[0:02] Good morning everyone. We'll start with
the pledge.
[0:05] » I pledge alce to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic
[0:12] for it stands nation
indivisible with liberty and justice for
[0:19] all.
>> We have Matthew Young here today to do
[0:22] the invitation.
[0:25] Father, we just thank you for another
day, another opportunity to seek your
[0:29] wisdom, for that which is the business
of this county, for the betterment of
[0:34] all the people. We thank you, Lord, for
providing it and providing your grace in
[0:38] Jesus name. Amen.
>> Amen.
[0:59] We'll have the minutes.
We'll have the minutes for approval last
[1:04] week prepared for next week. Moving on
into the claims. I'll make a motion we
[1:09] approve the claims in the amount of
$636,52610.
[1:15] » I'll second that motion.
>> It's been moved and seconded. All in
[1:19] favor say I. I. I.
[1:29] There are not any ad debates today.
The agenda. Anybody have any changes to
[1:34] the agenda this morning?
>> Yes. I would like to add Renee
[1:39] Schlickard,
the Constitution, the weekly
[1:43] proclamation to our agenda. First thing,
[1:48] » any other additions? And I'd like a 30
minute attorney client privilege.
[1:56] And then I'd also like a 10-minute
attorney client privilege.
[2:06] » Do you need that before anything?
>> Doesn't Can it go in? No.
[2:09] » This afternoon?
>> Yeah, that's good. The
[2:12] » the first one for 30 minutes could go as
soon as we can. That would be great.
[2:16] » Is that with Scott?
>> Yes, ma'am.
[2:23] Okay. Any other changes?
>> One more. I need to add a 15minute
[2:27] executive session uh with public works
>> non-elected.
[2:33] » Correct.
>> Who's all in it?
[2:37] » Commissioners, myself, JD Hanley.
[2:45] » Anything else? You got anything? Make a
motion we approve the agenda with the
[2:49] follow those following changes.
>> All second it.
[2:53] » Moved and seconded.
Any further discussion? All in favor say
[2:57] I.
>> I.
[2:58] » I.
[3:04] » Renee Slinkard. We're going to go ahead
and have you come on up. We approved the
[3:09] Constitution uh last week proclamation
resolution 2026-20.
[3:16] Um, but I don't think we approved that
resolution number. So, I'll make a
[3:20] motion we accept resolution number
2026-20.
[3:24] Whereas the Lynn County
uh Kansas Commissioners approve
[3:31] Constitution Week Proclamation September
17th, 2026. That's my motion.
[3:37] » I'll second that motion. It's
>> been moved and seconded. Any discussion?
[3:42] All in favor say I. I. I.
[3:51] Have everybody sign it before we take a
picture.
[4:13] Okay.
Hold it up.
[4:17] » You want to hold it up?
>> No.
[4:20] » Together.
[4:25] » Thank you.
>> Thanks very much.
[4:27] » Have a good week.
>> One of those.
[4:32] » Yeah.
[4:37] » Thank you very much. Appreciate it.
>> We good there.
[4:44] AMR is not here today. I'll be reading
the report
[4:48] data for August 1st through the 23rd.
Blue Mound has four calls and three
[4:53] transports. Centerville has five calls
and two transports. Lac Scene with 44 or
[4:57] 43 [clears throat] calls, 32 transports.
Mount City with 19 calls and eight
[5:02] transports. Parker with two calls and
one transport. Pleasanton with 27 calls
[5:06] and 17 transports. Prescott with three
calls and three transports. The average
[5:12] response time is 15 minutes and 4
seconds.
[5:25] I'll make a motion we go into executive
session with the appraiser for 20
[5:30] minutes pursuant to Kansas statute
754319
[5:33] B1 non-elected personnel with the three
commissioners, the attorney, Lisa, and
[5:39] Chassity.
That's my motion.
[5:43] » I'll [snorts] second that motion.
>> It's been moved and seconded. All in
[5:46] favor say I.
>> I. I. returning at 9:27.
[26:24] I'll make a motion we extend for another
10 minutes.
[26:28] » I'll second that motion.
>> It's been moved and seconded. All in
[26:31] favor say I. I.
>> I. Returning at 9:38.
[37:36] There was no action.
[37:46] Uh I'll read the prisoners or the
sheriff's report really quick. Prisoners
[37:51] in 72 zero farmed out. 44 farmed in, 71
911 calls, 6,137
[38:00] jail contacts, 724 calls for service, 22
civil service papers served, 14 VIN
[38:07] inspections, 33 new cases open, 16 cases
closed, seven vehicle crashes, 125 baift
[38:14] contacts, three livestock out, and 140
SRO calls for service.
[38:22] Fire Chief,
[38:31] » you can just go to the report and then
we'll get to the budget later if that's
[38:34] okay.
>> Later today.
[38:36] » Yes.
>> Is that okay?
[38:38] » Sure.
>> Okay.
[38:41] » Uh, good morning, Sean Tugle, Lane
County Fire Department, Fire Chief. Uh,
[38:46] one vehicle fire, one carbon monoxide
check, one power line down, two smoke
[38:52] investigations, two crash detections,
three wildland fires, four EMS assist,
[38:58] 921 calls to date.
>> Awesome. Can you stick around for budget
[39:04] or Sure.
>> be busy? Okay,
[39:07] » we'll get to you in a little bit.
Thanks.
[39:09] » Thanks,
>> Linda. Did you have anything other than
[39:13] budget? All right, go ahead and come up.
[39:21] » Good morning.
>> Good morning.
[39:23] » Um, I'll be making monthly reports
because I don't have Oh, totals. Um, so
[39:28] this is actually like two months report
because I didn't come last month. Um, in
[39:34] July I attended a webinar and this is
just kind of a rundown of what I've done
[39:38] since I've become director or was in the
interim. Uh I attended a webinar from
[39:43] KDM on preparedness. Uh in their
preparedness series um that was
[39:49] insurance pitfalls during disaster. Uh I
met with the sheriff under sheriff rule
[39:54] fire and it to put together SOGS for the
command trailer. Uh this included
[39:59] directives on who was to set up tear
down and cleaning. And this is in
[40:03] response to the tornado event in April.
Uh we had the LAPC meeting July the 23rd
[40:09] at the health department. Natalie Geredi
u our regional coordinator from KDM and
[40:14] Carol Arnold from the Red Cross were our
guest speakers. Uh we talked about the
[40:18] need to exercise our capabilities
and uh lunch was provided by emergency
[40:24] management 22 attending and the annual
meeting will be January 27th in
[40:29] Pleasanton.
Um, I went to Jefferson County on July
[40:34] the 30th and acted as an evaluator for
an exercise that they had um, entitled
[40:39] Jefferson County Earthquake. And then in
August, I taught CPR first aid AED
[40:45] classes to the transportation department
at USD 344. And I have two more uh, CPR
[40:52] trainings set for September. So far, um,
I attended the Southeast Regional KMA
[40:58] meeting in Bourbon County. you we are a
part of the northeast region but we have
[41:03] a lot more in common with the southeast
region. So I went down there to just to
[41:08] make introductions and see how they
handle things and I mean knowledge is
[41:13] good and so we can if I can glean from
other counties that's a good thing. Um
[41:19] in the afternoon I attended an exercise
design class for their upcoming
[41:23] exercise.
I'm still working with Carrie Terry
[41:26] Keegan from KDM. Um he is the state
training program manager. Um I want to
[41:32] bring the American Red Cross shelter
fundamentals training to Lynn County and
[41:38] this would be open to other counties.
They put it out on Kansas train um as
[41:42] well as anybody in Lynn County that
would like to become a uh Red Cross
[41:46] volunteer.
I attended uh Lynn County Department
[41:50] head meeting and it was nice to get to
discuss things with the other department
[41:54] heads. Um I'm part of the Everbridge
working group for the northeast region.
[41:59] Uh we had a teams meeting to discuss the
new fund uh functionalities of
[42:04] Everbridge. I attended the KDM webinar
avoiding scams after disasters.
[42:11] I hosted a meeting that included city
and county public works supervisors and
[42:15] city officials.
Jason from GIS provided me with maps
[42:20] showing property around each city that
is owned by either the cities or the
[42:24] counties. Um, and with the city's input,
we were able to discuss temporary debris
[42:29] sites for each city. There were other
topics discussed and all agreed that it
[42:34] was a good meeting and that they wanted
to meet more often. So, we're going to
[42:37] meet quarterly with all the public works
guys from the city.
[42:42] Um after gaining the information from
that meeting I was able to complete the
[42:45] debris management part of our emergency
operations plan for the and I sent it
[42:50] off to the state for approval. Uh they
will go through it list any changes that
[42:56] they want and it after they approve it
then it will go to you guys for
[42:59] approval.
um they are going away from Kansas
[43:03] Planner which is where we have it right
now and so uh we have to start all over
[43:09] from square one and put all information
into a new program because the state has
[43:13] changed. So uh in addition to the
meetings and training I continue to do
[43:18] the normal work that I've done um as the
EM planner for the next for the last 10
[43:23] years. Um next Monday through Thursday
I'll be attending the KMA conference in
[43:28] Manhattan.
Do you have any questions?
[43:32] » I don't.
>> I don't have anything.
[43:33] » Okay. Next next time will be smaller.
It'll be one.
[43:37] » Okay. Thank you.
>> Thanks, Linda. Have a good week.
[43:44] » Katie, I'm going to skip you and go to
Ashley really quick so she can get out
[43:48] of here. Um, sorry,
Ashley Allen with economic development.
[43:55] Sorry.
>> Thanks.
[43:57] » He's disappointed. I know. I can tell.
Darn it. Okay. Ashley Allen, economic
[44:02] development. Um, first I want to start
with we're trying to wrap up our summer
[44:06] work program. Um, I've received um
information the payrolls and the W9s for
[44:11] seven of the eight recipients. So, I
would like to get approval to get those
[44:15] sent out sent to accounts payable so we
can get them paid. So, I'm still missing
[44:20] one. Um, yeah.
>> Do you want to call again or do we want
[44:25] to go and approve the seven? Well, I
didn't know if I could approve the seven
[44:28] and then
>> come back.
[44:30] » I was going to tell him by the end of
the week if I What is your suggestion?
[44:33] I' I've sent two emails, but
>> but I haven't given any like
[44:38] » I guess
>> we can only approve the seven because
[44:41] he's going to have to get her the
correct the paperwork. So,
[44:46] » you have everything you need on the
seven. So, the seven
[44:49] » the seven are complete.
>> I'm okay with it. I'm good with
[44:53] approving the seven if you Yeah.
>> Some of those were early getting them
[44:57] in. So, I just
>> uh Which one was that? Youth
[45:01] » de summer youth development.
>> Um I'll approve these seven that have
[45:05] responded to Ashley Allen regarding the
reimbursement for the summer youth
[45:10] program. That's my motion.
>> I'll second it.
[45:14] » It's been moved and seconded. Any
further discussion?
[45:17] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[45:19] » I.
>> Perfect. Um, and then next I just wanted
[45:22] to share about the keys event that I was
able to attend two weeks ago in
[45:25] Manhattan. Um, I was able to meet with
several hundred economic developers, e
[45:30] community members, and teachers across
Kansas. Got to hear from some great
[45:34] speakers and attend several classes. Um,
where we talked about marketing beyond
[45:39] the fler, filling empty buildings in
your community, and using AI and
[45:44] economic development. Um, so we're now
we're just kind of trying to decide. As
[45:49] you know, we were one of the first um e
community members Lynn County was in
[45:53] 2009 under Dennis Arnold, I believe. Um
and we will be losing that membership in
[45:58] September if we don't take some kind of
action. While I'm not really sure what
[46:03] that looks like, um Chassity and I have
talked about it a lot. Um
[46:09] and we're not really sure how it can
continue. Um, we hate to lose it because
[46:14] Janet said it'll be hard to to get back
and it is a good tool if you guys do
[46:19] ever hire an economic developer. Um,
so if you have any suggestions, I don't
[46:27] know. Um, I would be willing to help
with whatever I could. Um, basically the
[46:33] e community, um, they meet quarterly,
minimum quarterly, monthly if you can.
[46:39] Um they just provide direction, set
goals and collaborate on creating
[46:43] creating a thriving entrepreneurial
environment. Um
[46:48] a network Kansas normally comes to the
meetings, a financial review board to
[46:53] review loan applications.
Right now we have several loans out
[46:57] through um e community.
>> How many counties belong to us?
[47:02] » Well, you know, that's a good question,
Jim. I knew I know five just joined and
[47:07] I had a map and I forgot it. So quite a
few but we just had five new ones and I
[47:12] think it's quite a lengthy process to
join. I just know um the COO came up to
[47:17] me the other day and was asking me some
questions and he was friends with Dennis
[47:20] Arnold and he said do you know you were
one of the first ones and so um so I
[47:25] can't tell you for sure and I could get
back with you on an answer for that. Um,
[47:29] but it gives us things like ecom
community programming dollars. In the
[47:32] past few years, we've used those funds
to provide pri prizes for youth
[47:37] entrepreneurship challenge. We've sent
business we can send businesses to
[47:41] destination boot camp. I don't know if
we've done that. I haven't been involved
[47:45] in any of that. Chastity says yes. Um,
so we would just lose access to the
[47:50] funds. Um,
[47:55] the opportunity to sell entrepreneurship
tax credits. Um, these are just a few
[48:00] things that Janet had shared with us and
you guys may have seen that email back
[48:04] in May, 1 of May.
>> It's also a gap for those individuals
[48:08] that are trying to start businesses that
maybe can't get a full loan at the bank.
[48:12] Um, e community helps provide that gap
loan process for some of our and we do
[48:19] have as Ashley mentioned several
businesses that have used that
[48:23] » and there's so much you know I was
talking with Chastity and I don't even
[48:26] know what all they can do. Um, it was a
it was a great conference and tons I
[48:30] mean tons of people work there. It's a
fairly new within like the last I don't
[48:34] know 20 years I think they said they
started and I think there's a lot out
[48:38] there. I just don't really I haven't
taken the time to really dig in deep.
[48:43] Um,
but I just think if you guys do ever
[48:47] fill that role, it would be a great tool
and a shame to lose it. So
[48:53] » Jim, it looks like there's 82 community
partnerships that work with Network
[48:57] Kansas.
[49:07] » We talked about, you know, maybe like
there was a way to fill it within the
[49:11] county. It cannot be, we cannot pay
them. Can't pay them. But if you could
[49:15] use like several of the county workers,
we have to have five minimum five. And I
[49:20] think the max is like 10 to 15, but we
don't really want too high of a number
[49:25] because then you have to have so many
present to vote on anything. Um,
[49:33] » what does that look like for you?
>> Well,
[49:36] » would you be interested in part-time?
>> I would. Yes, and that's what I was
[49:39] thinking too. Like um, you know, I spoke
with lots of economic developers in
[49:44] Manhattan and I mean without like having
some direction, I wouldn't really just
[49:50] want to jump in. Um but yeah, if we
could do like some kind of like a
[49:53] part-time or like a work from home, um I
would be happy to shadow um I've spoke
[49:59] with other economic developers and
shadow them or if we just wanted to
[50:03] figure out a way to keep the um
e community membership alive.
[50:10] I would be interested.
[50:15] » September 30th. What was the due date? I
think it was September 30th.
[50:20] I don't think it was that late. I think
it was like December.
[50:26] » Pretty quick. Let's go ahead and on
August 31st, let's put that on the
[50:33] agenda to discuss. You don't have to be
here, but we'll just discuss the
[50:37] position.
>> Okay. Um that's going to be we put the e
[50:41] ecoda budget
out there and then also discuss what
[50:46] we're going to do make a decision once
we make a decision then
[50:50] » we can figure out that way.
>> That sounds good. Thanks for going to
[50:55] that though.
>> Yeah, it was exciting.
[50:56] » Yeah, it was a lot of fun. I really
enjoyed it. So, thank you for allowing
[50:59] me to go. So, guess that's it.
>> We will be in touch. Thank you so much.
[51:04] Have a good week.
[51:10] I'll make a motion we go into executive
session for 30 minutes pursuant to
[51:15] Kansas statute 754319
attorney client privilege
[51:22] with the three commissioners Jacqueline
Pleta our attorney and Scott Nurvass
[51:28] other counsel that's my motion
>> I'll second that motion
[51:33] » it's been moved and seconded all in
favor say I
[51:36] » I returning at 10:2 One, two.
[1:21:58] There was no action.
[1:22:05] JD
[1:22:41] Maybe
we do it later. Morning
[1:22:49] commissioners.
>> Good morning.
[1:22:50] » Eddie Hanley Public Works.
>> Very busy week last week. I met with
[1:22:55] Sheay Hensac, the regional coordinator
with the Lake Region Solid Waste
[1:23:00] Authority. Had a nice meeting with her.
Learned a lot of things about their
[1:23:05] capabilities and and our membership with
them. I would like to recommend to you
[1:23:11] to appoint Zack Reagan as our third and
final board member to that organization.
[1:23:30] » I'm good with it.
>> Is anybody Jason? You good?
[1:23:34] » Yep. I'll make a motion that we appoint
Zachary Reagan to the Lake Region Solid
[1:23:38] Waste Authority board member.
I'll second that motion.
[1:23:45] » It's been moved and seconded. Any
further discussion?
[1:23:48] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[1:23:50] » I.
>> Thank you.
[1:23:53] Also, as uh Linda Simons stated earlier,
had a meeting uh regarding debris
[1:23:58] management in the event of a disaster.
We met with all the different uh public
[1:24:02] works authorities with all the different
cities. It's a good meeting. Exchange
[1:24:06] contact information with everybody.
We're going to continue to do that on a
[1:24:09] quarterly basis.
want to circle back with you today on
[1:24:13] the CEL training contract. See if we
could get approval to use that
[1:24:19] again. Jacqueline's reviewed it. She
said she was all right with it.
[1:24:24] » You looked at it.
>> Jason, have you had time to look through
[1:24:26] it?
>> Yep.
[1:24:36] [snorts]
[1:24:38] » Did you have any issues with it?
[1:24:44] We probably have to be involved in that
knowing when they're terminated or not.
[1:24:48] Working closely with Chassity on that.
>> Yes.
[1:24:52] » No issues. Right, Jacqueline?
I'll make a motion we approve the Lind
[1:24:57] County, Kansas in house CDL training and
employment commitment agreement
[1:25:01] effective immediately.
>> I'll second that motion.
[1:25:03] » It's been moved and seconded. All in
favor say I.
[1:25:06] » I.
>> Thank you. also have to present to you
[1:25:10] an assistance application from Jay-Hawk
Lens FFA. Uh they're going to prepare.
[1:25:15] They're preparing to do their land
judging and they asked if we could come
[1:25:19] out and I guess the holes are already
there. They just need to be cleaned out
[1:25:22] and straightened up a little bit. Less
than an hour's worth of work. I don't
[1:25:25] have a problem with that. If if uh
commission's okay with it, we could get
[1:25:29] approval on that agreement.
>> We've done that before.
[1:25:31] » I don't have an issue. Do you have
anything I need to sign?
[1:25:34] » Yeah.
[1:25:39] We need a motion.
>> Yeah, I can make it. Let me I'm just
[1:25:42] going to read through it real quick.
>> I'll make a motion. We approve the Lynn
[1:25:47] County Public Works Assistance
Application for Jay-Hawk FFA preparing
[1:25:53] for their land judging at the high
school. That's my motion.
[1:25:57] » I'll second it.
>> It's been moved and seconded. Any
[1:26:00] discussion?
All in favor say I. I.
[1:26:05] » I. also
met with Tony Molini. He's our engineer
[1:26:10] on the landfill expansion. Making some
good progress there. We're still in the
[1:26:16] uh right now we're in the notification
stage. We've got to notify uh 10
[1:26:20] separate authorities.
Uh as of Friday before I went home, we
[1:26:25] we uh Friday we got the uh seventh
approval. So we've got seven out of 10
[1:26:31] approved on that. Um, Friday was the uh
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
[1:26:37] Um, the broadheaded skink has been
removed from the endangered species
[1:26:42] list. So, we cleared that hurdle. We're
waiting on the Kansas Biological Survey,
[1:26:49] the Kansas State Historical Society, and
the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Tony
[1:26:54] did not suspect any hiccups there. Um
once we get those those uh three final
[1:27:01] approvals, then we can uh talk about
doing some core sample drilling out
[1:27:06] there to see where the bedrock is and
the water table is so we know how deep
[1:27:10] the cell will be. So we're making
progress there.
[1:27:14] Chassity and I met with uh world
premiere um Friday in regards to the her
[1:27:21] not necessarily the heritage grant. I
guess that's their primary focus. He put
[1:27:25] together a proposal. I didn't have time
to put it in your packet for this week.
[1:27:28] I'll circle back with you on it next
week. I just wanted to give you a heads
[1:27:30] up on that. Um, basically they're
wanting to do the work for us in regards
[1:27:35] to historical courthouse. Um, some
painting, some uh repair to the steeple,
[1:27:43] window sills, a lot of wood repair and
stuff. It's all outlined in their
[1:27:46] proposal. Um, supposedly [snorts] no
cost to the county. So, that'll be in
[1:27:51] your next week's packet for you to
review.
[1:27:54] Um,
I think the main thing Dave wanted to to
[1:27:58] discuss was is if they get approval to
go out for this grant,
[1:28:04] would the work still have to go out for
bids?
[1:28:12] Might chew on that one. Don't need an
answer today.
[1:28:16] Uh, speaking of the courthouse, I wanted
to bring to you there's two trees over
[1:28:20] there we need to take down. Um unless
one of you have a huge issue with that.
[1:28:26] There's
>> which ones?
[1:28:28] » Uh you know the driveway going in to the
maintenance door here on the east side.
[1:28:34] They're right there along that driveway.
One of them is split. It's it's it's
[1:28:41] done. The other one they took some off
of it. It's hollow in the middle. I mean
[1:28:47] they're both
their life's limited. I'd like to get
[1:28:51] proactive and just go ahead and take
them down unless somebody has a huge
[1:28:54] issue with that.
>> They're not going to get any better.
[1:28:58] That's my point.
>> You can't.
[1:29:00] » No.
>> No. We tried the whole Miracle Grow
[1:29:04] thing and it didn't take ratchet strap.
[laughter]
[1:29:07] » A ratchet strap. Is that what you said?
>> I don't need a motion. I just If anybody
[1:29:11] had an issue with that, I just
>> I don't have an issue.
[1:29:13] » Yeah. I mean, they're not going to get
any better. I hate to take trees down,
[1:29:16] too. But we did take one a couple weeks
down. I didn't talk to you about that.
[1:29:19] It was back by the parking lot and it
was better in the door now. So, it's
[1:29:23] gone. I'd like I want to get these two
taken down and then we'll try to get
[1:29:26] them stumps ground down, make it look
decent around there. Uh,
[1:29:32] so the appraiser reached out to me a
couple weeks ago and they're wanting to
[1:29:36] they're going to buy themselves a new
pickup. They offered me their existing
[1:29:38] pickup. It's a 2015 Ford F-150. I'd like
permission to go ahead and purchase that
[1:29:43] from them. It's a good truck. Um, I
think uh it's only got like 63 64,000
[1:29:49] miles on it. I think we can get some
good use out of that in-house. I don't
[1:29:54] mind buying used, especially with this
one since we know the history of it, you
[1:29:58] know, it's been treated well and
maintained and whatnot. Um,
[1:30:03] » are we going to take one out of service
or what that we have or is this just an
[1:30:07] extra vehicle?
>> So, we're going to hand hand one down. I
[1:30:11] think I'll take the uh I think public
works administrator will take the
[1:30:15] appraiser vehicle and then we'll take
the one that I'm driving and hand it
[1:30:18] down to road shop 3. They've got about
two trucks that are on life support that
[1:30:23] they're utilizing.
>> So, we'll get rid of a truck there. Then
[1:30:26] » eventually we'll circle back and take
one of them
[1:30:30] » one of them older units out of service
and probably purple wave. But I mean
[1:30:33] we're working on a we're working on I'm
working on a liquidation list to bring
[1:30:37] to you at some point before the end of
the year.
[1:30:39] » Okay. So, yeah, there'll definitely be a
truck get liquidated. I don't know that
[1:30:42] it'll
>> Do you want to see that first?
[1:30:45] » I would like to see it at the time we do
this is what I'd like to see. I just
[1:30:48] don't want to keep adding trucks to the
fleet.
[1:30:51] » Give us an inventory.
>> Which one we're going to pull?
[1:30:54] » All Yeah, all vehicles. You want all
vehicles, right?
[1:30:59] » Road shop. What What do we have there?
What are they driving?
[1:31:02] » Oh, okay.
>> Um
[1:31:03] » Yeah, sure. No problem.
Uh, also I wanted to come back with you
[1:31:08] and request that transfer that $450,000
for the landfill closing. I want to move
[1:31:13] that from the landfill's budget to the
contingency fund. I think that's where
[1:31:17] that money belongs rather than the uh a
line item in the the landfill's budget.
[1:31:39] 450,000 even. Is that what's in there?
You know,
[1:31:46] » this was a a figure that was actually
budgeted for last year, but the transfer
[1:31:50] never took place.
>> So, it's budgeted under a landfill
[1:31:55] closing,
>> but Yes.
[1:31:58] » I only show ending cash balance of 425.
Is that right?
[1:32:03] » I believe
David would I'm gonna ask David to come
[1:32:07] up if you would please. We we had a
conversation about this on Friday
[1:32:11] and I think if I'm correct there was a
25
[1:32:14] » pull that chair up for him. He can
[1:32:18] » it's 450 according to the expense report
for the end of July.
[1:32:24] So
>> I'm only referring to this and I have no
[1:32:27] idea if this um from Dave Terbert. So I
show estimated
[1:32:32] » 425 budgeting
>> another 25,000 a year was what we're
[1:32:36] supposed to be putting out. Right.
>> So according to last year or well this
[1:32:42] year's budget, excuse me, the one that
was done last year, it showed that money
[1:32:46] being transferred to a landfill closing
fund. That transfer never happened last
[1:32:52] year.
Um there was no in fact the landfill
[1:32:56] closing fund has never been set up.
>> Well, didn't we a few years ago take the
[1:33:00] 400 and start out with a 400 bill and
add 25,000 a year?
[1:33:04] » Yeah, we started putting it in as a line
item in the contingency.
[1:33:08] So in the budget you've got for next
year.
[1:33:13] I am showing in there that we are going
to go ahead and make that transfer. I
[1:33:17] believe it was 400,000 this year to get
it. Sorry, let me get over to the right
[1:33:22] page budget here.
[1:33:30] Yeah, I have a I show us transferring
400,000 this year and adding another
[1:33:35] 25,000 to it in next year's budget. So,
that would take care of getting it moved
[1:33:40] to that landfill closing. However, we
need to set that fund up in their
[1:33:45] records over there. And I'd already
talked to Chassity and Joanie about that
[1:33:48] that I could come in and help them get
that fund set up if they needed some
[1:33:52] assistance with that. So I think that
will take care of getting it moved over
[1:33:56] there.
>> I guess I'm not understanding get the
[1:33:58] fund set up. I mean there's already a
contingency line item.
[1:34:01] » You know, the contingency is there,
>> but the when the budget was done last
[1:34:06] year, the person that did the budget
showed transferring that from
[1:34:10] contingency to a landfill closing fund,
which would be its own fund. That fund
[1:34:15] was never set up in their accounting
records over there and that transfer
[1:34:18] never happened.
>> So when we started this two or three
[1:34:21] years ago, we didn't set that 400,000
that started up then.
[1:34:24] » No, we we were just showing it as a line
item in contingency. And this would move
[1:34:28] it into its own fund, which does make
sense to get it out there and away from
[1:34:32] contingency.
[1:34:37] » JD, I'm not against asking. I just don't
know if today's the day.
[1:34:41] » That's fine. We can circle back to it. I
don't care where it ends up going is it
[1:34:45] doesn't be in the landfill's operating
budget. You know, it needs to be tucked
[1:34:49] away.
>> It will be.
[1:34:50] » Yeah, that's that's my goal is to tuck
it away.
[1:34:57] » Do you Do you want to talk about the
landfill fee proposal?
[1:35:03] » The change?
>> That's fine.
[1:35:07] » I mean, it's pretty simple really. It's
just cleaning up stuff that there's a
[1:35:11] lot of extra categories down there
that's not utilized anymore.
[1:35:19] And again, I guess probably the biggest
change would be [snorts] segregating the
[1:35:23] incount out of county stuff.
[1:35:27] » How do we determine that?
Well, like last week, like I said, I
[1:35:31] think that they need to present proof of
uh residency, whether that be their
[1:35:35] driver's license or the tag on their
vehicle or a deed.
[1:35:40] If there's somebody that's just recently
moved here and they haven't switched
[1:35:43] over their driver's license or their
license plate, then they could provide a
[1:35:47] copy of the deed. I actually had to do
that myself back many moons ago.
[1:35:52] » So, if you own a home here, but you have
a license somewhere else, you're saying
[1:35:56] they have to produce a license
from here
[1:36:00] » have to provide proof of property
ownership.
[1:36:02] » Okay.
>> In my opinion, the landfills for the
[1:36:05] residents of of Lynn County and and so
on and so forth. So,
[1:36:11] I think that they need to be property
owners here to utilize our our services.
[1:36:16] » Is that stated anywhere?
>> That's why we're having this
[1:36:20] conversation. [laughter]
>> Well, I just don't know if we want to
[1:36:22] make a motion. I'm okay with the rates
changing. Um, but if if we're talking
[1:36:29] license or whatever you come up with,
>> we can make a public
[1:36:33] » probably need to have some sort of a
>> we can make a public announcement.
[1:36:37] » Well, I'm thinking when you drive in
>> Oh, see a sign posted.
[1:36:41] » We can add it to the sign. It's easy
enough.
[1:36:46] » I just see issues with someone coming.
It's not posted. And then the guys are
[1:36:51] asking for a license and a deed with a
>> big trailer of
[1:36:57] » free.
>> Understood.
[1:37:02] » Do you guys want to make a motion on the
new rates? Do you want to look over it?
[1:37:06] » I'm good with them.
>> I'll make a motion we approve the new
[1:37:10] landfill fee schedule.
>> I'll second that.
[1:37:17] » It's been moved and seconded. Any
further discussion?
[1:37:21] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[1:37:23] » I.
>> Thank you.
[1:37:36] » Road updates.
They finished the capping projects
[1:37:40] asphalt west of Centerville. Moved down
to Blue Mountain. Got those all finished
[1:37:43] up. Now, they're just doing some random
pothole patching around the county and
[1:37:48] different areas that's that we've got
requests for and that I've designated.
[1:37:54] Also going to be doing some pothole
patching up in the uh there's a few
[1:37:57] potholes in the park and try to get
those patched before Labor Day holiday
[1:38:02] comes.
[1:38:05] Our road grader, the John Deere unit
218, it's in the shop in THA.
[1:38:12] So, we've got 14,000 into it right now.
That's for tear down. Needs a
[1:38:16] transmission replaced. We're looking at
at about $35,000.
[1:38:21] Met with met with Murphy last week.
They're putting together some numbers.
[1:38:25] Um I'm not convinced that repairing that
machine is the right answer at the
[1:38:30] moment till I see some more data.
Anyway, [snorts] it's down. Um we don't
[1:38:35] have an operator for it anyway, so we're
not we're not missing out on too much
[1:38:39] there.
which I'll circle back with you next
[1:38:42] week on that. Hopefully have some more
solid numbers and a and a path forward
[1:38:46] on it. I mean, it's pretty simple. We
either spend the money to fix it. We
[1:38:50] bring it home and part it out. We have
two exactly like it
[1:38:54] or
there may be some trade in value that we
[1:38:57] can look at. So, what else is wrong with
it? It's got 10,000 hours on it.
[1:39:07] We've got some that's all that has more
than that I guess right
[1:39:10] » it's pushing it's one of the one of the
upper ones
[1:39:16] » apparently there was a buyback program
with those deers I guess I don't know it
[1:39:19] wasn't utilized or whatever I don't know
if that's true it's just hearsay but
[1:39:27] 10500
[1:39:31] I think we've put over a hundred we've
put over I can it's hard for me to
[1:39:35] decipher between the data in PubW works.
Everything's not in PubWorks. It needs
[1:39:40] to be in PubWorks for me to be able to
tell you how much exactly how much money
[1:39:44] we've spent on that machine. But between
the research I've done, I can
[1:39:48] confidently tell you it's over $100,000
that we put into that machine.
[1:39:54] I just want to see what Murfield do for
us.
[1:39:58] Next week, we should be able to make a
decision on that.
[1:40:06] I think the only thing out the only
other thing I have is I need an
[1:40:09] executive session
non-elected personnel either now or
[1:40:13] later. It doesn't really matter.
>> We'll do it later. That's okay.
[1:40:16] » Yep.
>> Thank you.
[1:40:19] » Welcome. Y'all got anything for me?
>> Yeah.
[1:40:26] » Question JD on Pub Works though before
you leave. Are you thinking that we
[1:40:30] would want to use that or GWorks moving
forward for the commission to be able to
[1:40:38] look on their phones
when there's a road complaint? My my
[1:40:43] road has been mowed or graded. We can
see where we've been. Is that something
[1:40:48] that you're in favor of?
>> So,
[1:40:52] the transition to G Works has been
extremely challenging
[1:40:56] and that's with a capital E. It's It's
been rough. Uh the goal was to launch go
[1:41:01] live on September 1st.
>> Yeah,
[1:41:03] » that's not going to happen.
>> Uh we're shooting for October 1st now.
[1:41:10] Um
>> I just wanted to make sure is that the
[1:41:15] vision?
>> Sure. I don't Yeah,
[1:41:17] » because we have been talking about G
Works for two years. Yeah.
[1:41:20] » And we've been paying for it. So, I just
want to make sure, you know, when we
[1:41:24] first started this process of
transitioning, if that's still
[1:41:28] » I
really enjoyed the meeting I had with
[1:41:30] Murphy on Friday.
>> Um, I I've got it wrote down. I don't
[1:41:35] remember the specific name, but they
have a software where you can literally
[1:41:39] see what your what road you're blade
bladed today, when he was blading, when
[1:41:43] he was just driving. And [snorts]
I think that's important, you know, not
[1:41:48] necessarily for a big brother
standpoint. It's not about micromanaging
[1:41:53] the operator. It's about making sure
that everything's getting done that we
[1:41:56] want to get done.
>> Um, so
[1:42:01] » would Murphy be able to would we be able
to use Murphy and then that pushes into
[1:42:06] G Works or you saying something totally
different?
[1:42:08] » It's two separate things that we can
benefit from both, you know. Um the
[1:42:14] GWorks aspect of it is going to give you
insight on service requests like you
[1:42:19] asked. Um
the
[1:42:24] we're just talking blades here on on
Murphy's software. That's going to give
[1:42:28] you insight on your on your blades, what
they're doing exactly. So
[1:42:34] » yeah, I mean it's been quite a few
months. I haven't seen
[1:42:39] tickets on where we at, you know, with
>> we're making some good progress. I dove
[1:42:42] into I dove into the pub works tickets.
We've got a lot of old ones cleaned up.
[1:42:46] Um there's some that's just not you
know, for example, there's a there's a
[1:42:50] pub works service request for repairing
the steeple on the courthouse. Okay,
[1:42:55] that's a big deal. That's that's not
something we're going to go knock out
[1:42:58] this afternoon. That's something that's
going to have to be planned for and it's
[1:43:01] going to cost a lot of money and it's
probably going to incorporate get
[1:43:04] incorporated in with other repairs
amongst the courthouse. So there's
[1:43:08] things like that that's
this skews the numbers in Pub Works. You
[1:43:13] know, you'll have a several service
requests building up on you, but it's
[1:43:16] things like that that's just going to
have to wait for the moment.
[1:43:19] » Can we get an emailed report of
everything?
[1:43:22] » Say that again.
>> Can you email us a report of everything
[1:43:25] not completed?
>> Of course,
[1:43:27] » at this point.
>> Yeah, that's simple.
[1:43:28] » Because I really don't know if the
steeple should be in there. That could
[1:43:31] be part of the heritage grant.
>> Correct. That's my point. That's my
[1:43:34] point. Um
>> maybe we could kind of address some of
[1:43:36] that. something that Pub Works has the
ability to defer that particular service
[1:43:41] request, but then
>> yeah,
[1:43:42] » maybe that's where service requests go
to die, you know. I'm not sure. I I I
[1:43:47] like it being open because it's still on
our radar, but it does skew the numbers,
[1:43:51] the overall numbers when you're looking
at open service requests. Um, back to G
[1:43:56] Works, you know, when I first got
involved with it, very unimpressed. Very
[1:44:01] unimpressed. Mhm.
>> I told them, "You've sold us a Cadillac
[1:44:05] that's sitting in the driveway that we
can't drive." And um apparently that hit
[1:44:09] a nerve because they got the developer
involved of the software and we've had
[1:44:14] weekly meetings with that developer and
they have taken our issues very
[1:44:20] seriously and they're resolving their
issues. Um the last two to three weeks
[1:44:26] have shown progress. Um, I was of a
mindset that I didn't know if we were
[1:44:30] going to be able to accomplish this
transition with that particular
[1:44:33] platform, but Chris Martin has gotten
involved and like I said, their
[1:44:38] developers gotten involved in the last
three weeks have been productive. They
[1:44:42] we I've seen some progress. So, um, but
I I think the GWorks will give you what
[1:44:47] you want is insight on service requests
and things like that. But as far as
[1:44:51] daily predict productivity,
that's going to be more along the lines
[1:44:55] of some type of software with what with
your machines, you know, like the
[1:44:58] graders. And so Caterpillar has
software, too, but I don't know that
[1:45:02] it's as in depth as as Murphy's, but uh
>> so
[1:45:07] Okay.
>> Okay. If you could just give us a report
[1:45:10] » of the open service.
>> Open service. Yeah.
[1:45:13] » Tickets.
>> Yep. No problem at all.
[1:45:15] » Thank you.
>> You bet. Thanks, JD. You bet.
[1:45:17] » Have a good week.
>> You too.
[1:45:33] Did you have the
budgets on here of who I'm seeing?
[1:45:41] » One of the very first budgets turned in.
>> It's not on the agenda though.
[1:45:46] Your
>> clerk is Jake.
[1:45:50] So sorry I skipped over that.
Oh, what am I looking at?
[1:45:57] [clears throat]
[1:46:11] » No, it's got to be here.
[1:46:20] » You guys ready for us, I guess? You can
go ahead and get into the soil
[1:46:24] conservation budget.
>> Yes. So, I'm I'm Jacob Berglin. I'm the
[1:46:30] chairman, I guess, or the president. I
guess chairman's what it says in here.
[1:46:33] » Kyle Karsten's. He's the vice chairman.
Susan Walker, our new district manager.
[1:46:37] So, she put together a packet for you
guys here. Uh on the front is like a
[1:46:44] logo, I guess, they use here in the
state that kind of goes through on a lot
[1:46:48] of the pedals there. It talks about
different things that we do. uh kind of
[1:46:53] a little uh pretty picture instead of
looking at it in bullet form. Uh but
[1:46:59] after that, there's some history and
some information on where we're at in
[1:47:03] the county and um our mission, our role,
our key services. Um
[1:47:10] I know you guys are all probably very
familiar with what we do, so we don't I
[1:47:14] don't think we need to go through all of
that. Um, at the bottom, guys, get home
[1:47:18] in your free time and you're really
wanting to dig more into soil
[1:47:21] conservation services, there's a link
there you guys can watch, uh, if you're
[1:47:26] just really feeling bored or TV doesn't
have on what you're looking for. So, uh,
[1:47:31] I guess the main thing we wanted to go
through was, uh, requesting the 43,000
[1:47:38] that you guys have been gracious enough
to give us the last many years. Uh, it's
[1:47:42] the same. We're not asking for an
increase, just asking for the same. Um,
[1:47:47] and then, uh, I guess the main thing I
just wanted to see was, uh, I know we've
[1:47:52] been coming in here a lot of years. This
is my first year doing this, but, uh,
[1:47:56] you guys have any questions on how your
funding helps us get done what we need
[1:48:00] to get done?
[1:48:18] We do get a state match. So which you
guys give us a state match as a
[1:48:23] percentage of that. So
>> okay
[1:48:25] » help us with the funding we get to put
back into the community county I guess.
[1:48:29] » Is our max match 50,000? Is that what
that is?
[1:48:33] » Is that right? Yeah. Yeah.
[1:48:47] I don't see any issues or questions that
I personally have on this budget. Looks
[1:48:51] good to me.
>> Thank you.
[1:48:52] » I don't have any questions.
[1:48:58] » Thanks.
>> Anything else out of me? Thank you guys.
[1:49:00] » I don't think so.
>> You have a good day.
[1:49:01] » Have a good day, too. Thanks, dude.
[1:49:18] Sorry, I'm in this.
>> No, I'm good now.
[1:49:24] » You can go ahead if you want.
I don't have anything specifically other
[1:49:29] than David Lamb's here to help walk us
[clears throat] through the potential
[1:49:34] proposed budget for 2027. Um just a
couple things prior to him helping dive
[1:49:39] into this. Um we're going to propose
what we can come up with today next
[1:49:45] week. If there's going to be any
changes, those changes are going to need
[1:49:48] to be made um over this week that we're
in right now because as of next Monday
[1:49:54] afternoon at the latest, I will have to
have a publication
[1:49:59] um of that those changes that will go to
the newspaper in order to meet our state
[1:50:04] statute of the deadline for the public
hearing which I believe is September
[1:50:09] 14th. September 14th. So,
we've got a couple things to hand out to
[1:50:15] you.
[1:50:24] SharePoint
as well
[1:50:28] for you.
>> Thank you.
[1:51:00] I will say I want to say thanks for
allowing me to use David and hired David
[1:51:06] as a resource. Um, I have not personally
entered a ton of the numbers, but have
[1:51:12] watched over his shoulder and ask lots
of questions and continue to learn how
[1:51:18] this whole process works. Um, it is a
far lengthier process than I think most
[1:51:22] people are aware of and a lot of behind
the scenes things that take place to get
[1:51:28] to where we're at today. So, I'm gonna
pass it on to David and let him do his
[1:51:33] magic that he's so familiar with.
>> So, I have a little statement here I
[1:51:38] want to go through and then of course be
happy to get into questions you have.
[1:51:43] But I want to start by saying that the
budgets that are you're presented with
[1:51:47] were compiled by using the department
budget proposals as they were given to
[1:51:52] the county clerk who then gave me the
proposals to put in the state budget
[1:51:55] forms. The completed budgets as you have
them do not represent my opinion
[1:52:01] concerning the amounts necessary to fund
each department
[1:52:05] and any changes to the department budget
should come as a result of discussions
[1:52:09] between the commission and the
department heads.
[1:52:12] Now that being said, the budgets you
have are not revenue neutral.
[1:52:18] To achieve revenue neutral status, you
would have to cut almost $2.2 million
[1:52:24] out of these proposed budgets.
I don't think there's that much money
[1:52:29] that could be cut from them and still
have enough funding to operate the
[1:52:32] county. But again, that's your decision
on how you want to go with that.
[1:52:38] But a little explanation on where we're
at and where that money is coming from.
[1:52:44] This year, the county received a large
increase in the state assessed value.
[1:52:49] On the value comparison sheet
that you have, uh, Just one with just a
[1:52:58] little bit on a page there.
The state assessed utilities increased
[1:53:04] $129,540,23
[1:53:08] this year.
Um that's an increase of 58.06%
[1:53:15] over last year. Real estate values in
the county increased 11,93299
[1:53:23] which is an increase of 7.45. 45%.
Total county value increased 140 million
[1:53:31] 23,760
which is an overall increase of 36.07%.
[1:53:38] Included in that real estate value 3,643
came from new improvements.
[1:53:46] So those are additional properties or
additional buildings improvements on
[1:53:52] properties.
So if you deduct that from the total
[1:53:56] real estate increase, the average
taxpayers property only increased about
[1:54:02] 5.17%
this year in value.
[1:54:06] The second page of that comparison where
there's more numbers there.
[1:54:13] Um, I used my own property at the top of
that page just to give you an example of
[1:54:18] how this budget would affect everything.
So, if you take a look at that, um, the
[1:54:25] value on my property went up
well, would it be about 11,000 on the
[1:54:32] appraised
this since last year?
[1:54:37] Um, and I compared last year's values
and what the county and fire levies
[1:54:44] totaled out to, which means last year my
tax liability to the county just for the
[1:54:50] county and fire budgets was $91253.
That's roughly a quarter of my total tax
[1:54:58] bill. Living here in town, I've got city
tax on top of all the other things. So
[1:55:03] the county is actually a small
percentage of mine with the proposed
[1:55:07] budget you have. Even though it does not
go down to revenue neutral and even with
[1:55:13] that increase of around 5% on my
property value, my liability to the
[1:55:19] county for the next year's taxes would
be $81210.
[1:55:25] So even though you're not going down to
neutral, I would still save $100 on my
[1:55:29] county tax
>> just because of the proportional change.
[1:55:33] » Yes.
>> Based off the state assess, which is the
[1:55:35] power lines, the power plant.
>> And if you went clear down to revenue
[1:55:40] neutral, then my liability to the county
would drop clear down to 703. So it
[1:55:45] would knock about another $19
off. So this is about halfway between
[1:55:52] the prior levy and neutral.
And the bottom of that kind of shows a
[1:55:57] little bit of how that works in the
different categories.
[1:56:01] So if you look at the 2025
values and taxes,
[1:56:08] uh the state assessed utilities paid 8.1
million. The real estate section was
[1:56:14] 5.8.
With the proposed amount in these
[1:56:18] budgets, the real estate portion would
be 5.3.
[1:56:23] So that's your main that's your property
owners around the counter county excuse
[1:56:27] me their liability to the county would
drop about half a million dollars this
[1:56:32] year. However the state assessed would
go up well over $2 million.
[1:56:39] Now you also lost value and personal
property and oil and gas. So both of
[1:56:44] those go down.
So, I think that's that should
[1:56:50] maybe ease your minds a little bit about
looking at going over neutral if you
[1:56:54] need to do that because that extra money
is going to come from the utilities.
[1:57:01] Um, the other sheet I gave you a
comparison or that Jassy gave you is a
[1:57:06] comparison of budgets and tax funds or
did you give Okay.
[1:57:10] » All right. That's one I worked up at
home this weekend.
[1:57:14] So, go through that just a little bit.
[1:57:22] » I I think I had like five of them there.
I think there was one for Jacqueline,
[1:57:26] too, if she wants it.
[1:57:37] » So, what I did on this one is I looked
at three years
[1:57:44] You get back.
[1:59:01] All right. So, this comparison of
budgets and tax funds, I took these
[1:59:05] numbers directly from the 25 budget, 26
budget, and the proposed 27 as you have
[1:59:11] it right now.
I only listed the funds that produce
[1:59:16] property taxes on here. I didn't get
into all the non- tax funds and
[1:59:22] non-budgeted funds. So, if you look at
starting with the 25 budget,
[1:59:29] the grand total of those tax funds was
$25.5 million.
[1:59:35] The tax amount that came in from that
was $14.1 million.
[1:59:41] In 26,
the actual budget amount went down by
[1:59:46] almost $600,000,
but the tax amount stayed almost the
[1:59:52] same because that was another neutral
budget. And you will get a few
[1:59:55] variations on that because when you set
levies later in the fall, values tend to
[2:00:01] change a little bit. So even though
you're neutral, it might not necessarily
[2:00:05] come out right to the right dollar, but
you did stay neutral in last year's.
[2:00:12] And then the proposed budget for 27 as
it is right now is 25.4 million. So it's
[2:00:19] actually about a h 100,000 almost
100,000 less than the 2025 budget. It is
[2:00:25] an increase of half a million over the
26 budget.
[2:00:30] And with the levy dropping to the rate
that it's shown in there,
[2:00:35] with that increased value in the state
assessed utilities, you would bring in
[2:00:41] 16.2 million in tax dollars. So you've
got an increase of about 2.1 million in
[2:00:47] tax dollars.
Um
[2:00:51] the good thing about that is for the
property, the average property owner in
[2:00:56] the county is the state assessed is
where that's going to come from.
[2:01:00] So going through all that and I be glad
to get into some questions. I'm sure you
[2:01:06] have here in just a minute, but I just
wanted to reiterate a little bit of what
[2:01:10] Chassity said. Uh the budgets have to be
published by September 2nd to meet the
[2:01:17] deadline that was the September 4th
hearing. And that date and time went out
[2:01:22] in the revenue neutral notices. So it's
set that you have to at least have the
[2:01:26] revenue neutral hearing that day.
That gives you a week to make any
[2:01:31] changes you want to make before it's
published.
[2:01:35] I am not going to be available next
Monday morning. I'll be out of town, but
[2:01:39] I'll be traveling home that day. So, I
will get back by probably early to
[2:01:44] midafternoon. So, if you've got changes
that need to go in this before it's
[2:01:47] published, I'll be back in time to work
with Chassity Monday afternoon if she
[2:01:52] can just keep track of those changes and
we can get the publication ready to go
[2:01:56] to the paper by Monday evening or first
thing Tuesday morning.
[2:02:01] Um, I will also be gone the week your
following meeting after that, but I will
[2:02:06] be back for the September 14th hearing
date. So, I'd be available on that date.
[2:02:13] And once this is published, you cannot
increase any of those funds, any of
[2:02:21] those budgets for funds. You can still
make cuts after it's published. The
[2:02:26] publication just sets your maximum that
you could levy for the next year.
[2:02:30] So, it could be published the way it is
now or if you come up with some changes
[2:02:35] you want to make over the rest of this
meeting and next week, it could be
[2:02:40] changed before it's published. But even
if you published it as it is now and you
[2:02:44] find ways to cut quite a bit out of
these budgets by the time it's approved,
[2:02:49] that could still be done because we're
just setting a maximum.
[2:02:53] So, with that, I'd be glad to take any
questions I could right now if you've
[2:02:58] got questions on it.
>> I do have one question or maybe a
[2:03:02] clarification, David. Um, I'm looking at
my own personal real estate tax
[2:03:06] statement and this was something I
brought up to David on Friday, but I'm
[2:03:10] now looking at a little bit deeper. I'm
just clarifying that it shows here 2024
[2:03:15] tax levy was 3823. In 2025, it was 35.
In 2026, it stayed at 35, but but moving
[2:03:23] to 2027, it will go down to like 29
something. Is that correct?
[2:03:27] » Um, let me get over to the right page
here in my budget form. I think that's
[2:03:32] what we looked at.
[2:03:38] And you're talking just the county.
>> Just the county.
[2:03:43] » Yes. 35.105
>> last year for this year
[2:03:47] » for this year's budget. And it would go
down as it is now to 29.696
[2:03:52] for next year.
>> And that's with the increase.
[2:03:58] » Yes. And that's to get to neutral you
would have to go for down to 25.797.
[2:04:04] So it's about halfway between the
current year and the neutral rate.
[2:04:09] [clears throat]
[2:04:14] » What is there? Why is there such an
increase in the wages on this uh
[2:04:20] worth this on the
[2:04:25] on everybody? It looks like to me
there's a huge increase in everybody's
[2:04:29] wage.
We talked about that last week as far as
[2:04:34] eating it without the cola, right?
You wanted to see it without the cola.
[2:04:41] » Okay. This this budget does have a 3%
cola built into it.
[2:04:45] » Okay.
>> So, you could knock probably 3% off all
[2:04:48] those wage categories if you
>> What's that dollar figure? Can you tell
[2:04:51] us?
>> Uh the
[2:04:54] 3% on this year's salaries amounts to
about 222,000 in wages and about 33,000
[2:05:03] in employee benefits. So you're looking
at 255,000
[2:05:10] of the total budget amount is because of
the cola.
[2:05:14] » And how much did our insurance go up
this year? I mean as far as our our
[2:05:18] portion
>> it it went to 2 I think 2.8
[2:05:23] is what it went up to. So have those
four papers
[2:05:30] makeshift little chart here.
I printed it out for you guys to be able
[2:05:36] to see this as well.
[2:05:41] It's not the easiest to see on the
computer. So,
[2:05:48] this gives you the breakdown of all the
benefits and things.
[2:06:53] It's just the cold.
[2:07:17] » [clears throat]
[2:08:45] » Some of these cemeteries not in here
[2:08:50] should be in there. That's
>> there's uh two cemeteries in a sewer
[2:08:54] district that are on a special district
form. Uh,
[2:09:01] I've got it in here.
>> That might be a se Yeah,
[2:09:04] » it'd be a separate budget form. And then
the rural fire and special fire is its
[2:09:08] own budget form.
[2:09:19] » And this needs to be approved. You said
next Monday.
[2:09:22] » It needs to be ready for publication
next Monday. uh you've got until the
[2:09:27] 14th of September to actually approve a
budget
[2:09:36] » and we are really late getting to this
point.
[2:09:41] » Yeah.
>> However,
[2:09:42] » we've been talking about it.
>> Uh there were several department budgets
[2:09:45] that I never received until
>> Friday.
[2:09:48] » Yeah. Wednesday, some of them and Friday
on the last one, I think. So,
[2:09:53] I got it to you as quickly as I could.
[2:09:58] And I already have an appointment start
in February.
[2:10:01] Some of them are uh road and bridge or
public works department.
[2:10:09] » I think Sean's we got Wednesday or maybe
the week before that.
[2:10:47] We'll be around this week until probably
at some point Friday when we're taking
[2:10:51] off. So if you've got things later in
the week that come up, just let me know.
[2:10:58] » Do you guys have any questions for David
while he's here?
[2:11:30] have a huge increase in the elections
because of what? this even
[2:11:35] » the when [clears throat] we attended the
clerks and elections conference in Great
[2:11:39] Bend back in May, they told us to start
planning. They they asked us to increase
[2:11:44] it by four times and I think I just
doubled it
[2:11:50] » because of
>> the equipment for the federal government
[2:11:54] is going to require everybody to have
the DS the updated DS300's
[2:12:01] and they are a they are tabulation
equipment for the ballots
[2:12:08] but we've not been given a time frame
but when they tell We're required to
[2:12:13] have it. We don't have a choice.
[2:12:30] I personally like how we went through it
line item by line item, but I don't know
[2:12:37] where you guys are at. I don't know if
we have time to do that right now, but
[2:12:43] it was just
we caught a lot of things. Um,
[2:12:48] but I guess what you're saying is we
might have time to do that if we can
[2:12:52] approve it Monday.
>> But
[2:12:55] » as long as it's ready to publish next
week, so you can still continue to work
[2:12:59] with it after that, you just wouldn't be
able to increase it.
[2:13:04] » So, um, yeah. I mean,
>> so what's the motion for Monday?
[2:13:09] The only thing we would need next week
would be to approve the publication of
[2:13:13] the budgets,
>> which means this goes this goes to the
[2:13:18] » Yeah, there's
three.
[2:13:20] » Why there's such a difference on
salaries? I mean, this
[2:13:26] » there'll be there'll be three pages out
of those three one page out of each one
[2:13:31] of those budget packets you had that'll
need to go in the paper.
[2:13:33] » Missing something.
>> Yeah, I'm not sure. Everything's just
[2:13:38] huge on the budgets
more than 7 to 3% there's what I
[2:13:44] » I've got a question then so on the
current year is that
[2:13:50] is it possible that it's not
>> for the whole year is that current pay
[2:13:55] on on these budgets on the
>> the middle the 2026 column
[2:14:00] » that's supposed to be an estimate of
what they think they're actually going
[2:14:03] to spend this year not this year's
budget
[2:14:06] » so like on Were we without an employee
for a while?
[2:14:09] » Yes.
>> Okay. Then let's go to solid wester.
[2:14:14] We've been without employees there as
well.
[2:14:20] » To get the actual budgeted amount for
this year, you'd have to look back at
[2:14:23] last year's budget,
>> right?
[2:14:27] And like I think I mentioned to start, I
I'm not have not tried to verify the
[2:14:33] numbers that were turned in by
departments because I have no way to do
[2:14:36] that. These are just what was turned in.
[2:14:41] » And I believe most departments gave a
reasoning or a explanation of why they
[2:14:48] were doing what they were doing. That is
all in SharePoint.
[2:14:51] » Do you have this for 2020? Just like
here on Noxious Weed, they're at 69654
[2:14:57] and the budget for the s goes to
101600,000.
[2:15:01] And then I don't think we've been short
on anybody on noxious weed.
[2:15:06] » I don't either.
[2:15:11] » Let's see that that shows this actual
[clears throat]
[2:15:16] for 2025. So that's closer, but I don't
know.
[2:15:22] that they spent 100 last year and only
69 this year and then back up to 101.
[2:15:27] » That's why I'm asking if
>> it could be just
[2:15:30] » I have no idea why. I mean that's why
that's
[2:15:33] » I just it's a red flag to me looking at
that there and see it like you say maybe
[2:15:39] it's just the portion that we've had so
far.
[2:15:42] » I don't know but there's a lot of them
like that. Uh, and you guys may find
[2:15:47] numerous things in there that could be
where you could save some. I I'm not
[2:15:51] saying that you won't, but again, that's
that's not my part of it. I will take
[2:15:55] whatever you have and put it in the form
and make the adjustments for you.
[2:16:04] And I'll be honest, most of the well,
all of the budgets that were turned into
[2:16:08] me, I did not sit and go over with a
fine tooth comb. I turn around and put
[2:16:12] them in SharePoint. Uploaded them for in
SharePoint for you. And other than I
[2:16:17] believe public works, emergency
management, fire,
[2:16:22] economic development, counselor,
commissioners, everybody else I believe
[2:16:28] has presented.
>> There's that contingency here. Let's
[2:16:32] see.
Contractual goes from 92 to 350.
[2:16:41] with that one's
[2:16:45] » that's contingency. You know, we're
hoping we don't use those
[2:16:48] » funds.
>> We used to have what 2.7 or
[2:16:52] » correct, [clears throat] right?
>> In there and we've cut it back to where
[2:16:56] we don't have near the contingency that
we had before,
[2:16:58] » right?
>> I mean, potentially, God forbid, if the
[2:17:02] boiler quit tomorrow on us and we had to
do something that that's where that
[2:17:05] those funds would come from. So,
[2:17:18] » [laughter]
[2:18:00] » You're saying if we look at this for a
week, then we don't have enough time to
[2:18:03] decide for Monday is what you're saying,
David.
[2:18:07] to drop it.
>> You could make changes next Monday if
[2:18:12] you want to before it's published, but
>> you can make changes afterwards,
[2:18:16] » but you just can't increase it.
>> Can't go up.
[2:18:19] » You can't go up. You can
>> I don't think it's going to be an issue
[2:18:22] for us, right?
>> Going up. No.
[2:18:26] » Is that what you're saying?
>> Yes.
[2:18:28] » Yeah.
>> Just you were mentioning contingency.
[2:18:32] I'm looking back at the 26 budget. The
actual budgeted amount in 26 was 1.3
[2:18:38] million. So that and then this one was
what 1.2 something. I think the actual
[2:18:45] budget for contingency would be going
down a little bit.
[2:18:50] It's just that 26 column then there is
what we're showing for yeah 1.283
[2:18:55] for 27. That 508 in the 26 column was
what we're projecting as an actual
[2:19:01] expenditure out of there this year.
>> How much of the the prisoner uh
[2:19:09] income are we using for the budget this
year? I haven't seen that. I guess
[2:19:14] » Okay, that's on the income in the
general fund.
[2:19:19] Uh prisoner housing
find it. Uh 1.2 2 million.
[2:19:28] That is a little higher than the actual
in 25. Uh it was 1.18.
[2:19:33] » How much did we actually use in the
budget? Don't we didn't we appropriate
[2:19:37] so much for
it? Went back to the general, right?
[2:19:42] » It all goes into the general fund. So it
funds the general expenses.
[2:19:48] » I thought we appropriated so much of it
to be in the budget though. I mean, not
[2:19:53] at one time did I
I I I don't really know where you're
[2:19:57] going on that one, Jim. Um,
>> are you wanting it to come in and go in
[2:20:03] a separate category for revenue and then
we put it back into the sheriff's budget
[2:20:07] the next year? And can we do that?
>> All the general anyway. So, I mean, the
[2:20:11] sheriff's in in the general fund anyway.
>> Yeah. We can make a different account
[2:20:17] like another line item where we get the
income, we hold it and then at the end
[2:20:24] of the year it's transferred to the
revenue that we receive and then the
[2:20:31] sheriff can budget because we have
complaints from the citizens that we're
[2:20:36] receiving the money. It's going into the
general. It's not
[2:20:41] we're not really showing it every time
we ask where we what we're doing with
[2:20:44] the money.
[2:20:48] » We're able to say that
>> it's going into the general fund. That's
[2:20:52] what we say every time.
>> Right.
[2:20:53] » Well, the sheriff's argument with his
budget being over $4 million, which the
[2:21:00] » citizens had some issues with the other
night. So to kind of justify what he is
[2:21:07] bringing in, can't we hold the money in
an account, move it somewhere, and then
[2:21:12] he can put it back into his budget for
the next year?
[2:21:16] He would have the funds.
[2:21:22] » Are you looking at me or I don't really
see what the point would be.
[2:21:26] » I guess it's really kind of what is
being done. The money comes in and it
[2:21:30] goes into the general fund and then it
goes out in his
[2:21:35] » budget
>> in his budget which is in the general
[2:21:38] fund.
>> If you look at like the salary line on
[2:21:41] the sheriff for the proposed for next
year is 3.1 million. You could easily
[2:21:46] consider 1.2 of that is the income from
prisoners that's paying.
[2:21:50] » It's fine. It's just hard for the
citizens, I think, to understand um
[2:21:56] » what we're what we're getting in,
>> where it's going,
[2:22:00] » where it's going.
That's what I tried to explain last
[2:22:04] Wednesday night or whenever that was is
that in my office, I don't deal with
[2:22:09] what the income is. So I don't have
control over when an income comes in
[2:22:14] from a
insurance claim that it goes back into a
[2:22:20] specific department's budget. It just
goes back into the general fund. So what
[2:22:25] what people were seeing last Wednesday
was just the expenses side of things.
[2:22:31] They weren't seeing the income side of
things. I don't do the income. I don't
[2:22:34] do the money coming in. That's the
treasurer side of things.
[2:22:40] Can we change that? I don't know. It's a
question I do have.
[2:22:43] » Can I just translate for a second? I
think what Allison is saying and the
[2:22:47] current state of affairs is that we've
chosen to use one account, the general
[2:22:52] fund. We have chosen not to use separate
accounts for each department,
[2:22:59] » whether elected or not.
>> And so all of the money is going into
[2:23:03] the general fund. We use a spreadsheet
to differentiate
[2:23:08] those incoming
>> spending money out of
[2:23:10] » um dollars as well as the outgoing um
dollars. Um, and so it relies on the
[2:23:17] spreadsheets in order to be able to show
those accounts receivable and accounts
[2:23:22] payable as opposed to having an
individual accounts for each department
[2:23:28] where there would be a printout from a
bank or whatever that has those um
[2:23:33] differentiations.
And so I think that if we could explain
[2:23:38] why we are using one fund as opposed to
separate that might help um clarify the
[2:23:45] confusion.
>> Well, there they are different funds.
[2:23:50] They're just under an umbrella of the
general.
[2:23:55] » I you don't mind if I jump back in there
for just a second? I I understand what
[2:24:00] you're saying. I think it could create
other problems if you started separating
[2:24:07] separating
say all the electeds into their own fund
[2:24:12] because then you're going to have a
limit on spending for the fund as
[2:24:16] opposed to the general fund limit which
is all together. So the sheriff as an
[2:24:21] example
uh when the budget was produced if he
[2:24:25] had his own fund in the state form that
4.6 6 million in next year would be all
[2:24:32] the money that could be spent. He has
something huge that comes up and lots of
[2:24:37] overtime and needs to go over that.
He would not be able to spend more than
[2:24:42] that without a budget violation unless
the budget was amended. And you start
[2:24:48] tracking that for multiple different
funds and it can be a real accounting
[2:24:53] nightmare to keep up with.
you do have
[2:24:58] » I understand that. I I do think I
understand it. I think, you know,
[2:25:02] hitting back on the spreadsheet, that's
a problem for me because that's up to
[2:25:10] one
person keeping track of a spreadsheet.
[2:25:17] » What What spreadsheet are you talking
about? Because this that it's all in our
[2:25:21] 167 page document that comes from our
system. All the expenses come out of
[2:25:26] that. That's not out of a spreadsheet.
>> I mean, it's not our funds aren't kept
[2:25:31] by a spreadsheet.
[2:25:36] » It's in the AS400, right? The coding.
And so,
[2:25:41] um, it comes out in the form of a
spreadsheet, but
[2:25:46] someone is coding it for the AS400 and
is putting it in there by fund. And so
[2:25:52] the question is are the incoming monies
from the jail etc. are those likewise
[2:25:57] coded by fund correct
>> or not? And so that's the clarification
[2:26:01] that I think was missing.
>> I gotcha. Yes.
[2:26:06] » On the on the road and bridge on the all
district. We've got the posts back in
[2:26:12] the the all district again this year.
That's a conversation you'll have to
[2:26:16] have with
>> that last year, too, and we found that
[2:26:19] at the time and and we took that out.
>> Yeah, that would be a question because
[2:26:23] another I did happen to just take a
glance at his as I was updating it. He's
[2:26:28] also wanting to start a asphalt
budget. Um,
[2:26:34] and so that that again, those are
questions you're going to have to ask
[2:26:38] him.
[2:26:52] Is he presenting next week?
[2:27:01] » We'll do it next week and then hear from
those two.
[2:27:07] Well, obviously I don't need to be a
part of your conversation with
[2:27:12] department heads. Uh if you don't have
anything else for me, I'll go ahead and
[2:27:16] get out of your hair for today and I
will let you know when I get back to
[2:27:19] town Monday in case there's some changes
we need to make before publication.
[2:27:24] » Thank you. Appreciate it.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, David.
[2:27:26] Have a good week.
>> I'm going to go ahead and open it up for
[2:27:30] public comment, assuming there's no one
here for public comment today.
[2:27:36] Go ahead and close public comment.
Um,
[2:27:41] which one of you would like to present
first on budget?
[2:27:45] You guys can both come up here if you
want. Bring a chair up to the table.
[2:27:51] Just do one at a time.
[2:27:56] » Yeah, please. Thank you.
[2:28:02] » You're fine.
[2:28:11] I did not bring copies of anything. I'm
so sorry.
[2:28:14] » No, you're fine. We have It should be in
SharePoint.
[2:28:27] » Just go ahead and go through line item
for line item. Um, what is it under?
[2:28:33] district, isn't it?
[2:28:51] » Okay. I don't think it's in share part
unless you want to look.
[2:28:57] » Yeah. Just
over here.
[2:29:05] special district.
>> Yes.
[2:29:15] » Is that under the is that under budget
>> special districts and looking under the
[2:29:20] special districts in the budget?
>> Under I don't know.
[2:29:23] » It's weird.
>> You should have
[2:29:27] » I had it under budgets.
Okay. No, no, no. You're
[2:29:33] » under budgets.
>> You go ahead and go ahead and go, Sean.
[2:29:36] » Yes.
>> Just quick. Yeah. Just start at the
[2:29:38] front or the top of the page. I'll have
to look in here. I don't have it pulled
[2:29:43] up or I would tell you. Sorry.
Uh so, first off is the payroll. Payroll
[2:29:54] um would be uh for Brian and I be
135,371.
[2:30:00] Uh, you want me to go over the increase
or do you want me to just read it all
[2:30:05] and then you guys have questions and
then I can answer or how do you want to
[2:30:08] do that?
[2:30:11] » Just go over the
>> You can just go over line item just
[2:30:14] quickly.
>> Okay.
[2:30:15] » I'm still trying to pull it up. I'm
sorry.
[2:30:17] » I'm sorry. No. Um, so then uh volunteer
um
[2:30:23] pay is 120,000.
Uh contractual uh 140,000
[2:30:31] utilities 35,000 which I have a question
about that. Um we can get into that in a
[2:30:37] little bit. Uh total commodities
$144,000
[2:30:43] gas tax
>> $800
[2:30:47] truck repair 17,000 and standard
commodity is 102,000
[2:30:53] with a capital outlay of 50,000 and a
transfer of 50,000 with a total of
[2:30:59] 675,171.
[2:31:03] Now, the utilities are now split between
departments, but we share the same
[2:31:09] building. So, I don't know. I haven't
had a chance to look at anything. I
[2:31:14] haven't had a chance to see what we're
going to do as far as
[2:31:18] she pays such and such and such and I
pay such and such and such. So, I
[2:31:24] I I have no idea about that.
>> So, you carried the utilities then?
[2:31:30] I they come out of both budgets because
they they were
[2:31:35] » just for the just for our office.
>> Yeah. Just for the office.
[2:31:38] » How did you do it before? Did he just
pay one month a month?
[2:31:41] » He some of them he paid this one paid
this one and some of them he paid um you
[2:31:47] know three months out of this budget,
three months, you know, the other nine
[2:31:50] months out of this month. What? And we
honestly haven't had a a minute to sit
[2:31:55] down and talk this too much, but my
thought was
[2:31:59] um I don't want to pay the water bill
when they're washing trucks and filling
[2:32:02] trucks,
>> right?
[2:32:04] » But you know, if I paid all of the
office stuff,
[2:32:09] uh internet, telephone,
um trash service,
[2:32:14] » but we use the internet, too. So,
>> well, but but that would be a little bit
[2:32:18] of an even I mean not even but and then
>> break down
[2:32:22] » right if I bought like all the office
supplies. I was just trying to make it
[2:32:26] fair
>> to both basically put a percentage on it
[2:32:30] somehow and then I mean
>> yes
[2:32:32] » something like that or
>> I was just trying to make it easy but
[2:32:34] » or try to go ahead. I'm sorry. No, I was
just going to say my recommendation
[2:32:38] would be if whatever you want to split,
you can just write it on that invoice,
[2:32:42] you know, your code, whatever, your
code, whatever, whether it's a
[2:32:45] percentage or if you're cutting it in
half, as long as you make that clear on
[2:32:49] the invoice that comes in, Joyce can
make that.
[2:32:52] » But I I guess my biggest question or not
really a problem, but my biggest
[2:32:58] question is percentage. Like, is it 60%
fire? Is it 60 or 40%, you know? So
[2:33:04] that's just
just going to have to
[2:33:06] » basically going to have the same bills
are close to what you had last year. You
[2:33:09] just got to decide on percentage wise
what you're going to budget
[2:33:12] » who's going to be where.
>> Yep. 100%.
[2:33:16] » I guess you can look back at what you
did last year percentage wise and go off
[2:33:19] there
>> probably. And like I said, we just
[2:33:22] haven't had a chance to
>> there's a lot of things. I mean with him
[2:33:26] running both departments,
there's just I don't want to get into
[2:33:30] you. I'm sorry. No, you're talking.
>> You're fine.
[2:33:35] I don't see any issues off the top of my
head, but do you want to go into yours
[2:33:38] just really quick and then we'll kind of
>> I broke mine down a little bit more. Um,
[2:33:46] utilities and I kind of put a question
mark on that too because we just need to
[2:33:50] figure out a split that's fair to both.
Um,
[2:33:56] and then uh computers software stuff. I
mean, that's got $2,500 on that
[2:34:03] miscellaneous services. And and to be
honest, some of this stuff I'd never
[2:34:08] seen the budget before he left, so I had
no idea like what comes out until I go
[2:34:13] through a full budget cycle to see like
what licenses I'm buy and what things
[2:34:18] like that. It's a little tricky to put a
dollar number on something that I'm not
[2:34:23] sure what I'm going to have
>> because I'd never seen it before and I
[2:34:27] don't know how. And I know that a lot of
the stuff crossed the line like EM paid
[2:34:32] for this and it was fire used it to you
know what I mean or fire bought it and
[2:34:37] it was actually something he used with
EM but because he also responded as one
[2:34:43] person for both departments and you know
there was just a lot of things that
[2:34:48] we're going to work through splitting um
continuing ed $2,000 that's something
[2:34:56] I'll be doing uh training food lodging
3,000. Um grant training funds was zero.
[2:35:03] Uh building maintenance zero. All these
stayed the same except utilities and I
[2:35:07] dropped them down 2,000, you know, just
because I think that's going to be
[2:35:11] realistic. Um but everything else stayed
the same.
[2:35:15] I did leave the vehicle maintenance and
the vehicle, you know, expenses in there
[2:35:22] because I will have to have a response
vehicle. You know, I'm going to have to
[2:35:25] have something that I can go on [snorts]
scene with. Um, and we were like, "Oh,
[2:35:31] dang. Didn't know if Razer was getting
rid of a truck."
[2:35:34] So, um, but I will because I don't, you
know, Randy responded as, "Well," and so
[2:35:40] did Doug as one person in one vehicle.
Well, now, you know, he will respond to
[2:35:46] a different kind of thing than I will
or, you know, I don't have to be there
[2:35:49] when it's happening. I'll be there a
little bit later probably, but so that's
[2:35:54] just something that's going to have to
happen. Um, The only thing I really did
[2:35:58] increase was KAMP and um I was told to
increase 10 to 15% to cover because
[2:36:05] premiums were anticipated to go up. So I
just as a safety measure uh increased
[2:36:11] that by 15% and that contractual uh
commodities
[2:36:18] um they stayed pretty much the same.
um
[2:36:25] capital outlay. I at one point we'd had
a $10,000 transfer into special
[2:36:32] equipment.
Um, and we hadn't done that in the last
[2:36:37] year or two, but because I'm going to
have to buy a vehicle probably out of
[2:36:42] special equipment funds, which is
154,000, I believe, um, I thought it
[2:36:46] would be a good idea to pull out and
start putting that money back in to keep
[2:36:51] that account built up. Um, also there is
a $5,000 transfer that they had started
[2:36:58] saving for storm siren upgrade and
replacements because like Mount City
[2:37:03] storm siren is a World War II, you know.
So, and then there's Randy had met with
[2:37:10] a uh salesman and I cannot have to find
where he was and get back with him about
[2:37:15] upgrading sirens and putting some sirens
in places sitting the the park and I you
[2:37:20] talked to your guys about that.
>> Yep. So, that's something I'll kind of
[2:37:23] have to start at ground zero again. But
that is something that we really need to
[2:37:28] be proactive about.
>> Um,
[2:37:32] and you know, just to keep our people
safe. So, and he talked about lake lots
[2:37:38] and things. And this is are the lake
developments. You know, you can't hear
[2:37:42] the sirens anywhere. Um, and I I will be
talking and I haven't got into the grant
[2:37:48] thing yet. I mean, just because I
haven't had time, but I'm going to be
[2:37:52] looking at funding for some of that
stuff, so it doesn't all have to come
[2:37:57] out of county funds,
>> but I just haven't had a chance to do
[2:38:00] that yet. There's been just a lot going
on with all the changes. Um,
[2:38:07] and the other thing is on payroll, um,
because our payroll has gone down, I am
[2:38:14] asking for $5 an hour raise, which would
put me medium range with the other
[2:38:20] department heads because after being
here 10 years, I'm still like the lowest
[2:38:25] paid department head. And taking on the
responsibilities of both positions is is
[2:38:30] a lot. And I'm not complaining about
that. I'm very excited about doing that,
[2:38:34] but I I still feel like I I should be
compensated for that a little
[2:38:40] for for the extra work.
And that's I mean I really don't have
[2:38:47] anything else and you got my narrative
right. So overall um 26 budget was
[2:38:54] 143774.
The 27 proposed budget is 138614, which
[2:38:59] is a reduction of $5,160.
[2:39:06] » You have any questions?
>> I don't.
[2:39:09] » You have anything for Sean?
>> No. Okay.
[2:39:14] » All right. Thank you guys. No problem.
Have a good week. Thank you. Bye.
[2:39:27] I'll make a motion we go into executive
session for 15 minutes with Pub Works,
[2:39:32] non-elected personnel, with the
commissioners, attorney, chassity, and
[2:39:37] JD.
15 minutes.
[2:39:40] » I'll second that motion.
>> Moved and seconded. All in favor say I.
[2:39:45] I. I. returning at 11:55.
[2:54:46] There was no action.
[2:54:54] » Go ahead,
>> commissioners. I want to recommend an
[2:54:57] employee change form to you. It's for uh
employee William Ernest. He is at road
[2:55:03] shop 3. like to move him from equipment
operator
[2:55:07] to assistant road foreman which will be
10p on the pay matrix 2189 going to 234.
[2:55:20] I'll make a motion we approve the
increase from the rate of 2189 to 2304
[2:55:30] uh classification equipment operator to
assistant road foreman for William
[2:55:34] Ernest Road 3. That's my motion.
>> I'll second that.
[2:55:39] » It's been moved and seconded. Any
discussion?
[2:55:42] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[2:55:44] » I.
>> Next one is employee change form for
[2:55:48] Shelby Grandon. Um, want to hire her to
take Grace Kellum's place in the public
[2:55:53] works office. Want to bring her in as
clerk
[2:55:57] 8a on the pay matrix at $17.99 per hour.
[2:56:05] » I'll make a motion that we hire Shelby
Granon
[2:56:09] as clerk 18A at a rate of $17.99.
>> I'll second it.
[2:56:14] » It's been moved and seconded. Any
discussion? All in favor say I. I.
[2:56:20] » I.
>> And the last one, employee change form
[2:56:23] is for employee Amanda Brown. She is
currently clerk
[2:56:28] 8B. I want to move her to clerk 29F
at 1998 per hour.
[2:56:35] » I'll make that motion.
[2:56:42] » All second.
>> Been moved and seconded.
[2:56:46] Any discussion? I'll just classify. Uh
we're moving from clerk one to clerk two
[2:56:51] at the rate of 1998 would be the pay.
All in favor say I. I.
[2:56:56] » I.
>> Thank you.
[2:56:57] » Thank you.
>> One other thing I might update you on. I
[2:56:59] forgot to update you earlier on is the
covert project up on 1095. We had a
[2:57:04] serious mishap up there last week.
Contractor collapsed three of the four
[2:57:09] coverts at site one. Um
Friday night I went up there. Um, and
[2:57:16] that particular site was finished. They
had pulled the damaged ones out,
[2:57:22] replaced them with some of the others
that we had on on hand, and uh got it
[2:57:27] all packed in, covered up, and rip
wrapped. So, site number one was done.
[2:57:32] Um, they had just broke ground on the
site number two, and uh they're working
[2:57:36] with Wellbborne Sales to get
replacements for the culverts that were
[2:57:40] damaged on that first deal. So,
>> so we still got a road.
[2:57:44] Yes, sir. Still road closure. Um, and I
need to get with Brian today or tomorrow
[2:57:49] and find out what's the delivery time on
those others because I think they're
[2:57:52] made to order. So, it could be a couple
weeks, but um, at this point I have no
[2:57:57] reason to to believe we're going to be
beyond his schedule, but I'll find out
[2:58:01] and let you know next week. So,
>> is there any type of delay in their
[2:58:06] contract or is there
>> So, I need to go back and double check
[2:58:09] that because, you know, we have Bettis
coming in immediately behind them. So,
[2:58:13] uh, definitely don't want them to be
delayed. So, yep. I'm working on it this
[2:58:16] week.
>> Thank you.
[2:58:18] » Thanks. Have a good week.
>> We still need a 10-minute, right,
[2:58:22] Jacqueline? 10 minutes. I'll make a
motion we go into executive session with
[2:58:26] the three commissioners and the attorney
for 10 minutes pursuant to statute
[2:58:31] 754319B2.
[2:58:34] That's my motion.
>> I'll second that motion.
[2:58:39] » Been moved and seconded. Any discussion?
All in favor say I. All right. Hi.
[3:11:32] There was no action.
[3:11:36] Do you have anything else today?
>> I do not.
[3:11:39] » Okay. Do you guys have anything else,
Jacqueline?
[3:11:44] » I don't.
>> With that, I'll make a motion to
[3:11:46] adjurnn.
>> I'll second it.
[3:11:49] » Moved and seconded. All in favor say I.
>> I. All right.