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Jackson County Board approves personnel appointments, accepts resignations and several budget transfers
Summary
At its Oct. 14 meeting the board approved personnel appointments, accepted corrections resignations, approved minutes, and adopted four interfund transfer resolutions and other routine actions by voice vote.
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors approved a slate of routine personnel and finance actions on Tuesday. The board took the following recorded actions by motion and voice vote during the meeting.
Personnel and staffing actions - Approved and authorized the chair to sign a certificate of appointment for Brian Donnelly as assistant county attorney for the period 10/14/2025 through 01/01/2027 (probationary certificate had expired). The motion carried by voice vote; individual roll-call tallies were not specified in the transcript. - Approved and authorized a nine-month probationary certificate of appointment for Richard Ewald as a part-time deputy sheriff, effective 10/07/2025 through 07/07/2026, including authorization for the auditor to implement payroll. - Accepted resignations from three PRN correction officers: Caitlin Kuehl (effective 10/01/2025), Michael Reed (effective 08/18/2025) and Hunter Pirtle (effective 08/05/2025). - Appointed Linnea Bergen (spelled in the transcript as “Lennie Bergen”/“Linnea Birkin” in successive lines; county staff will confirm official spelling) as general assistance director effective 10/14/2025. The board approved the appointment and recorded the motion as carried by voice vote.
Administrative and finance actions - Approved the minutes of the Oct. 7, 2025 board proceedings and authorized their publication in the official newspapers. - Adopted Resolution No. 1147-10-14-2025, transferring $5,000 in appropriations from the juvenile probation department to court cost/attorney-fee accounts to cover attorney fees in an expensive case; a board member described the expense as an unfunded mandate placed on the county. - Adopted Resolution No. 1148-10-14-2025, an annual interfund operating transfer of $25,000 from the general fund to the local public health nurses fund, effective 10/14/2025. - Adopted Resolution No. 1149-10-14-2025, an annual interfund operating transfer of $74,269 from the general basic fund to the local health sanitation fund, effective 10/14/2025. - Adopted Resolution No. 1150-10-14-2025, an annual interfund operating transfer of $4,000 from the general basic fund to the historic preservation fund, effective 10/14/2025.
All motions on these items were approved by voice vote; the meeting transcript records “Aye. Motion carries” for each motion without individual recorded roll-call votes or tallies. The board’s actions were standard personnel and budget housekeeping items required for ongoing county operations. County staff will implement the personnel certificates, payroll changes and transfers as authorized.
