Morgan County employees will take home an additional $40,000 in Christmas bonuses next payday thanks to the generosity of county commissioners. 

Each full-time employee will receive $100 and each permanent part-time employee $50.

The one-time salary adjustment was approved unanimously at a regular meeting of the commission Dec. 9.

Commission chairman Ray Long said the money would be paid to 360 employees Dec. 18.

“This is the first holiday bonus employees have received since 2010,” Long pointed out. “After reviewing our financial status, we felt it was something we could do without affecting our budget. It is a small token of our appreciation for the good job department heads and their employees have done keeping expenses at or below budget.”

The commission acted on other matters as follows:

•Approved a resolution honoring Danville High School’s volleyball team for winning the Class 4A state championship.

•Authorized the chairman to execute an agreement with the North Alabama Highway Safety Office and Morgan County for100 percent funded salary plus allowable fringe overtime funds, effective Nov. 17, 2014, to Sept 9, 2015

•Approved checks totaling $3,621 974.77 for the month of November.

•Authorized $140 from the Tourism, Recreation and Convention Fund for an ad in the 2015 Hartselle High School softball program

•Approved the new position of treatment case manager and authorized Kim Thurston, direction of Community Corrections, to fill the position at Grade 5, Level 1

•Authorized the chairman to execute an agreement with Dale John Transport Service to transport human remains in Morgan County, effective Jan.1, 2015 through Dec. 31, 2017

•Approved certificates to subdivide and/or consolidate properties in Morgan C0unty as follows: Wesley Trousdale, Christina Hughes and Mark Ryan Kosier and wife, Crissy Brooke Kosier, Lower Creek Road, Robert Sherrill Helms, Helms and Maze Road and Northeast Morgan County Water and Fire Protection Authority, Parks Chapel Road, all in District 4

•Approved payment of $1,750 to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company for professional services for an interim arbitrage rebate calculation on the Series 2014 general obligation warrants

•Approved $16,111 for Volkert Inc. for program managements services on the Morgan County Jail Annex project

•Approved $4,627.50 to Travelers Insurance for a deductible on a claim for Sharon Ransom

•Approved invoices totaling $450 from Meadowbrook Inc. for vehicle insurance, and charged to appropriate department accounts

•Approved invoices totaling $32,985 from Terracing Consultants Inc. for services related to bridge replacement projects on Cedar Creek Church Road and Cotaco-Florette Road.

•Approved $100 to North Alabama Mutual Assistance Association for annual membership dues for EMA/TVA, effective Jan 1, 2015, to Jan. 31, 2016

Approved $100 to Alabama Association of Community Services for membership dues for Kim Thurston, director of Community Corrections

•Approved $75 to the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy for a certificate renewal for Julie Reeves, deputy administrative officer

•Approved $50 to S.S. Nesbitt for a notary bond renewal for Renee Fields, Revenue Commissioner’s Office, effective Nov. 13, 2014, to Nov. 13, 2018

•Re-scheduled the Tues., Dec. 23, meeting to Thurs., Dec. 18, at 9 a.m.