The Hopkins County commissioners court discussed election worker payment, among other items of business at their regular December 13 meeting. After opening the meeting at 9:03 a.m., Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom opened the floor to citizen comments [see related story], and public forum was closed at 9:22 a.m.
REGULAR BUSINESS
The court unanimously approved their consent agenda.
The court unanimously approved a request from Farmers Electric Co-Op for utilities to cross County Road 2333.
The court then discussed use of county timesheets for election workers.
County treasurer Danny Davis presented he would like to use county timesheets for election workers.
Davis stated the following frustrations with the current system: superfluous email exchanges, illegible handwriting on time cards, unclear timecard organization by workers, and scheduling problems.
County clerk Tracy Smith stated the county was currently using timesheets mandated under Texas election code.
Davis stated that he was “not asking for the state requirement to be done away with,” but only that the county implement county timesheets in addition to Texas election code timesheets.
Pct. I Commissioner Mickey Barker asked for clarification on how many time cards are submitted, and Davis told him that election workers were “already submitting multiple forms… it’s confusing.”
Barker wanted to know if Davis’s plan was “different than what we already do” and Smith stated yes: in this case, poll workers would fill...
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