The White County Board meeting on Wednesday evening focused primarily on administrative housekeeping, including the approval of a two-year lease agreement for a water search-and-rescue boat belonging to ambulance Director Adam Allen and the adoption of a new tax sale trustee program to comply with state equity laws. This is aimed at protecting taxpayers' equity in their homes in the event of non-payment of taxes.Officials discussed budget cuts and the procedural handling of a $12,000 expenditure for a boat motor (unauthorized because it was for a personal possession, according to White County Treasurer Micheal Baxley) which was ultimately ratified through a formal lease agreement. This, despite controversy over how the motor was acquired.
