The Keith County Board of Commissioners voted on a series of procedural and administrative items during its regular meeting, approving the agenda and claims, assigning work‑status monitoring to the county attorney, and authorizing the chairperson to sign a regional juvenile services memorandum of understanding.

The board unanimously approved the meeting agenda and the minutes of the previous meeting, and approved payment of the claims. The board later voted to assign oversight of clock‑in/time tracking and insurance eligibility for a part‑time county attorney (the “work status” inquiry) to County Attorney Randy Ferrer. Commissioners also voted to authorize the chairperson to sign a memorandum of understanding among several counties for a community‑based juvenile services program.

Why it matters: those votes affect payroll and benefits administration for a county attorney position and formalize Keith County’s participation in a multijurisdictional juvenile services arrangement. The work‑status item establishes who will prepare documentation if a work‑status inquiry is received; the MOU governs a shared juvenile services program that covers multiple counties.

Key votes and outcomes

- Motion to approve the meeting agenda: motion made and seconded; roll call votes recorded as Yes by the participating commissioners; outcome: approved.

- Motion to approve minutes of the previous meeting: motion made and seconded; roll call votes recorded as Yes by participating commissioners; outcome: approved.

- Motion to approve payment of claims: motion made and seconded; roll call votes recorded as Yes by participating commissioners; outcome: approved.

- Motion that the county attorney monitor clock‑in records and health‑insurance eligibility (work‑status oversight) for a specific part‑time county attorney, including review of time sheets and work‑status documentation: motion by Commissioner Ervin, seconded by Commissioner Crandall; roll call recorded as Yes from Schroeder, Crandall, Irvin, Kraske and Anderson; outcome: approved. Notes: the board recorded that 32 hours is the threshold used by county policy for insurance eligibility and that documentation will be retained by the county attorney’s office.

- Motion to sign a memorandum of understanding among Arthur, Chase, Dundy, Furnas, Hayes, Hitchcock, Keith, Perkins and Red Willow counties for a community‑based juvenile services program, authorizing the chairperson to execute the document: motion made by Commissioner Reuben, seconded by Commissioner Crandall; roll call votes recorded as Yes by participating commissioners; outcome: approved; note: the MOU was placed in the meeting folder for execution.

- Motion to move into executive session to discuss litigation strategy regarding Berry Road: motion by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Commissioner Kraske; roll call votes recorded as Yes by participating commissioners; outcome: executive session approved. The board reconvened and recorded a motion that the board came out of executive session with no final decisions made during the closed session.

What the board did not do: the session record shows no binding change of policy stemming directly from the executive session; the board returned to open session and explicitly recorded that no decisions were made while in executive session.

Source material: motions, roll calls and staff references appear in the meeting transcript; the county attorney and commissioners discussed insurance eligibility thresholds and the mechanics of work‑status documentation during the public agenda item.