Jefferson County Commission approves three new-business actions: outside counsel, contract termination, $35,000 community grant

At its Feb. 19 meeting the Jefferson County Commission approved three items brought under new business: the retention of outside counsel for JT Smallwood in a U.S. Circuit Court matter, authorization for the interim director of youth and detention to issue a termination-for-convenience notice to DG and Associates, and a $35,000 District 1 community grant to Urban Impact.

On outside representation, the chair identified Wayne Morris as the attorney to be retained to represent JT Smallwood in his official capacity as a defendant in U.S. Circuit Court; the commission moved, seconded, and approved the authorization by roll call. The transcript records the attorney’s name (Wayne Morris) as the counsel to be retained.

The second action authorized the interim director of youth and detention to issue a notice of termination for convenience to DG and Associates; that motion was moved and seconded and approved by roll call. The motion’s language in the meeting authorized staff to proceed with issuing the termination notice; no additional contractual details or dollar amounts were recorded in the public transcript.

The third item was a District 1 community grant of $35,000 to Urban Impact funded from District 1 funds. Commissioners moved and approved the grant by roll call. The transcript records the grant amount and the recipient but does not provide further budgetary breakdown or performance requirements.

All three items were approved in roll-call votes during the meeting; the transcript records affirmative responses from commissioners but does not list a full itemized numeric vote tally for each item in the public record of the meeting.