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Votes at a glance: minutes, claims, leadership appointments and personnel hires approved
Summary
A summary of motions and votes taken at the Linn County Commission meeting, including minutes and claims approvals, appointment of chair and vice chair, schedule change, a small claims payment, and two County Attorney Office personnel approvals.
The Linn County Commission recorded the following formal actions during the meeting.
- Approval of meeting minutes from the previous week: motion moved and seconded; passed on voice vote.
- Approval of claims in the amount of $1,298,606.82: motion moved and seconded; passed on voice vote. County staff noted that roughly $600,000 of that total reflected work-comp and property/liability insurance items.
- Appointment of commissioners: a motion to appoint Jim as chair and Ally as vice chair passed on voice vote.
- Rescheduling of the next weekly commission meeting to Tuesday, Jan. 21 (because Monday is a holiday): motion moved and seconded; passed on voice vote.
- Approval of payment (Adena Bates items) totaling $5,001.62: motion moved and seconded; passed on voice vote.
- Motion to have Pleasanton and county legal counsels meet to draft a complete compactor contract: moved by Commissioner Ally, seconded; motion passed on voice vote. (See separate article for details.)
- Executive session actions: after an executive session for non-elected personnel, County Attorney Justin Meeks presented two personnel actions that the commission approved by voice vote: approval of Mark Hagen as a part-time contract attorney at $2,500 per month (1099) and appointment of Burton Harding as Assistant County Attorney at $52,000 annually.
Each item above was moved and seconded and passed on commissioners’ voice votes; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
