Commission approves multiple personnel promotions, hires and merit increases

The Limestone County Commission voted unanimously to approve a bundle of personnel actions: multiple promotions, new hires, and merit increases. The motion, presented as a single omnibus action, covered promotions in the corrections division (Shelby Defoe promoted from corrections officer to corrections corporal; Shelby Posey promoted to correction sergeant), hires (Paul Gooch and Jordan Cline; Jordan Cline's hire retroactive to the 30th), staffing-plan amendments under the license commission (one help-desk position and nine tag clerks), promotions within the license/tag clerks (Crystal Hines promoted from help desk to tag/title clerk), senior-center staffing changes (Michelle Robertson promoted from part-time center aide to part-time senior manager, retroactive to July 8; Monica Hodges promoted from part-time center aide to full-time center manager effective Aug. 4), and requests to hire and promote additional corrections staff. The motion also included county-wide merit increases approved separately later in the meeting. The combined motion was made by Commissioner Gatlin and seconded by Commissioner Townsend; Commissioners voted aye and the chairman recorded the motion as unanimously carried. The transcript lists names and effective dates for some promotions but does not provide salary amounts, position grade changes, or budgetary line items to pay for the increases, nor does it specify whether retroactive pay will be applied.