Winnsboro council approves consent agenda, appoints Christy Amason to Main Street Board and authorizes finance action

The Winnsboro City Council approved routine consent business and unanimously appointed Christy Amason to the Main Street Board during its meeting.

Christy Amason introduced herself at the podium: “for those of you who don't know me, my name is Christy Amason. I work at the Chamber right now. I'm a retired educator of of 31 years, and when I got finished with that, I decided didn't wanna stay at home until I the chamber heard me.” After a motion and second, the council voted to place her on the Main Street Board.

On a separate agenda item, Finance Director Tanya explained the city was approached about moving pooled municipal cash to a government money‑market account offering higher yields (staff cited a government investment pool named Techstar). Tanya said Broadstreet Bank offered to keep the funds in a local checking account but adjust the account’s rate monthly to match the higher institutional rate, producing roughly $50,000 more in annual interest for the pooled cash account. The finance director recommended keeping the funds local while continuing work on a formal investment/budget policy to guide future moves.

A councilmember moved to “authorize the finance director to keep the general funds in the highest interest account.” After discussion about timing for a formal policy and pending training for staff, the motion passed unanimously.

The council also approved other consent items announced at the meeting; no members opposed the consent vote.