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Votes at a glance: Richland County commissioners Oct. 21 actions include sick-leave exception, travel and bid postings
Summary
The Richland County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 21 approved a range of routine administrative motions, a sick-leave donation exception for an engineer’s office employee, the posting of three capital bid packages and a $300,000 intra-departmental budget transfer for the jail.
This summary lists formal motions and votes recorded during the Richland County Board of Commissioners meeting on Oct. 21, 2025. The list includes motions made on routine administrative items, personnel exceptions and bid releases. Where the transcript did not provide full formal text or an ordinance/resolution number, items are described and marked “not specified.”
Votes and actions recorded in the meeting (selected):
- Exception to sick-leave donation policy for a County Engineer’s Office employee: Motion to approve an exception so an employee who has completed probation (8 months) may receive donated sick leave despite not meeting the usual one-year requirement. Roll call recorded: “Mister Vero? Yes. Shavairs? No. Mister Banks? Yes.” Motion carried.
- Motion to certify the record of proceedings for Oct. 16, 2025: Motion carried on roll call.
- Motion to approve requisitions: Motion carried.
- Travel request: Deputy clerk Heidi Schroeder to attend Clerk of Courts Association monthly meeting; motion carried.
- Hiring/appointment: Building Codes director authorized to re-contact previously interested applicants for a part-time clerk position and, if not interested, to post the vacancy; motion carried.
- Equipment/computer purchases: Approval of two laptops for the commissioners’ office from Dell Technologies; motion carried (amounts and purchase details in procurement record "not specified" in transcript but noted as budgeted).
- Use of auto-title funds: Approval to use auto-title funds for renovations to a teller station; quoted amount in packet $69,032; motion carried.
- Waiver of electric fees: Approval of a waiver of electric fees related to a wastewater building/codes matter; motion carried.
- Utility permits: Approval of Columbia Gas utility permits for three addresses (new and replacement 1-inch service lines at listed addresses); motion carried.
- Bid postings/releases: Commissioners approved release/posting of three capital bid packages: juvenile court stair replacement, juvenile court plumbing (institutional fixtures), and dog shelter HVAC project. Pre-bid dates and bid due dates were announced; motion carried.
- Budget transfer: Motion to transfer $300,000 from jail health-insurance line to jail salary line; motion made and seconded, recorded as approved.
Procedural notes: Several items were approved by motion with roll-call responses of “yes” recorded for commissioners present. In many routine items the transcript recorded motions and approvals without a full printed motion text; those items are listed here with available details and marked “not specified” when the record lacked specifics.
Ending: County staff will follow up on several items (corrected budget spreadsheets, bid packet dates, posting of job vacancies and execution of the approved $300,000 transfer) and report back to the board as noted in meeting discussion.
