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Commission approves routine business, budget amendments and appointments; two school-board minutes pulled for review
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners approved routine minutes and multiple budget and personnel items, confirmed several appointments and set aside two school-board minutes for further legal review after a sunshine-law concern was raised.
Lincoln County commissioners met Feb. 18 and approved a series of routine and budget items, confirmed appointments to local boards and agreed to hold two school-board minutes pending further legal review after a question about a possible Open Meetings Act (sunshine law) violation.
The board unanimously approved the minutes of the Jan. 21 meeting. Commissioners also voted to defer action on two school-board special-call minutes (Jan. 6 and Jan. 16) after Commissioner Daniel Eldridge raised a concern that the school-board records might include a sunshine-law violation; the commission agreed to “pull those out” and revisit them next month while seeking guidance from counsel.
Other formal approvals included: appointments and confirmations, multiple budget-line transfers and fund amendments, authorization to surplus and sell long-held sheriff’s office equipment and guns, and routine notary public confirmations.…
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