3-1-2010 Cannon Election Commission Meeting

Cannon County Election Commission met Monday evening in regular session and most of the discussion centered around past issues between the election commission and the county commissioners at the last regular meeting and last special meeting, especially regarding the report given by Mike Gannon, County Executive. Also discussed and clarified was Stan Dobson’s voting address. At the center of the discussion was the salary of Dorinda Mankin, assistant, which had been discussed at the last two commissioner’s meeting. Election commissioner Dobson asked the commissioners to move $600 from one of the election’s line items into a salary line item and commissioners said no. Jackie Gannon stated everyone had been asking him about suing the county for $600. Stan Dobson stated that a petition would be issued to pay backpay and correct the mistake they (county legislative body, or CLB for short, or county commissioners) had made. He stated they (CLB) had two alternatives, they could either sign it and do it right or turn it over to chancery court to settle. He stated that it had been dropped because they (CLB) had agreed they were in error, they just didn’t understand everything at the time. Jackie Gannon stated that he didn’t know about it and if it went through the county it should go through the election commission. Dobson stated that a petition was issued that asked them (CLB) to do what they were supposed to, and they agreed to do it in April. Lynwood Dennis stated he met with Mark Barker Thursday night and they had agreed to pay. Sue Patrick stated she was concerned when she heard that the “we may be suing” the county when she had no knowledge. She stated she called and told them at the Courier that she had no knowledge, maybe it had been mentioned but they had never taken any kind of vote to sue the county commission. Patrick then brought to Dobson’s attention that there were a couple of letters that she stated he had sent Mike Gannon, one stat...

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