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Magistrates send co-op/intern job-description resolution to committee after questions about unpaid volunteer
Summary
Magistrates removed Resolution 2026-068 (Co-op/Intern Job Description) from the consent agenda and voted to send it to committee after questioning whether the county currently had a paid co-op and learning an unpaid volunteer had worked about a month in the Engineering Department.
Magistrates at the April 27 Hardin County Fiscal Court meeting removed Resolution 2026-068, which concerns a co-op/intern job description, from the consent agenda and voted to refer it to committee for further review.
Squire Kenny Saltsman moved to remove the item from the consent agenda. A subsequent motion to approve Resolution 2026-068 was recorded as having "No action." Later, Squire Saltsman moved and Squire Chris Yates seconded a motion to move the resolution to committee. During discussion Squire Aaron Pennington and Squire Patsy Whitehead asked whether the county currently had co-ops or interns and whether the person was paid. Judge Taul replied the county does not have a paid co-op, then stated the county had "an unpaid co-op that's a volunteer" who had been assigned to the Engineering Department for "a month, maybe." Squire Fred Clem asked for notice to magistrates about such instances; Squire Whitehead said the item should be discussed in committee to give it the attention it deserves.
The motion to send Resolution 2026-068 to committee passed on a roll-call vote with eight votes in favor and one 'no' from County Judge/Executive Keith Taul. The transcript records follow-up direction to review the item in committee; no committee report or additional facts were provided in the meeting record.
