Richland County commissioners took a number of routine but formal actions during the Oct. 30 budget session. The board certified the record of proceedings for Oct. 28 and approved requisitions and weekly transfers and appropriations as part of the meeting's opening administrative business.

The board also approved personnel actions moved from the floor: a motion to authorize hiring a part-time clerk at $15.74 per hour (temporary, not to exceed six months) effective Nov. 6 passed on a recorded roll call with Commissioners Barrow and Premier recorded as "Yes" and Commissioner Banks recorded as "Yes." Separately, the board authorized hiring a part-time kennel attendant at $14.14 per hour effective Nov. 6 with the required probationary period; the motion passed on roll call with recorded affirmative votes.

Several other routine motions passed without extended debate, including approvals of requisitions, weekly transfers and appropriations. The board recessed and proceeded with scheduled budget hearings after these actions.

Where the transcript records roll-call responses, those responses are reproduced here. If the transcript did not provide a roll-call list for a motion, the action is recorded in this summary as having been approved when the meeting record shows an affirmative outcome.