Representative Richard Lindsey Honored by ACCA During County Commission Meeting

lindsey 1000The Tuesday morning meeting of the Cherokee County Commission started with honors for Representative Richard Lindsey, in the form of a special presentation of resolution from the Alabama Association of County Commissions.

Commission Chairman Kirk Day made the presentation which was followed by a brief word from Representative Lindsey:

That act modernizes the administration of county government by revising several outdated sections of Alabama law, and clarifying existing language related to counties.

Specifically, the act does the following:

  1. Allows counties general authority to contract with municipalities,
  2. Clarifies Alabama’s law related to county commissioner conflicts of interest,
  3. Authorizes counties to create a self-funded property insurance program,
  4. Clarifies bonding requirements for 9-1-1 Board members and employees, and
  5. Prevents the annexing of county-maintained roads along emergency evacuation routes.

In other business, the Commission approved the hiring of Angie Cox at the Highway Department on a temporary basis in order to fill the leave of Angie Wilson; authorized Alabama Water Sewer & Fire Protection District compensation in the amount of $200 per month – that compensation is to be paid from District Funds and will not be the responsibility of the Commission; Approved a renewal of a Tax Revenue Enhancement Agreement with RDS concerning remittance processing for 5% Lodging Tax and authorized the chairman to sign in addition to remittance processing for General Sales and Use Taxes, also authorizing the chairman to sign; and the 2015/2016 Meeting Schedule for the Commission was adopted.

The next regular meeting of the Cherokee County Commission will be held Monday, October the 26th at 5:00pm, taking place in the County Administration Building in Centre.

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