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Leon County commissioners approve temporary maintenance hire and land swap for Annex 2 parking lot
Summary
At a special-called meeting April 1, the Leon County Commissioners Court approved routine claims, minutes and payroll and voted to hire a temporary part-time maintenance worker through Sept. 30, 2026. The court also approved swapping roughly 15 acres off Highway 7 to John Tuma in exchange for a finished parking lot behind Annex 2.
County Judge Byron Ryder presided over a special-called Leon County Commissioners Court meeting on April 1 that approved routine financial items and two notable actions affecting county personnel and property.
The court approved the claims due and the minutes from prior meetings after motions from Commissioner Joey Sullivan, seconded by Commissioner Paul Bing. The court also approved the March 20, 2026 payroll on a motion from Commissioner T. J. Foley, seconded by Commissioner Kyle Workman. The minutes record each motion as "MOTION CARRIED"; no roll-call tallies were included in the public minutes.
The court went into executive session at 9:32 a.m. under Texas Government Code §551.071 (consultation with attorney) and §551.074 (personnel). The minutes list three executive-session topics: consultation with the county attorney, maintenance-department personnel matters, and parking-lot issues; no substantive details from the closed session are included in the public record.
After resuming the regular session at 10 a.m., the court approved a motion by Commissioner Kyle Workman, seconded by Commissioner T. J. Foley, to engage one additional temporary part-time employee to support the Maintenance Department. The position is specified in the minutes to end on Sept. 30, 2026.
The court also approved a motion by Commissioner Joey Sullivan, seconded by Commissioner Paul Bing, to transfer (swap) approximately 15 acres of county-owned land off Highway 7 to John Tuma in exchange for a newly finished parking lot behind Annex 2. The public minutes record only the motion and its passage; they do not provide a written property description, appraisal, or other transactional details.
Public-comment periods and the commissioners' open forum were recorded as having "None submitted." The court adjourned after a motion by Commissioner Kyle Workman, seconded by Commissioner T. J. Foley.
Votes at a glance: the minutes record motions carried for approval of claims due (mover: Commissioner Joey Sullivan; second: Commissioner Paul Bing), approval of minutes (Sullivan/Bing), approval of March 20 payroll (Foley/Workman), engagement of one temporary part-time maintenance employee through Sept. 30, 2026 (Workman/Foley), the land swap of ~15 acres off Highway 7 to John Tuma in exchange for a parking lot behind Annex 2 (Sullivan/Bing), and adjournment (Workman/Foley). No roll-call vote tallies were provided in the minutes.
The meeting minutes are signed to be approved later; the public record lists County Clerk Amy Kaiser as ex officio and notes County Auditor Melissa Abney and County Treasurer Brandi Hill were present.
