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Court approves budget amendments, financial report and bills; two abstentions on vendor invoices recorded
Summary
Commissioners approved the Oct. 31 financial report and budget amendments including a 7% wage increase for the 31st District Court Coordinator; they also approved vendor invoices, with Commissioner Dale Schafer abstaining on Schafer Services invoices and Commissioner Tim Alexander abstaining on an Alexander's Grocery invoice.
Hemphill County's Commissioners' Court approved the Oct. 31, 2024 budget and financial report and a set of budget amendments at its Nov. 12 meeting.
Judge Lisa Johnson presented two budget amendments including a 7% wage increase for the 31st District Court Coordinator. The minutes list line-item changes (e.g., increases of $707.00, $54.09, $69.16, $0.92 and a decrease of $831.17) to accomplish the net adjustment. Commissioner Tim Alexander moved to approve the budget and financial report; Commissioner Dale Schafer seconded and the motions carried unopposed. Commissioner Tim Alexander also moved to approve the budget amendments; Commissioner Nicholas Thomas seconded and the motion carried unopposed.
The court approved computer-generated and hand-stamped bills. The minutes also record two invoice approvals with recorded abstentions: Judge Johnson moved to approve two invoices from Schafer Services (a $4,070.00 invoice for fire department services and $200.00 for contract labor at the sheriff's office); Commissioner Dawn Webb seconded and the motion carried with Commissioner Dale Schafer abstaining. Commissioner Dale Schafer moved to approve an $83.91 invoice from Alexander's Grocery and Deli for coffee for the Sheriff's Office; Commissioner Dawn Webb seconded and the motion carried with Commissioner Tim Alexander abstaining.
The transcript records the motions and abstentions but does not include additional explanation for the abstentions or source of funds for the budget amendments in the same segments.
