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Etowah County Commission approves consent agenda with personnel promotions, road resurfacing agreements and budget amendments
Summary
The Etowah County Commission unanimously approved a consent agenda on June 2 that included multiple personnel promotions and hires across the animal shelter, revenue office and sheriff’s office, agreements to resurface county roads with Walnut Grove and Altoona, and a package of budget amendments effective May 31, 2026.
The Etowah County Commission on June 2 unanimously adopted a consent agenda that approved personnel changes, two town road resurfacing agreements and a set of budget amendments.
Commissioner Tim Ramsey moved to approve the consent items, and Commissioner Mike Powell seconded. All six commissioners present voted yes. The consent motion covered routine minutes, the proposed agenda, and a list of transactional items recorded in attachment book 16.
Key personnel actions approved under the consent agenda included the promotion of Kacy Wiemann to Animal Shelter Manager effective June 2, 2026 at an hourly rate of $22.5962 and the hire of Clara Webb as an Animal Control Officer effective June 4 at $15.36 per hour (personnel requests were identified by CAO Shane Ellison). The commission also approved the promotion of Holly Deweese to Revenue – Mapping Clerk at $13.91 per hour and several position placements and promotions within the Sheriff’s Office (SOD Specialists and detention deputies) with the hourly rates listed in the record.
The commission approved agreements with the Town of Walnut Grove to resurface a portion of Murphree Valley Road and with the Town of Altoona to resurface a portion of East Highland Street; both projects were noted as located in Commission District 4 and copies of the signed agreements were placed in attachment book 16 (pages cited in the record).
Finance items on the consent agenda included the Insolvents, Errors, and Taxes in Litigation report for 2025 and prior years, the Annual Report of the Tax Collector (with authorization for the Commission President to execute the report), and a package of budget amendments effective May 31, 2026. The amendments included line-item changes: an increase of $1,111 for advertising in the Revenue Commissioner’s Office; election advertising increases totaling $24,746 with offsets; increases to Sheriff’s Office and Jail support lines and to equipment accounts; EMA miscellaneous supplies and motor vehicle increases; and revenue adjustments including interest revenue and state election shares. The consent motion also declared two 2019 Ford Econoline rural transportation vehicles as surplus.
The actions recorded in the minutes were procedural approvals taken without separate roll-call debate; the minutes list the mover and seconder for the consent motion (Commissioner Tim Ramsey and Commissioner Mike Powell) and record unanimous approval. The commission placed documentation for the approved agreements and reports in attachment book 16 with page references for the official record.
The meeting proceeded to new business after the consent approvals.
