $900,943.35 transfer and employee pay corrections

The Seymour City Council approved moving $900,943.35 in 2025 General Fund interest to the Rainy Day Fund and reappropriating unspent restricted Motor Vehicle Highway funds intended as the city’s 2025 Community Crossings Matching Grant match. The Seymour City Council also approved corrections to the 2026 salary ordinance, restoring a Seymour Municipal Utilities Service clothing allowance and raising the annual salary of certified first-class firefighters by $1 to match the police patrolman rate. Separately, the Seymour City Council referred a request to remove parking on West Brown Street near Schneck for emergency-medical access to its Thorofare and Drainage Committee. The record identifies no final parking decision or project deadline.
• The Seymour City Council approved Resolution No. 2 transferring $900,943.35 in interest earned on the 2025 General Fund to the Rainy Day Fund, by a 6-0-1 vote.
• The Seymour City Council approved reappropriation of unspent restricted Motor Vehicle Highway funds that had been allocated for the 2025 Community Crossings Matching Grant match but were not used in 2025, by a 6-0-1 vote.
• The Seymour City Council approved 2026 salary-ordinance corrections restoring the Seymour Municipal Utilities Service clothing allowance and adding $1 to the annual salary of certified first-class firefighters to match the police patrolman rate, by a 6-0-1 vote on second reading.
• The Seymour City Council approved first reading of an ordinance creating a fund for the inflow and outflow of pool bond funds from BKO to pay bills and deposit reimbursements, by a 6-0-1 vote.
• The Seymour City Council referred Schneck’s request to remove parking spaces along West Brown Street—and potentially all street parking from Walnut Street to Pine Street—to the Thorofare and Drainage Committee for review and recommendations to improve EMS access to the hospital property.