By Annette Newcomb
Editor
Twin Lake village employees who do not have a labor agreement received a 2.1 percent increase Monday night, during the regular board meeting.
Last year none of the employees took a raise. The increase comes on the heels of an agreement with public works late last year. Monday night the board also approved an agreement with the police dispatchers employed by the Twin Lakes Police Department.
Enacting the pay increase for village staff was actually put into motion two years ago when the board agreed the police chief’s salary should be 10 percent higher than the lieutenants and the village administrator’s salary should be 10 percent higher than the chief’s position.
In 2010 the differential in wages went partially into effect, bumping those positions up 5 percent. Last year no wage increase was taken so Monday night the second half of the 10 percent bump was approved.
The village administrator’s salary will increase $728 to $76,606; the police chief’s wage increases $3,328 to $72,945. It was noted the salaries in key positions in the village are equal or less than what is paid in communities of equal size. The pay increases based on the Consumer Price Index increase in this year
In other board news
• the final plat for Dave Laurine’s Lake-shore Estates subdivision was approved.
During the Jan. 4 Com-mittee of the Whole, Village Administrator Dave Cox reminded the board that in May, 2008, the final plat for Lakeshore Estates was ap-proved but never recorded.
Due to state laws requiring plats to be recorded within one year if approved, the plat approval is no longer valid.
Cox said the boundary lines between Twin Lakes School District No. 4 and Randall School, cut through seven of the proposed lots.
In 2008 when the plans were originally presented for approval, it was left to the school districts to iron out the boundry lines, something that never happened.
Cox said the County Land Information office indicated there is no state law preventing the cleaving of the parcels.
That would force the county to treat the two parts of each parcel as separate parcels. That means separate identity numbers would be issues, separate legal descriptions for each would be created and separate tax bills would be sent. Cox said, in his opinion, this was unacceptable and would create confusion in the future.
Monday night the board approved the new property lines, which will be adjusted to follow new parcel lines and could be adjusted to put all the subdivisions lots in one district;
• a one-year agreement with the dispatchers group and amended wage schedule was approved;
• first installment of tax bills are due Jan. 31. Tax payers are encouraged to mail payments, use the village hall drop box or pay online at www.villageoftwinlakes.net;
• annual sewer bills have been mailed. The full annual payment or first quarter pay-ment is due Feb. 6. Custom-ers paying the full amount by the due date receive a $24 discount.