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Morton County commissioners approve emergency payments for sheriff’s overdue vendor bills
Summary
Morton County Commissioners on Jan. 19 approved an emergency action directing the County Clerk to pay outstanding vendor bills for the Sheriff’s Department after invoices for three vendors were not provided by the Jan. 16 deadline; late fees totaling $356.96 were noted.
Morton County Commissioners voted Jan. 19 to authorize the County Clerk to pay outstanding vendor bills for the Sheriff’s Department after the Sheriff did not supply invoices for three vendors by the Jan. 16 deadline. Commissioners noted one vendor had not been paid since May 2025 and that late fees for 2025 attributable to the Sheriff’s department totaled $356.96.
The board agreed that the Clerk should process payments for bills the county has been made aware of, with the condition that Sheriff Thad Earls sign the voucher and provide receipts or invoices to substantiate each expense. The emergency motion was made by Chairman Jim Tucker, seconded by Vice-Chair Ed Anderson, and approved unanimously by the three commissioners present (Jim Tucker, Ed Anderson, JW Finn). The minutes record that the Clerk had emailed the Sheriff requesting invoices/receipts and that the Sheriff provided one of the three by the Jan. 16 deadline.
