Haskell County commissioners approve surplus declaration, short-term jail health contract and routine appropriations

The Haskell County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to declare a District 1 John Deere tractor surplus, approve a short-term contract for jail health visits, authorize sealed bids for the surplus tractor, and approve routine appropriations and transfers.

Resolution 312620: The board approved Resolution 312620 to declare the District 1 John Deere tractor (6605) surplus and authorized advertising it for sale. The motion and second were recorded and the item passed on a roll-call vote with Commissioners Clark McClary, Larry Watson and Billy Cloud voting yes.

Resolution 312621 (jail health contract): The board approved Resolution 312621, authorizing a contract with a provider identified in the transcript as Julie Finn to provide health and wellness visits at the Haskell County Jail at $35 per visit through the end of the fiscal year. Board members said the county's existing health-and-wellness provider had a grant conflict preventing service to the jail; the short-term contract was approved to ensure continuity of care while the county plans to solicit bids from local providers after the fiscal year.

Sealed bids: For the surplus District 1 tractor, the board approved advertising the item for sale by sealed bid and accepted the plan to proceed.

Appropriations: The board approved appropriations, transfer appropriations, and checks to be paid as presented.

All listed motions passed unanimously by roll call. The transcript does not specify who made each motion or who seconded them. Several other administrative items were discussed, including a brief mention of a contractor that inspects fire extinguishers (Assured Fire Safety) and a trade-in offer from an individual identified as Hogan; those remarks were conversational and did not appear to result in a separate formal action recorded in the minutes.