Deb Kahl has been appointed Walworth County Auditor and took the Oath of Office during Tuesday’s (Feb. 8th) meeting of the Walworth County Commission. The board also accepted the resignation of Eva Cagnones as County Auditor. Kahl will serve as Auditor until a new one is found. Petitions to run for the office need to be in by the end of March to be on the June primary ballot.
A motion was passed to send a letter requesting approval of an applicant for the 4-H Youth Advisor position to SDSU Extension.
Commissioner Kevin Holgard brought up letters concerning 4-year-old bills found in the State Legislative Audit relating to a trip taken by Rebecca Krein and Marion Schlomer to Washington. At issue is whether the travel was approved, which the State Auditor could not find record of. Holgard thinks the matter should be considered authorized.
State’s Attorney Jamie Hare then questioned the commission’s response to the State Audit report.
Auditor Kahl will look up the claims from the report and put it on the next meeting’s agenda for discussion.
Discussion on hiring a new part-time Landfill Bookkeeper was tabled until the next meeting, so the interested person can submit an application.
Public hearing was held on rubble tipping fees and a motion was approved to change the fees from $25 to $30 a ton.
A letter of support for the Brown County Jail for transport and boarding was approved and will be signed. Sheriff Josh Boll also wrote a letter of support from his office.
Under new business, Commission Chairman Jim Houck mentioned the selling of tax deeds, something the county used to do. Commissioner Duane Mohr asked State’s Attorney Hare to look into the details so they can pursue collecting taxes that are due.
Houck closed the meeting by clarifying the budget issue that has been written about in a local paper. Houck stated that when the jail closed in 2020 the county’s budget for 2021 had already been set, so the Sheriff’s budget had to be subsidized to compensate for the transport of inmates. Houck said these expenses are not the fault of the Sheriff’s department.
Commissioner Houck said Walworth County spent a little over a million dollars in 2021 for transport and boarding of inmates out of county.
Video of the meeting:
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