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Votes at a glance: Osage County Commission actions May 13 — payroll, staffing contract, licenses and routine approvals
Summary
At its May 13 meeting the Osage County Commission approved moving to a biweekly payroll calendar, accepted several purchase orders and contracts, approved payroll changes from the sheriff's office, and handled routine license and bill approvals. Several items were approved by voice vote with no roll‑call recorded.
The Osage County Commission took a number of formal actions during its May 13 meeting. The following summarizes motions that were made and the outcomes recorded on the meeting record. Where the transcript did not name every individual vote, tallies reflect the three commissioners present.
- Adopt biweekly payroll calendar (see separate article). Outcome: approved (yes 3, no 0).
- Approve status payroll change reports brought forward by Sheriff Chris Wells. Outcome: approved (voice vote; yes 3). The commission discussed the county’s practice around elected officers’ staffing authority and noted that payroll changes should be managed within budget authority.
- Approve purchase order (PO) number 4074 for noxious‑weed chemicals to Van Dyce Supply Company to be paid from fund 137‑00‑5300. Motion passed by voice vote. (Transcript amount unclear; amount listed in meeting record is not unambiguous in the transcript and is reported here as not specified.)
- Approve Century Business Technologies invoice/PO for laptop, monitor and setup (PO 4071 / invoice) to be paid from encumbrances (account referenced). Motion passed; amount recorded in the meeting packet: $4,484 (paid from encumbrance 001275200).
- Approve agreement with T Staffing (temporary staffing service) and authorize the chairman to sign. Outcome: approved (voice vote; yes 3). Commissioners discussed fee terms and the staffing/temporary hire process; contract contains a pro‑rata fee if a temp employee is hired as a county employee before a threshold of hours is met.
- Approve the treasurer’s request to close the treasurer’s office to the public June 11–13 for a treasurers’ conference and to catch up on title work. Outcome: approved (voice vote; yes 3).
- Approve dealer retail cereal malt beverage license for Dollar General on Ratner Road. Outcome: approved (voice vote; yes 3).
- Approve personnel/payroll action forms and other personnel items submitted by County Clerk Michelle Morris. Outcome: approved (voice vote; yes 3).
- Approve payment of county bills as presented in the amount of $67,465.20. Outcome: approved (voice vote; yes 3).
- Approve extension office payment to Jeff Moore for tile restoration (amount in packet $740). Outcome: approved.
- Enter and return from multiple executive sessions under the non‑elected personnel and proprietary/financial affairs exceptions. No action was taken in executive session as recorded; motions to enter executive session were approved by voice vote. (No substantive decisions were recorded from the executive sessions in the public transcript.)
All motions referenced above were recorded in the meeting minutes and passed without a roll‑call recorded in the audio transcript; if roll‑call or signed minutes provide individual commissioner vote names they should be consulted for the official vote record.
