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Webster County supervisors create two new funds, approve small appropriation shifts and table $542,000 public-health loan item
Summary
At a June 24 special meeting, the Webster County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved resolutions establishing Fund 0003 (Economic Development) and Fund 0004 (Capital Projects), approved modest department appropriation adjustments, tabled consideration of a $542,000 loan repayment agreement with Public Health and allowed claims. Supervisor Campbell was absent.
Chairwoman Niki Conrad and the Webster County Board of Supervisors met in a special session on June 24, 2024, and approved several routine motions and two resolutions establishing new county funds.
Supervisor Carlson moved, and Supervisor Hayek seconded, to approve the June 18, 2024 meeting minutes; the motion carried unanimously. The board then amended the agenda to table item 5 until a later date and approved the amended agenda on a unanimous vote.
On fiscal adjustments, Supervisor Thode moved and Supervisor Carlson seconded approval of department appropriation changes tied to the timing of the final fiscal year 2024 pay period. The board approved decreasing Department 05 (Sheriff) by $7,778 and increasing Department 28 (Medical Examiner) by $7,778; it also approved increasing Department 33 (Libraries) by $1,950 and decreasing Department 19 (Drainage Officer) by $1,950. The motions passed unanimously.
An item to consider or approve a contractual agreement with Public Health to repay a loan in the amount of $542,000 was tabled as part of the agenda amendment; no action on the loan occurred and the item remains pending.
The board approved Resolution No. 2024-25, creating Fund 0003, titled Economic Development, on a unanimous vote (ayes: Carlson, Conrad, Hayek, Thode; absent: Campbell). The board also approved Resolution No. 2024-26, creating Fund 0004, titled Capital Projects, unanimously. Both resolutions were noted as on file in the auditor’s office and linked on the county website.
Supervisor Carlson moved and Supervisor Hayek seconded to allow claims; the motion carried unanimously. Supervisor Hayek moved and Supervisor Thode seconded to adjourn; the meeting adjourned following a unanimous vote. The minutes were attested by Auditor Doreen Pliner and signed by Chairwoman Niki Conrad.
The tabled Public Health loan-repayment item will return to the board at a later meeting; no date for reconsideration was specified in the minutes.
