The Coffey County Commission took several personnel and appointment actions during Monday’s meeting.

Earlier in the meeting, the commission approved a payroll notice to document the transfer and wage reclassification for Chris Lawson, moving him from a sheriff’s deputy assignment back to deputy/corrections with a slight wage adjustment effective Nov. 18, 2025. The motion was moved and seconded and recorded as carried.

In board appointments, commissioners moved to appoint or reappoint multiple candidates to the hospital board and the housing authority. Commissioners reappointed Perry Chapman to a three-year term on the hospital board beginning Jan. 1, 2026 and ending Dec. 31, 2028, and reappointed Bill Barker to the Housing Authority for a four-year term beginning 12/15/2025 and ending 10/26/2029; those motions were approved by voice vote. A separate motion to reappoint Jody Thomas to the hospital board failed and the commissioners pursued alternate nominations, ultimately nominating Marlene Cook to fill an available term.

The commission noted difficulty in securing volunteers for boards and urged continued public interest in serving. No additional fiscal commitments were attached to the appointments in the meeting record.