HILLS

The Hills City Council met on Wednesday, May 29, for their regular meeting, delayed from the typical Monday to observe Memorial Day. This meeting was highlighted by the council updating their employee handbook to retroactively add vacation time for part timers, backdating the change to January 1.

The council also added additional bereavement leave and changed vacation time, allowing it to carryover into a new year instead of expiring at the conclusion of the year.

These changes ensure part-time employees can now take vacation, and city employees who have accumulated vacation time can keep it once the year ends.

The council plans to discuss the entirety of the handbook in a workshop session at the end of the year, combing through it to make any other changes deemed necessary by the council before the new year. 

In addition to changing parts of the handbook, the council also approved a bid from Edwards Painting to paint the Community Center. The council hopes the work will be done before the Fourth of July. If Edwards Painting does not believe they can do it before the Fourth of July, the council is opening to letting them start working after the holiday.

Music in the park

Hills City Park is prepared for another summer full of music and fun.

Music in the park is a reoccurring weekly summer event in Hills where artists put on a show at Hills City Park. The event happens every Thursday, starting this week, June 6, with the PFat Back Boys, starting at 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 13 will feature Dave Zollo and the Body Electric; Thursday, June 20, features The Schmidt Brothers; Thursday, June 27, features Deja Blue Band and the final event, held on Wednesday, July 3, will feature The Dogfathers.  All events begin at 7 p.m.

In the event of rain, the fun will continue at the Community Center.

Next council meeting: The Hills City Council will meet again on Monday, June 10, at 7 p.m. in the Community Center.