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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Jackson County Commission Meeting


The Jackson County Commission held a work session in the commission board room prior to the regularly scheduled meeting. The following video concerns a discussion about surplussing restaurant equipment at the county park. Mr. Barnes, Jackson Country Park Manager, submitted a listing to the commission to make surplus the park's restaurant equipment. Why would they do this? Do they not intend on ever using the restaurant as a restaurant? Does the county commission have an inventory listing of all park property?
 


Previously, the county park was run by a manager with a park board to offer oversight and approval authority on all actions involving financial expenditures. Now the oversight has become questionable and the park manager has been left with full management with very little oversight. This is the result of the Commission abolishing the park board so they may gain control of the parks funds. The legal suit as a result of the commissions actions cost the taxpayers of Jackson County thousands of dollars. There have been several legal actions spurred on by this commission which have cost the taxpayers, unnecessarily, tens of thousands of dollars. The park issue was one of several.

During the work session a concerned citizen representing a group of citizens in the Bolivar Community, near Stevenson, disclosed a change in the Bolivar landfill located off of County Road 96. There is a request to change the permit at the landfill to include hazardous materials including asbestos and tires. There have been no formal announcements of a public meeting.
ADEM Bolivar Landfill Notice (Click on image for an expanded view.).
A resolution was passed in the regular session to oppose the landfill.


Jackson County Commission Agenda

Important Issues
Item B - Old Business, Ricky Sartin was selected for the Road and Bridge Foreman position
New Business: A) Scott Whitted was hired for a temporary position at the County Park. B) Michelle Prince Willis was selected as the new County Personnel director. According to reports from the county commission, the last candidate refused the job due to low pay. C) Public Works Bid materials bids were tabled. D) County Park Restaurant Equipment, vote to sell or trade county park restaurant equipment. Declaration of equipment as surplus was approved. F) See ADEM notice above, approval to oppose landfill. H) County Attorney to clarify promotion personnel policy.  (I) Commission Clerk entry position was approved. (J) Approval for Mr. Porter to clarify personnel board policy on the removal of Personnel Board Members. Mr Allen stated, "this is an effort by Horrace (referring to Commissioner Clemons.) to remove a Personnel Board member he did not like."
K) The Commission adjourned into an Executive Session for approximately 10 minutes.  The commission emerged declaring there would be a settlement of a court case pending the courts approval of the case. SHH, there are secrets and we don't want the public to know the truth.

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