Chilton County commissioners conducted routine business including approval of an amended agenda, a consent agenda containing minutes, several new hires, a probate precinct relocation and other routine resolutions. The consent agenda was moved (mover recorded as Commissioner Billingsley) and seconded (Commissioner Bone) and was approved in the meeting record.
County staff requested a resolution to extend a current loan maintenance contract on a month-to-month basis until the county moves into a new courthouse; the commission approved the extension unanimously. The commission also voted to issue $15,000 to the Board of Education to satisfy Alabama Code §16-9-24; the motion was identified in the record as moved by Commissioner Bohm and seconded by Commissioner Perkins and passed unanimously.
Later in the meeting, commissioners approved payment of Thompson Tractor invoices; the recorded tally was six yes votes and one abstention (Commissioner Childress). Two road-department hires were proposed: one to hire Mason Housley was moved, while a resolution to hire Demetrius Parker did not receive a second and was not advanced in the record.
The chair announced liaison assignments for the coming year (fire departments and storm shelters; Chamber of Commerce and economic development assignments) and noted Wreaths Across America would be observed in Chilton County. The meeting adjourned for the year after a motion to adjourn.