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Commission approves multiple payroll actions and county payroll batch
Summary
The commission approved sheriff payroll action forms for several named hires, individual personnel approvals, and a county payroll batch totaling $390,695.67; members discussed effective dates, retroactivity, and budget offsets tied to a resigned position.
The Osage County Commission voted to approve multiple personnel payroll actions presented by the sheriff and county departments and approved the county payroll batch for the period ending July 11 totaling $390,695.67.
Commission discussion centered on a resignation of a roughly $27-per-hour position in the sheriff’s office and how the presented payroll actions would still leave the county under budget because the vacated position would not be refilled. Chair moved to approve payroll action forms for four sheriff hires (Cody Lease, Carrboro Priest, Trey Clayton and Angelo Luce) effective July 19; the motion carried on a voice vote after a second.
The commission also approved separate personnel payroll action forms for additional hires with individual effective dates (examples cited in meeting minutes included hires effective July 1, July 14 and July 22). Commissioners and staff addressed how some hires might require retroactive effective dates and agreed to record exact names and effective dates in the minutes before final payroll processing.
Later in the meeting commissioners approved the payroll batch covering 06/28/2026 through 07/11/2026 in the amount of $390,695.67 and authorized use of the commissioner stamp for required signature pages.
Next steps: staff will confirm effective dates and names for retroactive hires and complete payroll processing in coordination with department heads and the county controller.
