Union County commissioners voted to approve a series of administrative actions and appointments, including three building permits, payment of county bills, several board reappointments and a temporary appointment to the county clerk and recorder position.

The measures moved the county’s routine business forward and filled one county office vacancy pending the 2026 general election.

The commission approved minutes from the March 14 regular meeting and the March 17 special meeting, accepted three building permits (a new garage, a new single-family home and a pole barn under 500 square feet) and authorized payment of county bills. Commissioners also approved reappointments and nominations to local water districts and the Union County Hotel Operators Occupancy Tax Board, and voted to fill the vacant office of Union County clerk and recorder by appointing Stephanie Cox to serve until the 2026 general election.

Votes at a glance
- Approve minutes of the March 14 regular meeting — outcome: approved. Recorded yea votes: Mister Harville; Mister Pitts; Mister Miller; Mister Bierstadt.
- Approve minutes of the March 17 special call meeting — outcome: approved. Recorded yea votes: Mister Harville; Mister Pitts; Mister Miller; Mister Bierstadt.
- Approve three building permits (parcel numbers 051803285 — new garage; 0118001872 — new single-family home; 140011419G — pole barn under 500 sq ft) — outcome: approved. Recorded yea votes: Mister Harville; Mister Pitts; Mister Miller; Mister Bierstadt.
- Approve payment of county bills — outcome: approved. Recorded yea votes: Mister Harville; Mister Pitts; Mister Miller; Mister Bierstadt.
- Reappoint David McMahon to the Shawnee Valley Water District board (term expiring May 20?? — date in transcript partially specified) — outcome: approved. Recorded yea votes: Mister Harville; Mister Pitts; Mister Miller; Mister Dushton.
- Reappoint Ron Thompson and appoint Nina Bowen to the Lake Creek Public Water District board (term details read into record) — outcome: approved. Recorded yea votes: Mister Harville; Mister Pitts; Mister Miller; Mister Bierstadt.
- Reappoint four members to the Union County Hotel Operators Occupancy Tax Board (Kim Hennon; Wendy Whitman; Lyle McBowell; Regina Morrison) — outcome: approved. Recorded yea votes: Mister Harville; Mister Vince; Mister Miller; Mister Bierstadt.
- Resolution filling vacancy in the office of Union County clerk and recorder: appoint Stephanie Cox to fill the remainder of the unexpired term until the 2026 general election — outcome: approved. Recorded yea votes: Mister Harville; Mister Pitts; Mister Miller; Mister Dearsdale.

Several motions were moved and seconded on the record. Where the transcript did not identify a motion maker by explicit name, the commission proceeded with roll-call voice confirmations and recorded the aye votes listed above.

Background and context
Commissioners handled routine business typical for the meet­ing’s consent and administrative sections: approving past minutes, accepting building-permit recommendations from staff, authorizing payment of county bills and acting on letters or nominations from local water districts and the hotel-occupancy-tax board. The appointment to the county clerk and recorder vacancy was taken after the board received letters from party committees and the recommendation that Stephanie Cox (Republican) fill the office until the seat is filled at the 2026 election; the motion to approve that resolution passed on recorded aye votes.

What the meeting record shows and what it does not
The transcript lists parcel numbers for the three permits and notes the pole barn is under 500 square feet and “not in a flood plain.” The record does not specify the motion-maker names for every vote; the minutes show roll-call confirmations for each commissioner rather than an explicit named mover for several motions. Some names in the spoken record appear with variant spellings (for example, Bierstadt/Bierstead); the article uses the spellings as spoken in the public meeting.

Next steps
Reappointments and board seats will continue under their stated terms; the temporary appointment to the clerk and recorder office continues until the 2026 general election per the resolution approved at the meeting.