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Carter County commissioners approve early warrant for AWOS electrical work and carry consent agenda
Summary
Commissioners approved an early warrant to Southeast Electric for $12,720.52 to fund AWOS electrical work and carried a multi-item consent agenda that included reimbursement requests for airport pavement and an emergency-signs bid from Direct Electric.
Carter County commissioners on Oct. 16 approved an early warrant to Southeast Electric to cover electrical work for the county's automated weather observing system (AWOS).
"I move that we issue an early warrant to Southeast Electric for the AWOS project in the amount of $12,720.52," Commissioner Dan Dinstell said when he moved the item; another commissioner seconded and the motion carried. The board also approved the edited commissioners' proceedings from Oct. 6, 2025, requested reimbursements related to airport pavement and engineering services, and accepted a bid from Direct Electric for emergency-hospital signage totaling $1,485.94 plus $668.93.
The items were bundled on the consent agenda and approved without further public comment. Commissioners voiced brief procedural confirmations during roll call before declaring the motion carried.
The early warrant authorizes payment ahead of the regular claims process so that contractor work on the AWOS project can proceed. No additional conditions or amendments to the warrant were stated during the meeting.
The meeting record shows the consent agenda motion was seconded and approved by the commissioners present; the recorded response in the minutes was "Aye," and the chair declared the motion carried. The board did not schedule further debate on the AWOS item at this meeting.
