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Votes at a glance: Madison Board approves agenda, manifests, hiring and facility locks
Summary
The board approved the meeting agenda, minutes, the operations manifest and several administrative actions including hiring a part‑time QuickBooks contractor and authorizing EPOA to buy outhouse locks; multiple motions were recorded as unanimous (2–0).
At the April meeting the board recorded a series of routine approvals and a handful of administrative votes.
Key outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript:
- Agenda approval: Motion to approve the amended meeting agenda (including adding hiring a part‑time person) was moved and the board voted in favor (recorded as 2–0).
- Minutes approval: The minutes of April 21 were discussed (formatting and a spelling of Doug Prescott) and approved after minor edits (recorded as 2–0).
- Operations manifest: The board approved the operations manifest totaling $5,731.69; the largest line item noted was the district health trust/insurance (~$3,034). The vote was recorded as 2–0.
- Payroll manifest: A payroll manifest for $8,839.60 was presented and discussed. The transcript contains the motion to approve and details about hours; a separate, explicit roll‑call tally for payroll is not captured verbatim in the recorded excerpt.
- Signature items: Commissioners authorized signing a fill/request document out of session pending DPW director confirmation; the motion carried (recorded as 2–0).
- Camper request denied: The board moved to deny a request to leave a camper in the Hotwell parking lot for two weeks because it would violate the current parking ordinance; motion carried (recorded as 2–0).
- EPOA locks: The board approved a motion for the EPOA to purchase a set of identical keyed locks (~$103 estimated) for district outhouses and directed DPW to swap the locks; motion carried (recorded as 2–0).
- Part‑time QuickBooks hire: The board approved hiring a part‑time QuickBooks contractor at $65 per hour for about four hours per week; staff were directed to draft an engagement document.
All recorded tallies in the transcript were unanimous affirmative votes where counts appear as two in favor and zero opposed. The board noted some items (payroll) in detail without a separately recorded roll‑call in the excerpts provided, so the public record should be checked for complete vote sheets if needed.
