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Gadsden County approves month-to-month contract for interim county manager Reginald James
Summary
The Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners approved a month-to-month interim county administrator contract for Reginald James, using the previous administrator's salary and changing annual-leave payout to a pro rata monthly basis, the county attorney said.
The Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners approved a month-to-month contract to appoint Reginald James as interim county manager, the county attorney said during the meeting.
The county attorney told commissioners that the board had voted earlier this week to hire James and that he reduced the terms to writing and shared the agreement with James, who "stated he has no objections to this agreement." The attorney said the board was being asked to approve the written contract to give James "the authority and capacity to actually serve in the commission."
The attorney described the pay and leave terms summarized in the written agreement: the salary is taken from the previous county administrator's rate and the only change from the prior administrator's terms is how annual leave is paid. "This agreement doesn't give a lump sum because because it's a month to month agreement and awards it on a pro rata basis based on based on each month it serves," the county attorney said. Commissioner Oden asked whether the salary was the standard amount and "already in place." The county attorney replied that it was.
After brief comments the board moved, seconded and the chair asked, "All in favor, sir? Any opposed?" The meeting record does not list a roll-call tally; the motion was approved, and the written month-to-month contract for Reginald James was finalized during the public meeting.
Separately, the clerk read the county's public-participation rules: members of the public may speak for up to three minutes on non-agenda items, and public comment may be submitted in advance through the county's public comment process on the county website before the noon deadline on the day of the meeting. The clerk supplied the website for instructions and submission but the meeting transcript did not record an explicit email address or dollar figures for salary.
The action formalizes an interim leadership arrangement that the board initiated at a special meeting earlier in the week and clarifies leave pay while leaving the contract term month-to-month.
Votes at a glance: the board approved the interim county administrator contract for Reginald James (month-to-month). A roll-call vote tally was not specified in the meeting record.
