Votes at a glance: Morgan County Council actions, March 3, 2025

The Morgan County Council recorded the following formal actions on March 3, 2025. Vote tallies are those read into the meeting minutes or announced on the record.

1) Approval of minutes (Jan. 14, 2025 and Feb. 3, 2025) Motion: Approve minutes for the Jan. 14 and Feb. 3 meetings. Mover: Chip Keller. Second: Brian Koppel. Outcome: Approved, vote recorded as 7-0.

2) Additional appropriation — highway fuel‑tank replacement Motion: Approve $300,000 appropriation from riverboat fund (Fund 1191) for underground fuel tank replacement at the highway department. Mover: Vicki Kibb. Second: Melissa Green. Outcome: Approved, vote recorded as 7-0.

3) Transfer to rainy day fund (resolution regarding investment interest) Motion: Transfer approximately $4,000,000 in 2024 investment interest from the general fund to the rainy day fund. Mover/Second: Not specified in unanimous vote lines (movers referenced inconsistently in the transcript). Outcome: Approved, vote recorded as 7-0.

4) Additional expenditures — Morgan County Jail commissary fund (resolution) Motion: Approve resolution authorizing additional expenditures from the Morgan County Jail Commissary Fund and clarifying permitted uses and reporting. Mover: Melissa Green. Second: Brian Culp. Outcome: Approved, vote recorded as 7-0.

5) Auditor cash change fund request Motion: Table request for a $200 cash change fund for the auditor until next meeting (applicant requested more time to file paperwork). Mover: Brian Culp. Second: Joe Crone. Outcome: Motion to table approved, vote recorded as 7-0.

6) Salary ordinance amendment (highway positions) Motion: Approve amendment to 2025 salary ordinance to correct fund assignments for two floater labor positions and one civil engineering technician (no net new money; internal fund assignment cleanup). Mover/Second: Not specified in roll call lines. Outcome: Approved, vote recorded as 7-0.

7) Job classifications - Approve part‑time treasurer classification (<=28 hours). Mover: Joyce Pringle. Second: Brian Koppel. Outcome: Approved, 7-0. - Approve conversion of school liaison at the health department to full time (grant funded for 2025). Mover: Brian Cole. Second: Melissa Green. Outcome: Approved, 7-0. - Consider reclassification to a finance/grants manager for the health department: Motion to table until May to await state funding clarity. Mover/Second: motion recorded; seconder Vicki Kimmerer. Outcome: Tabled until May, vote recorded as 7-0.

All recorded approvals and tabling motions were unanimous (7-0) where the clerk announced a tally. Where the transcript presented inconsistent mover/second identifications, the record lists the vote tally as announced and labels the mover/second as not specified.