Alfalfa County E-911 Board begins to take shape
September 20, 2017
The Alfalfa County commissioners' meeting on Sept. 18 included several guests, including Kolby Arnold and Colton Castle, representatives from the E-911 program. All Alfalfa County commissioners were present. Arnold attended the previous meeting to introduce the idea of the E-911 program having its own board, and Castle furthered the discussion at this meeting.
The meeting began by the approving of the minutes from the previous meeting, and the approval of M & O warrants for payment, blanket purchase orders, the monthly officer's report, and six road crossing permits for District 2 in the amount of $3,000.
Castle relayed that the E-911 program should have its own board since its participants know the “ins and outs” of its daily operation. The commissioners board had no problem with this, and it was agreed that the E-911 board should be a board of directors instead of an advisory board. A board of directors would oversee the hiring and firing of employees, although the Alfalfa County Commissioner's board would have the final say on the matter. A resolution stating that the board would have seven members was drawn up to approve, per last meeting's discussion, but Castle stated that after some discussion with E-911 members, it was decided that five board members would be better. The board, therefore, voted to take no action on the resolution to approve the E-911 board. A new resolution will be created with the updated details and approved at one of the upcoming Alfalfa County commissioners meetings.
Next, a representative from Yellowhouse, Dusty Bittle, presented to the board a lease purchase to sign for a grader for District 3, and a corrected contract for a grader for District 2 that needed to be re-signed. The board accepted all changes and signed the necessary documents for the leases.
The board then approved a resolution to separate the Sheriff Cash Drug Forfeiture Cash and Sheriff Cash Training into their own separate funds per the budget maker's request. A transfer of funds ($600) was approved from the R-2A County General fund to the J-1C Court Clerk Travel fund for monthly travel for September and travel to classes in October until a final budget is approved. In other news, the board approved the official certification of the emergency management director, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan.
The board also approved for the county clerk to go out on bid for 12-month ballots for the Alfalfa County Election Board.
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