Warren County members discuss renegotiating nurse contract to retain staff

At the meeting, Brett said he had reached out about renegotiating a health-care contract for a nurse at the facility, saying the intent was to retain staff amid rising costs. "Just with the the rising cost and stuff like that uh retaining her, she's being paid significantly less than what um the current CNAs are making," Brett said.

Members responded that the contract renews automatically and that an amendment could be made to the agreement to increase pay, but any amendment would need to be brought first to this body and then to the commissioners for approval. A member noted the nurse's resume would need to be submitted for consideration.

A motion to "entertain" action on the contract matter was moved and seconded during the meeting, and the transcript records the motion and second. The transcript does not include a recorded vote or final outcome on that motion in the excerpt provided.

The record in the meeting indicates a follow-up path: submission of the nurse's resume, a possible amendment to the agreement, and a subsequent commissioners' meeting for final approval. No contract text or pay rates were included in the transcript and the pay claim in the remarks is not documented by contract language in the meeting record.