Brown County Commissioners met Monday morning at the county courthouse and discussed a plethora of topics.

Among the items in which action was taken:

• Commissioners approved the application to IP Radian to install private lines on CR 186, CR 187, and CR 188.
• Commissioners approved the use of the Coggin Avenue Baptist Church Connection Center in place of Howard Payne’s University of the purposes of jury selection.
• Jennifer McKibben was approved to replace Danielle Jordan as assistant court coordinator, effective June 1.
• Lisa Caldwell was approved as a new member to the Brown County Child Welfare Board.
• Approval was given to enter into a contract with Dr. Burns for access to the DPS radio tower.
• Approval was given to purchase new software for records management regarding the jail and law enforcement.
• Approval was given to seek bids for IT services for the sheriff’s office.
• Approval was given to hire Christopher Angel as a new deputy for the Brown County Sheriff’s Office.
• Approval was given to move contingency funds in the the COVID and FEMA funds.
• Approval was given to declare surplus items on GovDeals.com.
• Commissioners left the burn ban off due to recent rains

Items in which no action were taken included:

• Discussion regarding the American Rescue Plan Act and how to spend the allocated funds.
• Discussion regarding the TAC 2021-22 Health Renewal Notice and Employee Benefits Pool.
• A COVID report was presented.