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Coosa County commissioners hold show-of-hands to remove chair; minutes record subsequent unanimous election of a new chair
Summary
At the Aug. 13 meeting commissioners voted 3–2 in a show-of-hands to remove Chair Bertha K. McElrath and then recorded a unanimous vote to nominate and elect a new chair; the minutes do not record the name of the nominee and later minutes retain McElrath’s signature.
On Aug. 13, 2024 the Coosa County Commission debated its leadership when Commissioner Ronnie Joiner moved for a show-of-hands to remove Chair Bertha K. McElrath "to allow other Commissioners an opportunity to serve." Vice-Chair Lamar Daugherty seconded the motion; the recorded result was three votes in favor (Daugherty, Joiner, John Forbus) and two opposed (Commissioner Brandon Davis and Chair Bertha K. McElrath).
After the show-of-hands, Commissioner Ronnie Joiner moved to "nominate and vote to elect a new chair," a motion seconded by Commissioner John Forbus and recorded in the minutes as "unanimously approved." The meeting text does not record the name of the person nominated or elected at that moment. The meeting adjourned that day, and the minutes were later approved Sept. 10, 2024; the approval page in the record bears Chair Bertha McElrath’s name and signature, which the minutes do not explain, creating an internal inconsistency in the meeting record.
The leadership actions were taken during the agenda item on the Courthouse Annex and followed presentations by outside consultants. The transcript shows the procedural motions, the roll-call style show-of-hands vote with the five commissioners named, and the later unanimous motion to elect a new chair; it does not record a separate roll-call naming the new chair or a formal ceremony transferring the chair’s duties.
