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Hardin County meeting approves utility permit, accepts VA report and approves part-time hire; recess set for 10:30 a.m.
Summary
Hardin County participants approved a utility permit for Black Hills Energy, accepted the Veterans Affairs office second-quarter report for FY 2024–25, tabled a personnel status change for Sandra Gavigan, approved hiring Barbara Ellis for a permanent part-time kitchen position at $16.48/hour (effective 01/21/2025), and recessed until 10:30 a.m. for claims.
At a public Hardin County meeting, participants approved a utility permit for Black Hills Energy, accepted the Veterans Affairs office second-quarter report for fiscal year 2024–25, and approved a hiring in the sheriff's department.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance before the body moved to approve the day’s agenda and to accept amended minutes from Jan. 8 and Jan. 15, 2025. Both procedural items were approved by voice vote.
On a consent motion, participants approved utility permit UT2025-01 for Black Hills Energy. According to the meeting record, the permit covers replacement of a natural gas pipe or service line to a property north of Steamboat Rock. The motion to approve the permit was made and seconded and carried on a voice vote.
The Veterans Affairs office second-quarter report for fiscal year 2024–25 was presented and accepted after a motion to do so passed by voice vote.
A proposed change of status for Sandra Gavigan in the Veterans Affairs office was removed from the agenda and then formally tabled on a motion that carried.
The body approved an employment action for Barbara Ellis, recorded in the transcript as approval of "the chief of status for Barbara Ellis," effective Jan. 21, 2025. The meeting record states this is a hiring for a permanent part-time kitchen position at $16.48 an hour; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.
Claims for payment were not posted in time for this session and were rescheduled for consideration at 10:30 a.m. The meeting recessed until 10:30 a.m., with a note that an earlier public hearing could extend that timeline.
The transcript records decisions and voice votes but does not include a roll-call or named vote tallies for the motions. Where a phrase in the transcript was unclear (for example, an apparent transcription error in a description of the utility work), this article reports the permitting action and the meeting’s stated purpose for the work without altering the substance of the record.
