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Board approves warrants, personnel actions, mower purchase and levy certification
Summary
Stevens County commissioners approved payments totaling $109,650.73, several hires, resignations and backfill requests, a flail mower purchase with budget adjustment, gravel lease and township contracts, and certified a preliminary levy at 2.51%.
The Stevens County Board approved routine bills and a series of personnel and operational items, including hires, resignations, equipment purchases and the preliminary property tax levy.
Finance and warrants: Speaker 12 reported bills before the meeting totaling $109,650.73. The board moved and approved payment of the warrants.
Personnel actions: The board approved a conditional offer to Diana Zick as records manager in the sheriff’s office (start date Sept. 23), accepted the resignation of intermittent dispatcher Owen Hagman (effective Sept. 11), accepted the resignation of child protection social worker Autumn Johnson (effective Oct. 1) and approved motions to backfill the vacancies. The board also approved an internal call list of five transport drivers for human services to handle transportation of minors, with specified hourly pay for current employees.
Highway and equipment: The board approved one‑year township contracts for storm removal and summer blading, accepted a gravel lease for the county pit (25,000 cubic yards reported; price noted in the packet as $1.50 per cubic yard), and authorized purchase of a flail mower attachment for the county mini‑excavator. Speaker 11 explained the mower purchase would allow county crews to perform brush and cattail work in ditches instead of contracting out; the authorized purchase price approved after negotiation was $11,738 and the board approved a budget adjustment to cover the equipment.
Levy certification: The board certified a preliminary levy at 2.51% after staff explained wage, union negotiation and program aid drivers affecting the budget. Speaker 3 moved and the board approved certification to meet the statutory deadline.
Why it matters: The actions keep county operations funded and staff positions filled, commit resources to highway maintenance equipment that may reduce contracted costs, and set the preliminary tax levy that frames next year’s budget process.
