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Votes at a glance: St. Clair County Commission approves invoices, appointments and a $1.82 million bills payment
Summary
On May 26 the commission approved a package of routine motions — from paying a contractor invoice and authorizing an auction of county trucks to personnel appointments — and approved payment of regular bills totaling $1,821,921.15.
St. Clair County commissioners approved a series of motions during their May 26 meeting. Key outcomes:
- Pay final invoice to Town of Raglan Waterworks: Commissioners approved payment to the Town of Raglan for moving a water line that enabled a bridge project (motion carried). The recommendation and discussion appeared during the engineer’s report and the vote was recorded by voice.
- Authorize JM Wood auction of two Kenworth tri-axle dump trucks: The commission accepted a guaranteed return of $430,000 from JM Wood Auction Company for two Kenworth trucks; the auction company will take a 6% commission on gross sales (motion carried).
- Approve roof-material change order (Jones Contract Inc.): A $5,623 change order to alter roof material/color on the county’s new equipment storage building was approved to match existing roofs (motion carried).
- Approve access agreement with landowner Alan Baker to remove beaver dams: The commission approved a five-year access agreement, with $5,000 mentioned as consideration, to allow county crews to remove beaver dams affecting a drainage project (motion carried).
- Personnel appointments: Marty Murphy was appointed to a sign-crew assistant (career assistant) position; Brandon Vaughn was appointed road superintendent, creating a subsequent foreman vacancy to be filled (motions carried).
- VMA and grant actions: The commission approved $659.20 to purchase CPR and AED training materials for county employee training and authorized application for a $5,000 Coosa Valley RC&D grant for smoke-detector and rain-gauge distribution (motions carried).
- Sheriff’s requests: Approved disbursement of $29,638 payable into the Sheriff Murray's Better Law Enforcement Fund and approved renewal of an online pistol-permit subscription for $3,000 per year (motions carried).
- Industrial Networking Solutions service agreement: Approved an annual service agreement of $443.31 (pending county attorney review) for Cradlepoint service on the DEU van and search-and-rescue trailer (motion carried).
- Municipal agreement date change: Moved the municipal agreement submission window from June 1 to August 1 annually to better align with budgeting cycles (motion carried).
- Additional position and invoice approvals: Authorized adding one maintenance position (level 12), approved payment of an invoice of $1,431.17 to Gory Regan to repair a jail gate control board, approved a package of staff travel/training requests and approved payment of regular county bills totaling $1,821,921.15 (motions carried).
All votes were recorded as voice votes with motions moved, seconded and pronounced "motion carries" on the record. Specific recorded tallies or roll-call votes were not captured in the transcript.
