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Polk County commissioners approve personnel actions, bonuses and equipment purchases
Summary
The court approved routine personnel actions, one-time discretionary bonuses for county employees, a three-step pay increase for the chief deputy, FY26 budget revisions, purchases of docking stations ($7,500), Axon body-camera Year 2 payments ($49,439.10 and $53,844.77), and a financed motor grader ($96,122.50).
Polk County Commissioners Court approved a series of personnel actions, targeted one-time bonuses and capital purchases at its regular session.
The court approved the preliminary personnel action forms and had no emergency hires to report. It then approved a one-time discretionary bonus corrected to $1,300 for Robert Blakely (Precinct 3) and a $1,732.80 bonus for Kayla Pitts (Precinct 4) after commissioners noted each employee had reached step 16 and was not eligible for a step increase.
Sheriff Lyon’s request for a three-step discretionary pay increase for Chief Deputy Anthony Lowery — an exception to the county personnel…
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