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Votes at a glance: Howard County commissioners approve septic ordinance template, jail fan payment, contract renewal and claims
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Howard County Board of Commissioners approved a state-template septic ordinance, authorized up to $15,305 for a jail exhaust fan from a county repair line item, renewed the Hartman & Williams contract for the annual financial report and approved payroll and operating claims totaling more than $4.6 million combined.
Howard County commissioners on Dec. 16 approved several routine and operational items, including readoption of a state-provided septic ordinance template, payment to repair a jail exhaust fan, renewal of the county's contract for annual financial reporting, and approval of payroll and operating claims.
Health department: Mr. West, representing the health department, explained that a 2023 house bill rendered previous county septic ordinances void and required counties to readopt a uniform ordinance provided by a newly created technical review panel. The board approved the county's version of the state template; Wilson later assigned Ordinance No. 2024-bccodash50 to that action in the transcript. The transcript records a motion, a second and a voice vote of approval.
Jail repair: Mr. Stonestreet reported the exhaust fan project at the jail will be finished by Thursday and requested payment "not to exceed $15,305" from line item 1138.47241 (Coom Cat Billing and Repair). Commissioners moved, seconded and approved the payment by voice vote.
Finance contract: The board renewed the county's annual contract with Hartman & Williams to assist with the annual financial report; commissioners approved the contract renewal after motions and seconds were made.
Claims and payroll: Commissioners approved payroll claims listed as $1,088,311.91 and operating claims listed as $3,588,797.74. The board recorded motions, seconds and voice approval for both items. The transcript notes there were no claims to ratify and no monthly reports or grants presented at the meeting.
Votes at a glance (from meeting transcript): - Readopt state-template septic ordinance (Ordinance No. 2024-bccodash50): motion carried by voice vote; mover/second not specified in transcript. - Jail exhaust fan payment, not to exceed $15,305 from account 1138.47241 (Coom Cat Billing and Repair): motion carried by voice vote; mover/second not specified in transcript. - Renew contract with Hartman & Williams for annual financial report (contract terms same as prior year): motion carried by voice vote; mover/second not specified in transcript. - Approve payroll claims of $1,088,311.91: motion carried by voice vote. - Approve operating claims of $3,588,797.74: motion carried by voice vote.
The transcript records routine motions, seconds and unanimous voice approvals for these items; specific vote tallies and names of movers/seconders were not recorded for most items in the transcript.
