Oktibbeha supervisors authorize internal posting for bookkeeper, delay engineer hiring

The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors on a unanimous vote authorized staff to post an assistant controller/bookkeeper vacancy internally for five days and then externally for one week to fill a temporary position while an employee is out.

"We need y'all to make a motion for us to be able to post that position," Miss Franklin told the board, outlining the job description and the planned internal-first posting plan. Supervisor Car moved to authorize the posting; Supervisor Little seconded the motion and the board approved it without objection.

The board also noted an outstanding applicant for the county engineer role but agreed the candidate review would require an executive session with legal counsel. "The candidate we have available ... would have to go into executive session to discuss that," a supervisor said, and members asked to delay action until county counsel can attend.

The posting approved at the meeting was described as temporary coverage for the controller's office while staff attend to an employee absence; the board instructed staff to proceed with the internal posting and a subsequent external advertisement if no internal hire is selected.

Next procedural steps: staff will place the internal notice immediately and return to the board with any candidate recommendations or a request to convene an executive session when counsel is available.