The Benton County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 7 approved multiple appointments and procedural items, set a land-use hearing and tabled other appointments pending follow-up.

Early in the meeting supervisors discussed rural addressing and 911 representation. Speaker 4 said Gary McKenna agreed to continue and recommended that Dean and Don be added for addressing and 911 matters. Speaker 2 moved to appoint Dean Verba and Don (name appears in the record as Markland and elsewhere as Barkland) to the rural addressing board; Speaker 3 seconded and the motion moved forward.

Separately, the board set a land-use hearing for Ethan Henry at 9:15 a.m. on Feb. 3 after Speaker 3 moved to schedule the hearing and Speaker 1 seconded. The motion carried.

The board also formally acknowledged a retirement and then moved to approve appointments to the board of health: Speaker 2 said Tybur Carr has agreed to another term and an application was received from a candidate named Tracy (surname recorded in the transcript in different places). Speaker 2 moved to approve Tybur Carr and Tracy to the board of health; Speaker 1 seconded and the board voted to confirm the appointments.

Speaker 1 moved to reappoint Kate Robertson and to designate alternates for several regional committees, including PTAC Region 10 and TTAC Region 10; Speaker 3 seconded and the board approved the motion. Supervisors noted ongoing efforts to fill other regional committee seats and alternates.

On historic preservation appointments, supervisors agreed to table action so the historical society could be consulted; Speaker 1 moved to table appointments for the county historical preservation (the agenda line references "Benton County Historical Friend of Aging" in the transcript) and the motion carried.

Motions were made and seconded from the dais; where the record used speaker numbers rather than printed names, the transcript records votes as chair calls for the 'aye' response. No contested votes were reported in the transcript for the items covered.