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Union County commissioners approve hires, highway grants and auction sales; discuss debris-site costs and 2025 budget
Summary
At a Sept. 17, 2024 meeting in Elk Point, the Union County Board of Commissioners approved three personnel hires, four preliminary engineering grants (each $84,200.70), audited and approved claims including large road-construction payments, and heard an estimated debris-site final cost of $185,000 (county share ~ $46,250).
The Union County Board of Commissioners met Sept. 17, 2024, in Elk Point and approved routine personnel actions, multiple highway engineering grants, the audited claims docket and the results of a public auction, while continuing discussions on the provisional 2025 budget and debris-site costs.
Commissioner Kimmel moved and Commissioner Joffer seconded approval of the agenda; that motion and a subsequent motion to approve the minutes from the Sept. 3 meeting both carried. The board approved three hires: Zachariah Brown as a full‑time deputy effective Sept. 9 at $22.86 per hour, and Roberto Alverez‑Arreola and Ryan Struiksma as part‑time jailers effective Sept. 16 at $19.62 per hour.
In finance actions, the board audited and…
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