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Clay County CRC approves partial payment to attorney Glenn Taylor; schedules final hearing for May 18
Summary
The commission approved a partial payment to attorney Glenn Taylor for work on the charter review and announced the final of three required public hearings will be held May 18 at 5:00 p.m.; the county attorney urged members to review the final report before it goes to the board.
The Clay County CRC approved a partial payment to attorney Glenn Taylor and set a final public hearing for May 18 at 5:00 p.m., the commission said during a meeting recorded in the provided transcript. The motion to approve the payment carried after a brief discussion of the invoice.
According to the transcript, Chair Jim opened the meeting, confirmed a quorum and moved the agenda to new business to consider a partial payment to Glenn Taylor for professional legal services. Taylor described the work he performed — meetings, preparation, research and consultations with commission members and county officers — and said, “this is, my typical billing rate is, $3.50 and $1.35 for my paralegal.” He said those were discounted rates and discounted hours and added that he had enjoyed working for the county.
Matthew Mitchell moved to approve the partial payment and the motion was seconded; the chair called for the vote and the commission approved the payment. The transcript records affirmative responses and no recorded opposing votes; a full roll-call tally was not provided in the record.
Earlier in the meeting commissioners approved the minutes for the April 20, 2026 meeting; that motion carried with one abstention recorded in the transcript.
Before adjourning, the chair announced that the final of three public hearings required under the charter amendment process — regarding proposed changes to Clay County Charter section 2.2(c) on legislative branch salaries and compensation — will be held May 18 at 5:00 p.m. The county attorney reminded commissioners that Glenn Taylor will present the CRC’s final report to the board of county commissioners and asked members to review the document; the county attorney said Teresa will circulate the report and agenda so commissioners may propose edits before the May 18 meeting.
The meeting transcript does not include the meeting date; this article reports events as they appear in the provided transcript.
