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Weston County commissioners approve full‑time caretaker hire for fairgrounds
Summary
At its Dec. 3 meeting the Weston County Board of Commissioners voted to fill a full‑time caretaker position at the fairgrounds, approving the hiring of Christy (Christie) Lewis after a recommendation from the fairgrounds board; the position will be a county employee paid from existing budgeted monies.
The Weston County Board of Commissioners voted Dec. 3 to fill a full‑time caretaker/manager position at the county fairgrounds and approved hiring Christy (Christie) Lewis as a county employee.
The recommendation to hire Lewis came from the fairgrounds board; Riley Hampton, a member of the fairgrounds board, said she submitted a letter to the commissioners recommending filling the vacant caretaker position. "I submitted that letter to the commissioners with the recommendation for filling the vacant position of the caretaker," Hampton said during public comment and discussion.
Commissioners discussed whether the county budget could cover a part‑time versus a full‑time hire. A county representative said the fairgrounds board has "monies in our annual budget to hire out work through a contractor or a part time employee," and clarified that making the position a county employee would not require additional parking‑lot payments from the county. Commissioners moved to accept the fairgrounds board's recommendation and make the hire a county position.
A motion to hire Christy (Christie) Lewis for the full‑time position was made and seconded on the record; commissioners voted in favor and the motion passed. Commissioners noted that if Lewis becomes a county employee she may need to step down from any existing membership on the fairgrounds board to avoid a conflict of roles.
The board recorded no formal vote tally in the meeting transcript. Commissioners directed staff to proceed with employment paperwork for Lewis and to follow standard county hiring procedures for a county employee.
The commission and fairgrounds board also discussed continuity of operations during the transition and that the fairgrounds budget would cover routine costs for the position. No further formal amendments to the position description or salary were recorded in the meeting minutes.
Commissioners said they would monitor the arrangement as the fairgrounds and county work through the staffing change.
