Morgan County Commission approves minutes, tax exonerations and a hospice proclamation; appoints fiduciary commissioner

The Morgan County Commission on Nov. 5 approved routine administrative items including the Oct. 15 meeting minutes, multiple tax-exoneration requests, the appointment of a fiduciary commissioner, and a proclamation recognizing hospice and palliative care.

Commissioners discussed exoneration requests brought forward by the assessor’s office and debated class-change letters and cases where mailed notices went to an old address. Commissioners noted a statutory one-year lookback limit when considering whether to approve exonerations. The commission approved the exonerations presented for tax year 2025 and related requests; votes were recorded by voice but individual roll-call tallies are not specified in the transcript.

On appointments, commissioners moved to replace Sarah McAllister with Victoria Camardi as a fiduciary commissioner for Morgan County; the motion was approved. The meeting also recorded routine staff appointments and part-time hiring items.

Jim Klein of Hospice of the Panhandle presented a proclamation recognizing hospice and palliative-care services; the commission approved the proclamation by voice vote. The proclamation text referenced hospice services’ role in providing palliative care and cited a figure in the text about Medicare beneficiaries (transcript text: "1720000.00 Medicare beneficiaries"); that numeric reference in the transcript is unclear and should be verified with the proclamation document.

What happens next: staff will complete paperwork for appointments, file approved exonerations with the assessor as required, and finalize the proclamation text for the record.