Mercer County Commission Special Budget Meeting 09/09/2026

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[0:02] Thanks.
[0:51] None of this stuff.
[1:30] She said
[2:27] » All All I'm going to do partner
[2:29] When you get ready kind of what Linda told me
[2:33] » Yep. >> And I messaged her and I have permission
[2:35] to use the back of it so so
[2:39] » Yep. >> I didn't want to show it off
[2:42] without permission so >> Okay. Yeah, absolutely. Yep.
[2:46] » And when we
[2:50] go back to first order
[2:53] So what we do right now >> Yep.
[2:56] » I recharge the thing >> Wait.
[3:10] » I put my battery in the charger on my phone.
[3:13] » But yeah >> Yeah, that didn't happen
[3:15] » I mean there's some good fights >> Well
[3:18] » I charged it all night once.
[3:22] You know what it is?
[3:47] It's complicated.
[3:51] Yep. told
[4:09] » Do I need need a call?
[4:13] Huh? Do I even need a call back?
[4:17] Well, we have the meeting.
[4:41] Where do you want to work?
[6:14] » Yeah.
[6:25] Okay, we're going to call this meeting to order.
[6:29] Uh I need approval for agenda for the budget discussion.
[6:34] » I'll make a motion to approve the agenda.
[6:37] » I'll second.
[6:40] » Any discussion? Casey?
[6:42] » I. >> Jamie?
[6:44] » I. >> Jean?
[6:45] » I. >> Steve?
[6:46] » I. >> Roland I.
[6:48] Okay, I'm going to lead off with this one.
[6:51] Conversation what I had yesterday. Um
[6:57] the uh right now where we're at is um
[7:02] our 25 and our 26 budgets weren't correct.
[7:07] It appears our count the county isn't been in deficit deficit spending for
[7:10] last 2 years. We have to go back and
[7:15] with the work from the DACO Don uh
[7:20] uh the audit rep and Carmen, they spent a lot of time on and we have a
[7:26] comfortable spot is what I've been told as far as it start for 20 uh
[7:32] 20 12 31 25.
[7:36] At with that being said, then we'll have a we're going to work forward in 26.
[7:42] And I think so we have you know, we're not going to be working on 27 until we
[7:46] get the confirmed numbers on 26 yet. Um the word I got was
[7:54] it um
[7:58] probably at first glance was not as bad as projected, but
[8:03] not as good as we had hoped it to be. That's what I what the word I got. So,
[8:08] I'm going to ask each one of the department heads to go back
[8:12] being in 27 or 25 and 26, you know, we can't just rely on you
[8:19] know, what we put our budget together. We have to go back
[8:22] and look and see what we can cut and where we can trim and report to your
[8:25] portfolio holders. And um
[8:29] we can you know, once we get this 26 and when we get done then we can work on the
[8:33] 27. And we
[8:37] we have no numbers to present yet today cuz we're still in Carmen needs time to
[8:41] get this thing together and we uh we're not there.
[8:46] And if anybody else has anything to that.
[8:49] » I would like Carmen I guess moving forward when you send out month end
[8:53] numbers to the department heads, I think the board should be almost the first
[8:57] ones to have that cuz we do not get that from you. So, moving forward
[9:01] » Okay. >> I would I don't I don't necessarily care
[9:03] what my budget number is, what Rick's budget number is, whatever, but our
[9:07] departments we should be getting those because there's no way we know if our
[9:13] departments are deficit spending if we don't get the numbers from you.
[9:16] » Okay, so the portfolio holders will get it with the department heads.
[9:21] You are do you want the whole commission to get
[9:23] » I think the whole commission should have everybody's budget, but
[9:28] » I think that's what we did it when I when we were first on the board.
[9:31] » The previous auditor we would get them from. It has not been happening, so.
[9:36] » Okay. okay.
[9:41] » So, the bottom line is we don't know exactly where we're at
[9:44] yet, but we're going to keep working until we get there and we'll get the
[9:48] um >> Carmen, when do you think you can get
[9:52] your stuff semi straightened out from what your meeting with Linda yesterday?
[9:58] Like by next Wednesday, can we discuss this more?
[10:00] » Absolutely. >> I We don't really get a choice. I mean,
[10:02] we have a deadline. >> Yeah, and and I'm telling you as soon as
[10:06] we get them done and have them checked and
[10:08] and Linda's going to recheck it, too, and help us, but yeah, once I do, I want
[10:13] to send everything out to you guys if it's before Wednesday.
[10:16] » Yeah, then we can look at it. >> Please do cuz we I mean
[10:20] we're running out of days. >> We're on crunch time.
[10:22] » Yeah, it's You know, and I did ask, you know, with my conversations with Jamie
[10:27] you know, with the road department, we have some ideas and all we can make some
[10:30] of that work, but it was like with the general fund
[10:33] I wasn't so sure, so I asked Linda on how we can fix some of that if
[10:38] she'd be willing to help on some of that, and she said absolutely they would
[10:42] be able to help us with ideas to get some of that back on track, so.
[10:46] That's all I've got for today. Anybody else?
[10:50] Okay. Any other business, and meeting
[10:52] adjourned.
[11:09] » Good.