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Commission approves payments to correct past overpayments to elected officials
Summary
Following a county attorney report on past overpayments, the commission suspended rules and approved payments not to exceed $31,370.78 to seven elected officials, with recorded dissent from two commissioners on the final vote.
County Attorney Joshua Hardin told the Carter County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 21 that overpayments had been made previously to two elected officials and that seven elected officials needed corrective payments. The commission first voted to suspend rules to address the matter and then approved the payments from the Unassigned Fund Balance.
Attorney Hardin summarized his report to the commission, saying there had been overpayments and that he had consulted the comptroller’s office. Commissioners voted to suspend the rules (motion by Robert Acuff, second by Cody McQueen); the procedural motion carried with twenty-three yes votes and one no. A subsequent motion to pay the seven officials, not to exceed $31,370.78 and to draw from Unassigned Fund Balance, passed with twenty-two yes votes and two no votes (Brad Johnson and Jason Rasnick recorded as voting no).
The minutes record the votes and the maximum payment amount; they do not provide a breakdown of the payment amounts per official or identify the seven recipients by name in the meeting excerpt.
