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Union County board approves salary resolutions, pays bills and appoints Smithy; moves to executive session
Summary
At its regular meeting the Union County board approved resolutions tying the sheriff’s and public defender’s salaries to the state COLA, authorized payment of county bills, appointed Brandon Smithy to the Farmland Assessment Review Committee for a one-year term and moved into executive session to discuss securities.
The Union County board on a series of voice votes approved a resolution setting the sheriff’s salary tied to the state Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) and a linked resolution setting the public defender’s salary, authorized payment of county bills and accepted a committee recommendation to appoint Brandon Smithy to the Union County Farmland Assessment Review Committee for a one-year term. The board then voted to go into an executive session to discuss securities.
The board opened the meeting with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance before taking routine business. The chair noted the county had received the state COLA notice regarding compensation adjustments and explained that the sheriff’s salary resolution is set in accordance with that state process and the county’s usual reimbursement arrangements. A commissioner moved to accept the sheriff’s salary resolution and another commissioner seconded the motion; commissioners present indicated assent and the measure was approved.
Under the same agenda heading the board approved a resolution to set the public defender’s salary, which the chair said is tied to the sheriff’s salary. Later, during new business, a motion to approve proof and payment of the bills was made and approved by the commissioners present. The board also acknowledged receipt of a letter from the Union County Farmland Assessment Review Committee: Cliff McMahon requested removal from that committee and the committee recommended Brandon Smithy to fill the vacancy for a one-year term; the board approved the appointment.
Before adjourning the regular agenda, the chair moved that the board enter executive session to discuss securities; commissioners agreed and the board recessed briefly to begin that session.
No public commenters were recorded during this meeting and no dissenting votes or recorded objections were noted in the transcript. The meeting record does not include roll-call vote tallies by individual commissioner name for the motions described; outcomes were indicated by assent from commissioners present.
