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Pratt County commissioners approve routine hires, payments and small contracts including Verizon audit fee and courthouse floor work
Summary
At its meeting, Pratt County commissioners approved minutes, a deputy appointment and pay increase for a registrar, several maintenance and service contracts, a part‑time emergency management hire, a paramedic pay increase, the SpyGlass Verizon audit fee and other routine business items; motions carried by voice vote.
Pratt County commissioners voted to approve a series of routine personnel actions, contractor agreements and payments.
Appointments and personnel: The board approved increasing the pay of a county employee who was promoted to deputy registrar (recorded in meeting materials variously as Tashawn/Tishana Todry) by $1.00 per hour from $17 to $18. The county also approved hiring “Shaikh and stats” (described in the motion as a part‑time emergency management worker) at $15 per hour for severe‑weather duties, and approved a six‑month merit bump for paramedic Bailey Tetreault from $17.00 to $17.50 per hour.
Contracts, repairs and services: Commissioners approved paying SpyGlass $10,862.42 for an audit of the county’s Verizon bill; the board was told the payment buys a first‑year capture of savings that will reduce future Verizon costs. The board approved hiring Sanchez Striping for painting three rooms in the clerk’s office for $1,996.88 and approved a contract with a commercial cleaner to strip, clean and refinish courthouse tile floors for $3,653.90 (the vendor name appears in packet and discussion as Winston/Whitson/Woodson Commercial Cleaners; county materials showed conflicting spellings). Commissioners also approved a recurring maintenance contract for floor maintenance every three months at $714.80.
Accounts and administrative actions: The board approved a staff request to sign a letter closing an old RSVP account at Legacy and authorized staff to send the closing letter with Rick (county official) signing. Commissioners approved payment of vouchers for the period and accepted auditor requests to have each governing member complete a standard fraud‑questionnaire required for the audit process.
Votes: All of the above motions were made, seconded and adopted by voice vote at this meeting; the record shows the recurring formula “All in favor, say aye … Motion carried” for these items. Where specific names were read in votes, they are not included in the public audio transcript.
Ending: These items were recorded as routine, approved actions; staff will process contracts and payroll changes and follow up on any administrative steps such as swearing in the deputy registrar and filing bond and oath paperwork.
