During the personnel item, Speaker 5 reported that the county interviewed a candidate and recommended hiring Blake Anderson to start Jan. 5, 2026 at an annual salary of $50,000; the speaker also noted the candidate holds a commercial driver's license (CDL) and relevant equipment experience. Speaker 5 moved to approve the hire, stating, "a motion to approve Blake Anderson starting 01/05/2026," and Speaker 3 seconded the motion.

Participants discussed the new hire's compensation trajectory; Speaker 5 mentioned an automatic raise after a 90-day period (to $55,000), and other speakers asked whether that would place the new hire above or below other road-hand pay rates. Speaker 4 read the current top pay for road hands as $57,003.00 but an additional figure in the transcript was unclear and appears garbled; the exact final pay schedule decision was not recorded.

The transcript contains the motion and second but does not contain the roll-call or final recorded vote on the hire, so the final outcome is not specified in the record provided. The personnel change was noted as Item 6 on the agenda; further administrative processing (start date and payroll setup) was implied to follow the court's action.