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Board approves hiring third clerk for county office, then moves to closed session
Summary
The Humboldt County board authorized adding a third clerk to avoid service interruptions at a two-person office and later voted to enter closed session under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(c); the hiring motion passed and the roll call for closed session recorded ‘Aye’ votes from named members.
A board member asked the Humboldt County board to approve hiring a third clerk for the county office to prevent service disruptions when staff are out on vacation or sick leave; the board approved the request by voice vote.
Speaker 6 said the office could be closed easily if only two people were available and described time-sensitive impacts on local realtors and lawyers. A motion to permit the hire was made by Speaker 3 and seconded by Speaker 1; after asking for any further comment the chair called for the vote and the motion carried.
Later in the meeting, Speaker 3 moved the board into closed session citing Iowa Code 21.5(1)(c) for strategy discussions; the motion was seconded and the chair held a roll call. Named members recorded on the roll call—Spruce, Bob and Dan—were recorded as voting "Aye," and the board entered closed session.
The meeting minutes recorded the hiring authorization as a policy decision to add a third clerical position and recorded the closed-session invocation under the cited Iowa code; no further public action or vote on the clerk’s job description or pay scale was recorded during the public session.
