LAWRENCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING – January 4 ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING – May 10, 2011Chairman Daryl Johnson called the regular meeting of the Lawrence County Commissioners toorder at 8:00 a.m. on May 10, 2011 in the Administrative Annex Building of the Lawrence CountyCourthouse located at 90 Sherman Street, Deadwood, SD with Commissioners Robert Ewing,Brandon Flanagan, Richard Sleep, and Terry Weisenberg present.All motions were passed by unanimous vote, by all members present, unless stated otherwise.AGENDA: Moved-Seconded (Ewing-Flanagan) to approve the agenda as amended. MotionCarried.MINUTES: Moved-Seconded (Weisenberg-Sleep) to approve the minutes of April 26, 2011County Commission Meeting, April 26, 2011 Board of Adjustment and 2011 Board of Equalization.Motion Carried.PERSONNEL:INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT: Moved by Flanagan to approve a full time LawrenceCounty Invasive Species Management Deputy Coordinator at the base rate of $13.94 an hour and ifthe State DOT grant funds are not received the position will be reviewed. Motion Died due to lackof second.Moved-Seconded (Ewing-Flanagan) to approve the position of full time Lawrence County InvasiveSpecies Management Deputy Coordinator at the base rate of $13.94 an hour as long as additionalfunding is available. Aye-4 Nay-Weisenberg.Moved-Seconded (Flanagan-Weisenberg) to approve the promotion of Josh Redden as a permanentfull-time Lawrence County Invasive Species Management Deputy Coordinator at the base rate of$13.94 an hour, effective May 23, 2011. Motion Carried.Ewing and Sleep stated this Department has gone through major changes with the Mountain PineBeetle situation and stated additional grants and cost share funds are available to fund the position.Weisenberg stated this should be handled at budget time and not in the middle of the year.Weisenberg stated other Departments have had to cut budgets and now is not the time to add a fulltime employee.Moved-Seconded (Ewing-Sleep) to approve Steven Soderstrom as a temporary seasonal GPS G1 atthe base rate of $11.05 an hour; Chase Tyson as a temporary seasonal GPS G1 at the base rate of$11.05 an hour; and Trent Turbiville as a temporary seasonal GPS G2 at the base rate of $12.36 anhour; effective 5-9-2011. Motion Carried.