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Votes at a glance: motions approved Dec. 1 — claims, staff conference, tax-foreclosure counsel, and municipal judge appointment
Summary
The Linn County commission recorded several administrative motions: approval of last meeting minutes and claims, authorization for an employee to join a Kansas economic development association and attend a conference, hiring of outside tax-foreclosure counsel, and appointment of a municipal (coach) court judge.
At the Dec. 1 Linn County Board of Commissioners meeting the board recorded several procedural and contract motions. The clerk read actions taken after motions were made and seconded; roll-call tallies were not read as individual named votes in the transcript. The record below summarizes motions, the text recorded in the minutes, and stated outcomes.
1) Minutes approval Motion: "I make a motion that we approve the meeting minutes from last week." (motion text read on the record) Outcome: Approved (chair called for "all in favor; say aye" and the board replied "Aye").
2) Claims approval Motion: "I'll make motion that we approve the claims in the amount of $788,674.43." (amount specified on the record) Outcome: Approved (motion seconded and passed; "all in favor, say aye").
3) County staff conference and association membership Motion: Board moved and seconded a motion to allow Chastity to join the Kansas Economic Development Alliance (KEDA) at $330 and to attend the Heartland economic development course at $1,045 plus hotel expenses. Outcome: Approved (motion seconded; "all in favor, say aye").
4) Tax-foreclosure counsel Motion: After executive session, the board moved to hire attorney Kalenda Austerman (firm name given as the same) to handle tax foreclosures at $275 per tract. A county staff member explained the attorney will bill the property and recover costs from foreclosure sales. Outcome: Approved (motion seconded; "all in favor, say aye").
5) Municipal ("coach") court judge appointment Motion: The board moved to appoint John Purvis as the coach court judge at $500 per docket. Outcome: Approved (motion seconded; "all in favor, say aye").
The transcript did not include a roll-call vote with individual commissioner names for these motions; each motion in the meeting was moved, seconded and recorded as "all in favor, say aye."
