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Calhoun County commissioners approve telecommuting policy, contract extensions, road equipment lease and other motions
Summary
At its Oct. 7 meeting the Calhoun County Board of Commissioners approved a permanent telecommuting policy, waived a purchasing policy to extend three service contracts, authorized a lease for a Vortex road patcher after a 5–2 vote, adopted a public-roads development policy, and voted to propose dissolution of a regional solid-waste consortium.
The Calhoun County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 7 approved a set of operational policies, contract extensions and equipment purchases intended to preserve services and standardize county procedures.
The board unanimously adopted a permanent telecommuting policy that replaces a pandemic-era temporary policy, allowing remote work when mutually beneficial and requiring supervisor and Human Resources approval, Administrator/Controller Kelli Scott said. The motion to adopt the telecommuting policy was moved by Comr. Gary Tompkins and seconded by Comr. Rochelle Hatcher and passed on a roll call vote (Res.162-2021).
The board also unanimously approved a waiver of a purchasing policy provision to allow contract extensions for jail medical services, the medical examiner and inmate phone…
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