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Fuel-card dispute exposes ethics questions and raises short-term public-safety concerns
Summary
Supervisors debated whether to withhold payment of Fuelman (FleetCorps) invoices pending disclosure of a supervisor’s gas‑station affiliations and a new ethics opinion. Opponents warned disabling Fuelman cards could impede sheriff operations.
Madison County supervisors engaged in an extended, at times heated, debate over whether to withhold payment of FleetCorps (Fuelman) fuel invoices until a supervisor disclosed affiliations with convenience stores and a new ethics opinion was obtained.
Background and motion: The dispute traces to a prior directive for a supervisor to provide a list of gas stations the supervisor is affiliated with; one group on the board argued holding payments was needed to avoid the appearance of enriching a member if the county continued to purchase fuel at locations tied to that supervisor. Another group countered that suspending vendor payments could disable Fuelman cards…
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