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Limestone County Commission approves claims, grant application, hires and other routine business; moves into executive session on property purchase
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Summary
The commission unanimously approved minutes, claims ($2,296,273.68), an audit contract, a recycling grant application (no county match), budget revisions, opioid-settlement funding of $53,400 for drug testing, multiple personnel actions, and other routine items; it then moved into executive session to discuss a property purchase.
The Limestone County Commission completed routine agenda business on March 16, approving minutes and a range of motions including claims totaling $2,296,273.68, an audit contract for Oct. 2024–Sept. 2025 with the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, and a recycling grant application to ADM for approximately $71,591 (no county match required).
The board approved three listed budget revisions and allocated $53,400 from an opioid-settlement fund to community corrections for drug-testing supplies. Personnel actions approved included hiring Timothy Davis as a solid-waste truck driver (retroactive to the 4th) and promoting Adam Harper to road supervisor for District 2 effective April 1. The commission also approved merit increases and the county payment schedule.
Other actions included approving a subdivision submitted in the work session, accepting changes attributed to 'Russ Udemyss' from the work session, removing a 2024 Dodge Durango from inventory, and approving a corrected starting price for an item to be sold. The commission approved submitting an offer on a property at 300 Elm Street but deferred the final vote on that purchase until after an executive session.
The Chair asked to move into executive session to discuss the property purchase; the motion to enter closed session passed unanimously. The Chair said the executive session "shouldn't take but just a few minutes" and indicated the board would return afterward to vote on the postponed item.
Most motions on the consent and business agenda passed unanimously as recorded in the meeting transcript. The meeting contained minimal public comment and no public hearings.
