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Supervisor raises concern after sheriff's legal fees were paid without open-meeting vote
Jefferson County Board of Supervisors · April 15, 2025
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Summary
A supervisor said the county paid Sheriff Richmond's interest charges outside an open meeting despite a prior vote to schedule payment for after July 1; the board discussed transparency and agreed to avoid similar procedures in future meetings.
A Jefferson County supervisor criticized the county's procedure after learning the county had paid interest on Sheriff Richmond's legal-fees claim without a separate open-meeting vote.
"Without no hearing, no agenda, nothing to vote on, we did take it out of the issue, so I've already paid him,"…
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