Board approves minutes, claims and personnel moves including assessor promotions and clerk hire

The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors approved routine business and several personnel actions.

At the start of the meeting the board approved the minutes from the Dec. 8 meeting by voice vote. Later, supervisors considered personnel items in the assessor's office: Randy Kiefer announced his retirement at year end; the board approved promoting Casey Kronk to a position in the assessor's office at an annual salary of $55,000 (board and assessor's office said the change was within budget). The board also approved hiring Anna Scotton as a clerk in the assessor's office at $44,000; meeting comments noted her prior clerk and court office experience. The board moved to allow claims and approved reports for $81,844.58, and then adjourned.

Why it matters: these actions affect county staffing and payroll and are recorded as official board approvals. Supervisors indicated the personnel moves are budget‑neutral or within existing budget lines.

Details: the assessor's office hire and promotion were presented as routine personnel administration; the auditor's office processes payroll for position changes. The meeting recorded voice votes (ayes) but did not include a roll‑call vote for each action in the transcript.

Next steps: normal personnel onboarding and payroll processing; no additional board action recorded for these items.