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Votes at a glance: Jones County assessors adopt procedural changes, approve minutes and move to executive session
Summary
The Board of Tax Assessors approved corrections to prior minutes, added a prayer and pledge to future meetings, extended public-comment time, and recessed to executive session to discuss personnel.
The Jones County Board of Tax Assessors recorded several procedural votes during the meeting.
The board approved the meeting agenda and later approved the minutes from the prior meeting after two corrections were requested and accepted. Mr. Rutledge moved to accept the minutes with the necessary corrections; the motion was seconded and the minutes were approved with the changes.
The board voted unanimously to add a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance to the start of future assessor meetings. Mr. Rutledge made the motion to begin meetings with a prayer and a pledge; the motion was seconded and approved.
Board members debated public-comment time. Mr. Rutledge moved to restore the public comment period from two minutes to ten minutes; after discussion he amended the motion to five minutes. The board voted to change the standard comment period to five minutes while retaining discretion to allow additional time on a case-by-case basis.
Finally, the board voted to recess into executive session to consider personnel matters; the motion passed and the public meeting was recessed.
Votes recorded in the meeting transcript were entered as the following actions and outcomes.
