Votes at a glance: Chilton County Commission — Aug. 26 meeting

The Chilton County Commission on Aug. 26 approved a series of routine and administrative items during its meeting. The following is a summary of actions taken, as reflected in the meeting record.

Key items approved (motions and recorded as passed unanimously unless noted): - Consent/resolutions (items read into the record): claims list for Aug. 26; approval of new sheriff office hires (Virginia Alcero — correction officer; Trenton Page — deputy sheriff); approval to purchase patrol vehicles; approval of a school resource officer (SRO) agreement; county chamber of commerce half-page ad; purchase of five additional scanners for county use; personnel removals from payroll (Vivian Abernathy, Kenny Gore Jr., Lyle Littleton); advertising for a field bridal care specialist position; EMA/road department to deliver and spread gravel at the new EMA building (~$11,000 from EMA budget); resolutions to replace generator panels at Gap of the Mountain Station 2, Enterprise Station 2, and Union Grove Station 2 storm shelters. - Transit-related approvals: renewal of the State Department of Human Resources interagency transportation agreement (chair authorized to sign); approval of new transit hires (Vanessa Shields and Vanessa Stone, full-time transit operators); reclassification of Jacob Davenport (temporary dispatcher); authorization to advertise for a full-time transit dispatcher, full-time transit operator and two part-time transit operators. - Road department: approval to advertise and accept bids for County Road 16 (see separate article) and approval of Thompson Tractor invoice. - Traffic signage: approved installation of 15 mph speed-limit signs on County Road 350 from County Road 37 to the Little River Materials pit entrance. - Minutes: the commission amended the Aug. 12 minutes to include the updated rebuild contractors report and the rebuild county transportation plan. - Nominations: the commission opened but did not close nominations for two seats on the Children’s Water Authority (current nominees: Julius Kelly and Regina Respys); one more meeting for nominations was scheduled before appointment. - Executive session: the county attorney recommended an executive session to discuss quasi-judicial proceedings, employee job performance, and likely litigation; commissioners approved entering executive session with the county attorney, county administrator and affected employee expected to attend.

Where the meeting record did not provide a mover or detailed vote tally, the transcript records actions as approved by voice/hand vote and notes they passed unanimously.