Lewis County legislators approve slate of resolutions, remove Community Services Board member

The Lewis County Board of Legislators voted to approve a slate of resolutions and took a separate action to remove a member of the county Community Services Board following a closed hearing.

The board accepted the finance committee's report and approved claims totaling $3,642,372.92. The board then passed multiple resolutions on construction, property sales, digital codification of county laws, and grant-funded hazardous-material abatement work. After the resolutions, the board voted to remove Wyatt Wagner from his positions on the Community Services Board (CSB) and the CSB's developmental disability subcommittee, effective immediately, following a closed hearing held under Mental Hygiene Law —641.11.

Why it matters: The slate of routine fiscal and contracting actions clears funding and authorizations for county facilities work and grant projects; the CSB removal is a personnel action taken after a closed hearing the board said was authorized by state mental hygiene law.

Most significant votes and actions

- Claims audit: The finance and rules committee reported it had examined claims presented for payment totaling $3,642,372.92. The board approved the claims. During the roll call on this item one legislator recused themself (speaker did not state name on the record) and Legislator Moser…