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Neosho County commissioners remove outgoing clerk from accounts, appoint deputy clerks as interim signatories
Summary
After days of uncertainty over bank access and payroll signatures, the Neosho County Commission voted to remove outgoing County Clerk Heather Ellsworth from county bank accounts, add two deputy clerks to signature cards and authorize temporary payroll signatories while new cards are issued.
Neosho County commissioners voted on Jan. 13 to remove outgoing County Clerk Heather Ellsworth from all county checking accounts and online access and to add two deputy clerks as interim signatories while signature cards are updated.
The action came amid ongoing transitions in county elected offices and a scramble to ensure payroll and accounts-payable functions continued without interruption. Commissioners also authorized a temporary payroll-signing arrangement and completed a short reorganization, naming Commissioner Nick Gilmore as chairman and appointing a vice chair.
Commissioners said the immediate step — removing Ellsworth from accounts tied to the county's Employer Identification Number (EIN) — was necessary to limit access while new signature cards were…
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