Commission approves several personnel actions: communications hire, zoning consultant and staff raises
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Summary
The commission approved hiring a communications assistant at $19 an hour, retained Patrick Hughes (via Adams Jones) as a zoning and battery storage consultant, and approved $1.50 hourly raises for multiple county employees; the detention officer hire was also approved.
During the meeting commissioners approved multiple personnel and consultant items.
A commissioner moved and the commission approved hiring “Shape and Stats” (transcript spelling) as assistant emergency management and communications at $19 an hour; the motion passed 3‑0.
The commission also voted to retain the consultant Patrick Hughes of the law firm Adams Jones to guide zoning regulation work, including battery storage regulations. The motion as stated in the meeting said the consultant would be hired “for zoning and $3.50 an hour,” and commissioners approved the engagement by voice vote. (Transcript contains the hourly figure as stated by the maker of the motion.)
After an executive session for non‑elected personnel, commissioners returned to open session and approved a $1.50 hourly raise for the following employees: Jennifer Ediger; Katherine Moyer; Meredith Olds; Patty Hessel; Katie Hessel; Brianne Tilly; Joanie O’Dell; and Goldie. The commission approved these raises by voice vote, 3‑0.
The commission also approved hiring Robert Emerson Sloan Jr. as a full‑time detention officer at $17.25 an hour; that motion passed 3‑0.
All personnel and consultant items were approved by the commission in public session; the record shows voice votes with outcomes of “pass 3‑0.”