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Board approves appointments, designates casino tax for public safety and sets hearings on old jail conveyance and employee bonus
Summary
Supervisors approved multiple appointments, resolved to direct casino gaming tax proceeds to emergency services, and set public hearings on conveying the old jail to Whitfield and on an employee bonus ordinance; the actions passed on roll call votes.
The Wythe County Board of Supervisors approved a series of routine and policy-related items on May 12, including multiple appointments to local boards and commissions, a resolution designating casino gaming tax proceeds for public safety, and the setting of two public hearings.
The board nominated and approved several appointments, including Neil Martin to Wythe Community College representation and Lucas Hughes to the Recreation Commission. Motions to approve those appointments were made and carried by roll call votes.
On casino gaming tax proceeds, Mr. Hankins, who serves as the county's representative to the Regional Improvement Commission, asked the board to pass a resolution designating 100% of the county's casino proceeds to public safety to simplify accounting and auditing. He said the county could expect roughly "1.0 to 1.25 million dollars" this year from the tax; the board approved the request.
The board set a public hearing for June 9 to consider conveying the county's old jail property to the Town of Whitfield as part of an emergency services agreement; the motion passed on roll call. The board also approved advertising an employee bonus ordinance (a 2% bonus established in state legislation for constitutional officers' staff) and set the required public hearing; roll-call votes were recorded and the motion carried with one recorded 'No' vote by Mr. Hankins on the bonus ordinance advertisement.
Several items of local interest were raised during board reports, including burn-ban timing options and road maintenance. The board then entered and certified a closed session on personnel matters before adjourning.
