Haskell County commissioners approve equipment bid, routine reports and discuss contractor payment

At a regularly scheduled meeting, the Haskell County Board of County Commissioners approved a motion to send District 3 out for bid on a used cabin air grader, and approved several routine administrative items including monthly reports for the court clerk, county clerk, health department and treasurer as well as an appropriations transfer and related payment documents.

The motions were moved and seconded and passed by recorded roll calls. The transcript records affirmative votes from Clark McClary (recorded in the meeting as Mr. Clary/McClary/McCleary in different lines), Larry Watson and Billy Cloud on multiple items. One approval roll call in the transcript also records a “Robert McClary” responding yes for a separate motion; the recorded spellings of several commissioners’ names vary in the transcript.

Commissioners spent several minutes clarifying payment for concrete work and associated supplies performed by a contractor identified in the transcript as Logan Palmer. “We can’t pay that. We’ve got to pay Logan Palmer,” a participant said during the discussion; the remark was not attributed to a named speaker in the record. Meeting speakers also referenced a letter from the auditor and a letter from the district attorney (named in the transcript as James Green) in connection with how the check should be prepared and whether certain items should be re-billed. Commissioners asked staff to clarify which items are supplies and whether any ARPA funding applies and said the payment/re-billing details would be handled next week.

The board then moved to adjourn; the adjournment motion carried by recorded affirmative votes.