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Court creates part-time recycling position at Fairfield Bay, approves budget transfer
Summary
The Quorum Court approved Ordinance O 202414 to add a part-time recycling position based at Fairfield Bay, transferring budgeted funds (salary and benefits) within the solid waste management fund; the court suspended rules to read the ordinance twice and adopted it the same meeting.
The Quorum Court of Van Buren County approved Ordinance O 202414 to create a part-time recycling position at the county's Solid Waste and Recycling Center and to transfer monies within the solid waste management budget to cover salary and related costs.
Mary Phillips read the ordinance by title, saying volume at the Van Buren County Solid Waste and Recycling Center has increased and additional hours are needed on the recycling side of the operation. The ordinance authorizes creating a part-time recycling position for the remainder of 2024, funded by transfers from line 3009-0700-9999 (transfer out) to specific lines including part-time salaries and benefit lines.
The ordinance text allocates $10,800 to salaries (part-time), specifies Social Security matching listed in the transcript as "82620" (transcription ambiguous), and records workers' compensation at $306.72. The county judge said the new position will be based at Fairfield Bay and will run local routes and baling operations to reduce pressure on the main facility.
The court moved and seconded to suspend the rules and conduct the second and third readings by title only in the same meeting; that suspension passed on a roll-call vote. The ordinance was then read twice by title and adopted by roll-call vote (recorded as O 202414). The county judge encouraged anyone who knows "able-bodied people who would like a 20-hour-a-week position" to refer them to county hiring staff.
Next steps: the county will hire for the part-time position and transfer the stated budget amounts to fund salary and related costs for the remainder of 2024.
