An organizational chart for county government was approved by the Warren County Board of Supervisors Monday, over the objection of the supervisor who put the issue on the front burner of county business.

County administrator John Smith presented the final draft, showing chains of command and budget setting authority for all levels of county government.

It places the voters on top, with 11 elected county offices directly below. They are the chancery clerk, circuit clerk, board of supervisors, sheriff, tax collector, tax assessor, chancery judge, circuit judges, district attorney, county prosecuting attorney and justice court judges.

Under that appears five appointed officers who serve at the pleasure of the supervisors: the county administrator, road manager, engineer, board attorney and the emergency management and permits director.

On the draft adopted Monday, a dotted line is drawn on each side of the administrator toward the emergency management director and the road manager to signify budgetary authority.

Under the administrator’s oversight are the board-hired positions of comptroller, purchasing director, building and grounds inspector, records manager, fire coordinator/environmental officer, information systems manager, justice court clerk and inventory control clerk.

An alternative motion by District 4 Supervisor Carl Flanders, who has advocated since the beginning of his term to have a structure that places the county administrator above all county personnel regardless of elected status or appointment status with the board.

&#8220It would empower you to operate from a stronger position,” Flanders said.

Flanders’ motion, which died and received no second, would have put the emergency management director and road manager under the administrator’s purview.

The other contested vote taken at Monday’s meeting was a request from board attorney Paul Winfield to approve local and private legislation to fund the Warren Washington Issaquena Sharkey Community Action Agency.

The request was for up to $25,000, which would give the board the authority to subsidize the low-income financial assistance agency at a rate several times higher than the $7,500 originally set aside in the county budget.

District 3 Supervisor Charles Selmon advocated hiking the county’s subsidy in light of recent increases in natural gas rates in the city, where Selmon’s district is located.

&#8220This is not really a big deal,” Selmon said. &#8220We take $20,000 out of gaming to do just about anything.”

District 1 Supervisor David McDonald objected to any hike, saying &#8220they are a regional agency. How do we know the money would stay in Warren County?”.

The issue of timing was also raised, as the agency did not request the amount during the budget process.

The vote was 3-2 to activate the $7,500 funding, as per the budget, with Selmon, District 2 Supervisor William Banks and District 5 Supervisor Richard George voting yes. McDonald and Flanders voted no.

George voted yes via a silent response on the voice vote, a move criticized by Flanders as unclear.

&#8220You know since you’ve been here that a nay vote must be undistinguishable and without a doubt. There was not one,” George said, pointing out that if the measure had failed, the agency would not have received any funding from the county.

Two other local and private legislation allocations, one to the Vicksburg Main Street program for $16,000 and one to the United Way of West Central Mississippi for $20,000, passed unanimously with no discussion.

In other business, the board: