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Columbia County commissioners unanimously back public‑works official Kevin Kirby after heated accounting dispute
Summary
After a public exchange about resurfacing accounting and district work orders, the Columbia County Board of County Commissioners voted 5–0 on a motion of confidence for Kevin Kirby following his admission of an accounting oversight; the meeting featured sharp exchanges between commissioners and public comment alleging favoritism.
The Columbia County Board of County Commissioners voted 5–0 to express a formal vote of confidence in county public‑works official Kevin Kirby after a contentious exchange over resurfacing accounting and district work‑order allocations.
The motion, introduced during a public meeting after Commissioner Ford requested a detailed accounting of resurfacing funds for his district, followed Kirby’s admission that he had erred in where he charged a particular project’s costs. Kirby told the board he mistakenly charged part of the Cypress Lakes/Charles Road project to the general fund rather than the annual resurfacing account and described a post‑COVID funding environment in which inflation and…
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