By Sonya Woods Feb 02, 2025 886 views 85
85Two candidates are now set to be interviewed Friday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. for the position of Morris County Treasurer after commissioners voted 4-1 to select them from a pool of 10 total, potential applicants.
At a special meeting of the Morris County Commissioners Court held Jan. 28, commissioners Greg Frazier, Michael Clair and Todd Freeman, along with Judge Doug Reeder, voted in favor of selecting Taylor Byrd and Scott Pollan to interview for the position. Commissioner Kerry McCoy opposed the decision.
At the Tuesday called meeting, the Court immediately convened into executive session to review the applications. After almost an hour, members of the Court returned and announced their decision. The Court then continued to the second item on the agenda, approving bills, before adjourning shortly thereafter.
Earlier this month, commissioners accepted the resignation of treasurer Molly Cummings at the Jan. 13 regular meeting after County officials discovered she failed to report employee W2s to the Social Security Administration (SSA) more than a year ago. Other concerns with Cummings's job performance have previously been discussed. Cummings was first elected to the position in 2018.
The Court held another special meeting Jan. 21 and approved accepting letters of interest for the treasurer's position until at least Jan. 24. Commissioners also approved temporarily moving key treasurer responsibilities to the auditor's office. Those tasks include overseeing payroll and benefits and designating the auditor as the OASys administrator for the county. OASys is an online portal that manages administrative and billing duties associated with employees' benefits operated through TAC (Texas Association of Counties).
Sonya Woods
Sonya has followed a lifelong passion for journalism. Sonya began publishing The Tri-County Press on August 29, 2013, providing a weekly newspaper connecting the citizens of Titus, Camp and Morris Counties as well as neighboring residents through responsible community journalism.