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Votes and actions at a glance: DeWitt County Finance Committee, Aug. 18, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions approved by the Finance Committee: approval of minutes and claims; creation of a full‑time IT technician budgeted at $60,000; recommendation of an EMA take‑home vehicle policy to the full board and conditional approval of a $9,000 benefit for the EMA Coordinator; entry into executive session for union negotiations and imminent litigation.
The DeWitt County Finance Committee approved the following motions on Aug. 18, 2025: approval of last month's minutes (motion by Terry Ferguson, second by Claro Carter); approval of claims (motion by Jamie Prestegaard, second by Terry Ferguson); creation of a full‑time IT technician position and budgeting $60,000 for FY26 (motion by Claro Carter, second by Megan Myers); recommendation to the full board of an EMA take‑home vehicle policy with changes and attorney review (motion by Claro Carter, second by Jamie Prestegaard); approval of $9,000 in additional compensation in benefits for the EMA Coordinator contingent on policy approval (motion by Megan Myers, second by Terry Ferguson); a motion by Chair Melonie Tilley, second by Ferguson, to go into executive session at 5:39 p.m. for union negotiations/imminent litigation, and a return to open session at 6:16 p.m.
All recorded votes were voice votes and recorded as carried. The minutes do not include roll‑call tallies. The committee also instructed the Supervisor of Assessments to solicit names of taxing‑body representatives as a first step toward power‑plant negotiations and scheduled a working meeting to review FY26 budget requests for Sept. 9, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
