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Montgomery County Commission approves hires, appropriations and routine financial items
Summary
At the Jan. 7 meeting the commission approved routine consent items including accounts payable and payroll registers, miscellaneous appropriations, travel and training requests, hires (Finance Director $123,452; Account Clerk $37,316; Sheriff's replacement $47,070) and appointments to the Montgomery Community Action Agency.
The Montgomery County Commission used its Jan. 7 formal session to approve routine financial and personnel items included on the consent and waived-rules portions of the agenda.
Consent and financial approvals recorded in the meeting packet include audited accounts payable check runs (examples: checks 329196–329342 totaling $2,562,769.80; checks 329343–329525 totaling $2,224,334.13) and payroll registers (total payroll paid recorded as $2,428,947.20). The commission also approved miscellaneous appropriations to agencies and education and designated revenue appropriations as presented in the packet.
On personnel matters the commission approved a budgeted position change for the Sheriff’s Office to fill a vacancy (memo from Sheriff Derrick Cunningham notes the replacement started Jan. 6, 2025 at A06 Step 3 with annual salary $47,070). The commission approved hiring an Account Clerk in the Finance Department at Pay Grade A04, Step 3 with an annual salary of $37,316, and approved hiring a Finance Director at Pay Grade A15, Step 5 with an annual salary of $123,452.
The commission also approved a slate of appointments and reappointments to the Montgomery Community Action Agency; the packet lists members and expiration dates and names Benjamin Jones as Chief Executive Officer.
Travel and training requests for multiple departments were approved; examples in the packet include registration and travel estimates for appraisal and finance trainings and conferences. All recorded votes on these routine matters were carried unanimously by the three members present.
The meeting adjourned at 10:35 a.m.
