The Montgomery County Commission on Jan. 7 approved its consent agenda and several personnel and contracting items, carrying motions for routine checks, contracts, budgeted position changes and appointments.

Actions included approval of minutes from the Dec. 17, 2024 meeting and authorization of accounts payable and payroll checks. The commission approved a building lease with Kaiser Timberlands LLC for property at 150 Dexter Avenue and awarded a landscaping and irrigation maintenance contract at Elkendeen Park and landscape maintenance at the Sheriff D.T. Marshall Firearms Training Center to Sharpcut Lawn Service.

Other approved items included the FY 2024 Rebuild Alabama annual engineering report, miscellaneous appropriations to agencies and education, designated‑revenue appropriations, travel and training requests for multiple departments (appraisal, community corrections, county commission, detention facility, tax and audit, and the youth facility juvenile court), and budgeted position changes specifying pay grades. The commission also approved hiring an account clerk at pay grade A04 step 3 and hiring a finance director at pay grade A15 step 5.

Finally, the commission approved board member appointments and reappointments to the Montgomery Community Action Agency.

Votes at a glance:
• Item 1 — Approve minutes of the regular meeting of Dec. 17, 2024: motion carried (mover/second not specified).
• Item 2 — Approve accounts payable and payroll checks: motion carried (mover/second not specified).
• Item 3 — Building lease with Kaiser Timberlands LLC for 150 Dexter Avenue: motion carried (mover/second not specified).
• Item 4 — Present FY 2024 Rebuild Alabama annual report (engineering): motion carried (presentation accepted).
• Item 5 — Bid award to Sharpcut Lawn Service for Elkendeen Park and Sheriff D.T. Marshall Firearms Training Center maintenance: motion carried.
• Item 6 — Miscellaneous appropriations to agencies: motion carried.
• Item 7 — Miscellaneous appropriations to education: motion carried.
• Item 8 — Miscellaneous appropriations from designated revenue: motion carried.
• Item 9 — Travel and training requests (multiple departments listed in agenda): motion carried.
• Item 10 — Budgeted position change to specify pay grade: motion carried.
• Item 11 — Hire account clerk at pay grade A04 step 3: motion carried.
• Item 12 — Hire finance director at pay grade A15 step 5: motion carried.
• Item 13 — Board member appointments/reappointments to the Montgomery Community Action Agency: motion carried.

Why it matters: The votes finalize routine county business, maintain departmental operations and set hiring and pay‑grade details that affect county workforce planning. Several items authorize contracts and appropriations that enable services and facility maintenance.

The meeting record shows motions were made, seconded and carried for each listed item; the transcript did not record individual roll‑call vote tallies or the names of movers and seconders for the motions.