Harrison County commissioners accept county administrator's resignation, appoint interim administrator

Harrison County Board of Commissioners voted to accept the resignation of County Administrator Robert Collins and appointed Troy Peterson as interim county administrator during a brief meeting on 2025-10-25.

The move followed an executive-session discussion of a personnel matter in which no formal action was taken. Speaker 2, a board member, said, "Alright. I need a motion to accept the resignation of Robert Collins, county administrator." After a motion and a second, Speaker 2 called for a voice vote: "All in favor? Aye. Motion carries." The board then moved to an interim appointment.

Speaker 2 moved to appoint Troy Peterson as interim county administrator. Speaker 1, a board member, asked about compensation, saying, "Discussion? The same salary" and later, "Same salary as previous." The board approved the appointment by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript. The meeting record provided no specific dollar amount for the salary.

Earlier, a board member summarized the executive-session outcome as: "the board discussed a matter about the personnel no action was taken in the executive session." The meeting concluded after the appointments and routine motions to adjourn; one participant said, "I think we should have 4 meetings next."

The transcript does not specify effective dates for Collins's resignation, the start date for Peterson's interim role, or the amount of the "same salary" referenced by board members. The board gave unanimous voice approval to the resignation acceptance and to the interim appointment, and then adjourned.