LOUDONVILLE — Village Council approved increasing village employee hourly wages by $1.50 starting in 2026 at Monday night’s meeting.
Village employees include police officers, EMS, firefighters, water and waste water technicians and operators, maintenance technicians, fiscal officers and the village administrator.
The table below shows the current hourly rates, the new rates and the additional costs per year.
Assuming each position is full-time, the additional cost per year, not factoring in holidays or unpaid time off, is $3,120 per position — making a total increase of $56,160 yearly.
| Position | Current hourly rate | New hourly rate |
| Police Chief (McCauley) | $29.03 | $30.53 |
| Police Captain (Gorrell) | $27.71 | $29.21 |
| Police Captain (Kick) | $26.45 | $27.95 |
| Officer with two or more years of experience | $25.25 | $26.75 |
| Officer with one to two years of experience | $24.25 | $25.75 |
| Police Admin Secretary | $16.40 | $17.90 |
| Auxiliary officers and auxiliary detective | $17.75 | $19.25 |
| Paramedic | $18.37 | $19.87 |
| EMT working 56 hours | $16.62 | $18.12 |
| EMT working 42 hours | $21.72 | $23.22 |
| Part-time EMS wages | $16.87 | $18.37 |
| Lead water operator | $27.51 | $29.01 |
| Treatment plant operator | $23.87 | $25.37 |
| Water laborer | $17.37 | $18.87 |
| Maintenance Department supervisor | $25.84 | $27.34 |
| Equipment mechanic | $20.72 | $22.22 |
| Street worker | $19.72 | $21.22 |
| Assistant fiscal officer | $22.22 | $23.72 |
The village administrator and fiscal officer did not have listed hourly wages, only current salaries with no overtime. The village administrator makes $80,000 annually and the fiscal officer earns $58,889.60.
Council member Cathy Lance said the increased rates would be on par or more than the average midwestern inflation rate of 2.8%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“We would love to award everybody the biggest raises possible because we have some of the best departments here … the reality is we only have so much money coming into the village that we can put into salaries,” Lance said.
Mayor Jason Van Sickle made clear the wage increases are not funded through the recent water and sewage rate increases that Council passed last meeting.
In other business
Village Administrator Garret DeWitt said the village is waiting on the Land Bank to provide a date to demolish a house that will be the new Village administration and police department building.
Over the weekend, a crew removed asbestos from the building and now it is ready to be demolished. The house was purchased for the village by the American Legion Post 257 as a donation.
“Any steps we’re going to take, any money we’re going to use moving forward will come from donations,” DeWitt said.
DeWitt also provided council members with a proposal for the new building, which members will be reviewing until the next meeting where they will propose any changes.