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Votes at a glance: key Sioux County Board actions in 2018
Summary
The board approved routine administrative motions, personnel actions, equipment purchases and several program and finance motions in 2018, including appointments, a 3% employee raise, a Freightliner purchase, grant and transfer approvals, and resolutions authorizing borrowing from the Inheritance Fund.
This summary lists key formal motions and outcomes recorded in Sioux County Board of Commissioners minutes for 2018. Vote outcomes below reflect the roll-call results recorded in the minutes.
- Organizational and administrative designations: Joshua Skavdahl was appointed Chairman for 2018 (motion carried); the county designated sioux.mipsweb.info as the official website; Crawford Clipper/Harrison Sun as the official newspaper; Security First Bank as county depository (all motions approved by roll call).
- Personnel and pay: The board approved a 3% cost-of-living raise for county employees for 2018. The board approved hiring Sarah Sanderson as librarian/custodian and approved probation completions and raises (Elliot Chapman and Jon Scott). The board approved pay increases and appointments recorded in the minutes.
- Equipment and procurement: The board authorized purchase of a 2006 Freightliner for the road department. Contracts and maintenance agreements approved included a maintenance agreement with Stanard Appraisal Services for feedlot appraisals, acceptance of grader and armor-coating bids at various meetings, and award of the courthouse Performance Contract to Johnson Controls.
- Roads and bridges: The board approved the Federal Lands Highway Design Standards for the Montrose Bridge; accepted the One- and Six-Year Road Plan after a public hearing; approved armor-coating bids and multiple gravel and crushing contracts across meetings.
- Financial and budget motions: The board adopted the 2018–19 budget and appropriations (Property Tax Request $1,200,000). The board approved multiple transfers to the Road & Bridge Fund and the Noxious Weed Fund and adopted Resolutions 2018-2 and 2018-3 authorizing temporary borrowing from the Inheritance Fund to meet November and December cash needs.
- Miscellaneous: The board named Highway 20 across Sioux County “Veterans Medal of Honor Memorial Highway” and opted into the PILT underpayment lawsuit for FY2015–2017. The board approved donations and grants for visitor promotions and approved a variety of standard motions listed in the minutes.
Where votes were recorded, minutes show unanimous roll-call approvals unless noted otherwise.
