Barry County Commissioners will interview several citizen applicants to fill 2017 openings on a half dozen committees and boards after its organizational meeting on Jan. 3.
Administrator Michael Brown said since organizational meetings are typically short in nature, there will be time for the committe of the whole to interview the applicants for open positions.
If the interviews and recommendations are completed on Jan. 3, the commissioners can approve them Jan. 10, he said.
In other business Tuesday, the commissioners approved several recommendations from its committee of the whole, including:
* fee hikes for land division applications, soil erosion permits and some publications from the Barry County Planning Commission. A complete list is available at the county planning office.
* appointing Dr. Michael Markey to replace Dr. Phillip Croft as Medical Examiner for Barry County. Croft, Barry County’s M. E. for nine years, is resigning from Sparrow Hospital’s Forensic Pathology Group.
* an audit engagement agreement with Walker, Fluke and Sheldon to do the Barry County Road Commission’s 2016 audit for a fee of $9,000.
*a three year contract extension for Administrator Michael Brown through 2019, with a raise in salary to $103,338.35 in 2017.
