Louisa County Board approves routine claims, cost-allocation report and one staff payout

The Louisa County Board of Supervisors approved several routine items at the meeting, including payroll/claims, a staff payout and the county's cost-allocation report.

Votes at a glance:

- Approval of meeting agenda: motion carried (vote: aye). Motion and second not specified in the transcript.

- Approval of minutes for Jan. 2: motion carried (vote: aye). Motion and second not specified in the transcript.

- Payout for Susan: motion to approve a vacation/leave payout of $4,641.46 was made and seconded; board voted aye and the motion carried.

- Cost allocation report ("26 cost allocation report" as read in the meeting): motion to approve was made and seconded; board voted aye and the motion carried. The report was described as required by state law and runs to roughly 80 pages; supervisors were asked to sign the report.

- Claims: motion to approve claims for January 7 in the amount of $381,166.93 was moved and seconded; board voted aye and the motion carried.

Context: Supervisors discussed the size of vacation/leave payouts generally and noted such payouts can be substantial for long-tenured employees; one supervisor observed payouts could reach amounts some find surprising. The cost allocation report was described as a required document used to allocate department costs (depreciation, building/equipment costs) and will be useful during budget deliberations. The claims vote reflected a year with extra election costs and staffing differences noted by supervisors.

Ending: All listed motions carried by voice vote; no roll-call tallies with names were recorded in the public portion of the transcript.