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At their first meeting of the year Tuesday night, the Yankton County Commission seated new member Wanda Howey-Fox, and re-elected member Don Kettering.
They then went through the process of selecting a Chair and Vice Chair……
Loest and Healy were Chair and Vice Chair for the last year. Tags:
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3 months ago in Local Jerry Oster Photo: WNAX
The Yankton County Commission reorganized at their first meeting of the year Tuesday night, swearing in re-elected Commissioner Don Kettering and newly elected Commissioner Wanda Howey-Fox.
The Commission also reelected Cheri Loest as Chair and Joe Healy as Vice-Chair.
Loest then picked up on a discussion of possibly changing the start time of their meetings…
Commissioner Wanda Howey-Fox says an earlier start would be a problem for her…
Commissioner Dan Klimisch says they could move faster with better meeting rules..
Commissioners then voted five to zero to keep the start time of their meetings at 6PM.
3 months ago in Local Jerry Oster Photo: WNAX
At their final meeting of the year this week, the Yankton County Commission talked about changing their meeting times. Currently they meet every other Tuesday at 6PM.
Commission Chair Cheri Loest says they now often run late into the evening…..
Commissioner Don Kettering says meetings should start earlier and be restructured…
Commissioner Dan Klimisch says they could look at time limits on certain hearings…
No decisions were made but Loest says the issue will be an agenda item during a January meeting. Tags:
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The year is coming to a close, but the Yankton County Commission still had some business to attend to Tuesday.
During its special meeting to end the year, the board adopted a new salary matrix for the countyâs employees.
Chairperson Cheri Loest told the Press & Dakotan that Tuesdayâs action was a long time coming and needed in a county that saw uneven wage practices.
âWe have had some departments that have had step increases for certain positions, we have some departments that have nothing and a lot of variation between them if they do,â Loest said. âThe question of fairness always comes into play. The canâs been kicked down the road long enough and we felt that it was time to address it.â