March 28, 2024

Supervisors close fiscal year in meeting last week

GREENFIELD — The Adair County Board of Supervisors handled several items of business pertaining to the close of fiscal year 2020 at a meeting last Tuesday in the courtroom of the courthouse.

The supervisors set wages for fiscal year 2021, set an appropriation resolution, transfer resolution and resolved to destroy records that are due to be disposed of.

In addition to these items, the supervisors approved their usual claims, township clerk wages and taxable mileage. John Schildberg was re-appointed to the Veterans Affairs Commission.

Sheriff's Office Adendum

Auditor Mandy Berg says the sheriff's office asked that an addendum be made to the county's employee handbook. Those changes were approved by the board.

County Engineer Nick Kauffman recently came to the board looking to make changes to the secondary roads department handbook due to the dissolution of a union which left the county without any union employees.

Sheriff Jeff Vandewater had a few small changes he wanted to make to the employee handbook that outline the differences between the union contract that was and the employee handbook that currently is.

"A lot of it is for scheduling for their office. I know Jeff wanted something in there because they like to schedule a month out and he needs people's days off in order to do that in a timely manner," Berg explained. "Other than that, there was something in there about the ability for employees to use their county vehicle when needed and not their personal vehicle."

Berg explained that the recent handbook changes have been due to the change in status of unions, however the handbook is generally revisited for relevancy and updated if needed every two to three years, she said. The last time it was updated was in 2018, Berg said.

Reopening for non-jury trials

Clerk of Court Stacey Armstrong visited with the supervisors about reopening the courthouse for non-jury trials. According to Berg, the courthouse must be open for such trials by July 13.

"We had a courthouse meeting a week before, so John Twombly was there and kind of knew what she wanted to talk about, and we talked with the judge also," Berg said. "[Her request] was more about marking off the seats in the courtroom and only allowing a certain amount of people in there."

Berg said that those awaiting trial will need to wait in their vehicle outside until it is their turn. Those attending will only be allowed use of the elevator, the stairs only being used in the event of an emergency.

The supervisors did not have a meeting scheduled July 8 and are scheduled to meet again 9 a.m. July 15.