Autauga County commission approves routine personnel, hiring and budget moves; rescinds pay increase for Sarah Waters
May 07, 2024 | Autauga County, Alabama
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The Autauga County Commission used the consent docket and subsequent motions on May 7 to clear a slate of routine administrative and personnel actions.
Commissioners approved the minutes from the April 16, 2024 meeting and authorized payment of invoices through May 7. The consent docket included approvals for designated personnel to attend multiple training events, a six-month probation period for Sheriff deputy Jacob Turner, surplus and destruction of several Taser units, and authorization to sell two Mack dump trucks at JM Wood Auction. The motion to approve the consent docket was made by Commissioner John L. Thrailkill and seconded by Commissioner Rusty Jacksland and carried unanimously.
The commission also approved several budget transfers to the gasoline budget and the sheriff's gasoline account (totaling $8,451.00 moved from various general fund accounts and $371.78 from the reappraisal fund as recorded in the minutes). The commission approved hiring Duntrevious D. Esco as a deputy sheriff (effective April 30, 2024) and authorized application for a Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program grant that would reimburse 50% of bulletproof vest costs for full‑time deputies.
Additional personnel actions recorded in the minutes included jail budget line adjustments, the termination of a part‑time correctional officer (Teresa Ferrell, effective May 3, 2024) and related hires/transfers including Shelby LeGrande to corporal, Andrew B. Boone as an appraiser, and advertisement to hire a Chief Mapper/GIS Administrator. The commission also approved reclassifying the Economic and Community Development Project Manager position from contract to regular full time exempt upon contract expiration, and appropriated $5,000 to the Autauga County Sewer Authority for maintenance.
Late in the meeting Commissioner Thrailkill moved to suspend the rules to add an item; the commission then voted to rescind a one‑year, one‑step pay increase for Sarah Waters that had been approved on April 2, 2024. The meeting adjourned at 5:21 p.m.
Commissioners approved the minutes from the April 16, 2024 meeting and authorized payment of invoices through May 7. The consent docket included approvals for designated personnel to attend multiple training events, a six-month probation period for Sheriff deputy Jacob Turner, surplus and destruction of several Taser units, and authorization to sell two Mack dump trucks at JM Wood Auction. The motion to approve the consent docket was made by Commissioner John L. Thrailkill and seconded by Commissioner Rusty Jacksland and carried unanimously.
The commission also approved several budget transfers to the gasoline budget and the sheriff's gasoline account (totaling $8,451.00 moved from various general fund accounts and $371.78 from the reappraisal fund as recorded in the minutes). The commission approved hiring Duntrevious D. Esco as a deputy sheriff (effective April 30, 2024) and authorized application for a Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program grant that would reimburse 50% of bulletproof vest costs for full‑time deputies.
Additional personnel actions recorded in the minutes included jail budget line adjustments, the termination of a part‑time correctional officer (Teresa Ferrell, effective May 3, 2024) and related hires/transfers including Shelby LeGrande to corporal, Andrew B. Boone as an appraiser, and advertisement to hire a Chief Mapper/GIS Administrator. The commission also approved reclassifying the Economic and Community Development Project Manager position from contract to regular full time exempt upon contract expiration, and appropriated $5,000 to the Autauga County Sewer Authority for maintenance.
Late in the meeting Commissioner Thrailkill moved to suspend the rules to add an item; the commission then voted to rescind a one‑year, one‑step pay increase for Sarah Waters that had been approved on April 2, 2024. The meeting adjourned at 5:21 p.m.
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