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Public meetings / Board of County Commissioners

May 8, 2023

94 turns, 94 with a named speaker, under 8 agenda items. The words and the names are the county clerk's.

2. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (up to three-minute time limit per person.) Action

Commissioner Jabbour

cautioned Mr. Lilly about speaking on items that were on the agenda. May 8, 2023 2. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (up to three-minute time limit per person.) Action will not be taken on the matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item (FIRST)-Cont’d.

Mr. Lilly

stated he was addressing the legislative item. Regarding the tiny house plan, he believed widows, orphans and children should be taken care of and housed, but he did not believe it was right for the County to take funding from the taxpayers and address what he considered a ghetto-type situation. Nichole Walters from No Opinion News talked about issues with the VEA and Great Basin Water billings and how people would not be able to afford the increases all at once; migrant children being forced to work in the United States; the need to close the borders; and the Republican Party Gala at The Nugget on May 20, 2023.

3. Commissioners’/Manaqer’s Comments (This item limited to announcements or

Commissioner Boskovich

stated the pre-budget meeting last week was very enlightening.

Commissioner Carbone

wished people read more of the detailed information put out regarding tiny homes. He said the Commission had said nothing about putting a tiny home park together for the homeless.

Commissioner Strickland

advised on May 13, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. the Soroptimist of Pahrump Valley would have a fashion show at the Sanders Winery. Regarding VEA and Great Basin, Commissioner Jabbour stated he received a late payment notice from yEA, but he was not late. An invoice was generated three days after he paid his bill and he was penalized. He cut another check and hand-delivered it, and now they would have to do more work because they would have to credit him that money and generate an accurate invoice, Commissioner Jabbour felt they were not going to the drop-box enough and understood the difficulty people were having.

Commissioner Cox

noted people had been saying the Board was building low-cost housing, but that was not true. The tiny homes were nice, but low-income and homeless people would not qualify because they had to buy them and they were $60,000.00. All the Board did was try to find a solution as to where they could be put. She then told people to watch their water bills because sometimes there would be a broken pipe on their side of the meter. She also encouraged people to get together and protest the rate hikes on the water and electric bills.

Commissioner Jabbour

added that when Planning Director Brett Waggoner was speaking about tiny homes he asked for direction, and the direction was to go out and gather as much information as possible on tiny home parks. That direction was what was voted on. May 8, 2023 3. Commissioners’/Manager’s Comments (This item limited to announcements or topiclissues proposed for future works hopslagendas)-Cont’d. Mark Kampf reminded the citizens he put out an announcement to request members of the community to join a committee to review the ballot question regarding the diesel tax. He needed people on a committee to make arguments for and against. Applications were due June 2, 2023. Those interested could contact the Clerk’s Office at (775) 482- 8 127, send him an e-mail at mkampfnyecountynv.qov, or apply on-line on the Clerk’s Web site. Regarding tiny homes, Brett Waggoner stated no part of that conversation had anything to do with a County- or town-sponsored park or the homeless. He then withdrew his budget item and request at this time with the expectation that he could bring it back later in the year. He said he wanted to discuss with Finance and Human Resources some other funding possibilities, such as re-structuring to cover the position. Samantha Tackett explained agenda items 1 9 and 20 were annual items pursuant to NRS that must be heard and considered. There was no back-up for those items so there was nothing missing.

18. For Possible Action Presentation, discussion and deliberation to review and

Commissioner Carbone

felt the open positions were creating overtime. Dwight Lilly said he did not see the debt projections. There was $80 million of unfunded retiree benefits as well as an emergency plan that was discussed that had not been funded. He wondered where in the budget proposal those items would be addressed. As to the zero projections for overtime, Candace Hunt was concerned there was no historical data on the overtime each of the departments had paid in the last few years.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve item 6, Town of Pahrump, and item 1 8, Nye County, which included the towns within the County; seconded by

Commissioner Strickland

; 5 yeas. JUSTICE(S) OF THE PEACE 13. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Pahrump Justice Court. Justice of the Peace Michele Fiore revised her initial request for four clerks and two bailiffs. She said what they really needed was the current clerks to get whole and they would let everything else go.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked Ms. Fiore what she meant by bringing them whole. Pahrump Justice Court Administrator Alyssa Shoults explained they needed to create a chief clerk position for the departments, which had never existed. They wanted to create it at a grade 15, which would require the Justice Court Administrator to be bumped up to an 18. Human Resources Director Elona Gold ner pointed out all positions would have to be negotiated with the unions. May 8, 2023 13. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Pahrump Justice Court-Cont’d.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if there were funds to move them up to those grades. Elizabeth Jordan said if the unions approved those positions to be created it would be up to the Board to approve the funding, which was what was being looked for now. The funds would come from reducing the ending fund balance or contingency. SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP 7. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for Buildings and Grounds. Pahrump Buildings and Grounds Manager Jimmy Martinez presented his request for three new staff members two groundskeepers and one maintenance worker Ill.

Commissioner Cox

cautioned against hiring too many people as the money was not coming in as it was. She would hate to hire someone today and fire them later, or end up in a buy-out situation. She suggested giving Mr. Martinez one instead of three.

Commissioner Boskovich

said he understood the situation, but he thought whether now was the time to do new hiring needed to be looked at. He thought it was time for a hiring freeze, although he understood everyone was over-worked at this point.

Commissioner Strickland

pointed out the Town of Pahrump had an ending fund balance of $1 .2 million, so they would be ahead $1 million in their ending fund balance.

Commissioner Jabbour

opened item 8 at this time. 8. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for Pahrump Valley Fire Rescue. Fire Chief Scott Lewis stated his department was in negotiations and they needed staff, but he would not know what the need was until those were finished.

Commissioner Strickland

suggested tabling this item and bringing it back in six months. Chief Lewis discussed the overtime issue. Overtime was not just a dollar value. It was a resource and response methodology on how they provided their services. The open positions were driven by the CBA and they could not simply put a freeze on them. He explained there was voluntary and mandatory overtime, and they were experiencing mandatory overtime as they filled the needs of the community.

Commissioner Boskovich

clarified his idea of a freeze would exclude police and fire, and he was also not speaking about any of the position requests included today. May 8, 2023 8. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for Pahrump Valley Fire Rescue-Cont’d. Elizabeth Jordan explained the Board could reduce the ending fund balance or reduce the transfer out to capital to fund the positions. Working with a live spreadsheet the Commissioners discussed the positions requested.

Mr. Martinez

offered to drop the two groundskeepers and just ask for the maintenance worker Ill. The Commissioners decided to allow one groundskeeper along with the maintenance worker Ill. Chief Lewis asked if it was possible to have a place saver for up to three positions pending the outcome of the negotiations and then re-address it in three to six months.

Ms. Jordan

stated that could be built into the contingency. She would have to come back with numbers from Human Resources to plug those positions in. She could bring it back for the final when she had those numbers. Victoria Poulsen said first responders should get everything they needed. She suggested the Board come to an agreement on a figure to put into the budget that could be adjusted later if needed. Nichole Walters pointed out it was cheaper to hire more people than to pay overtime.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion for items 7 and 8 to approve the Town of Pahrump Buildings and Grounds request for one maintenance worker Ill and one groundskeeper, and the PVFR overtime budget as stated on the matrix; seconded by

Commissioner Carbone

; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY MANAGER 15. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Nye County Animal Shelter. 16. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Risk Management Department. Elizabeth Jordan explained the animal shelter was funded 60% from the Town of Pahrump and 40% from the County general fund, and the Risk Management Department was funded strictly from the Risk Management fund 10607. May 8, 2023 15. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Nye County Animal Shelter-Cont’d. 16. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Risk Management Department-Cont’d. At the request of Commissioner Jabbour, Risk Manager Jacob Skinner and Lorina Dellinger described what risk management meant. The request for the Risk Management Department was a claims administrator.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion for item 16 to approve the additional head count for Risk Management, a claims administrator; seconded by Commissioner Strickland.

Commissioner Cox

stated she wanted to see the Risk Management Department work as it would save the County money in the long run.

Mr. Skinner

advised on Sunday he received an e-mail about the past program and it would have been 20% to 35% more had the County stayed the course.

Commissioner Strickland

wondered why so many people were needed for an animal shelter and why the County was not moving toward the original intent to have a veterinarian come in and use the facility in trade, not hire another employee. She said the matrix did not work for her and she could support this item.

Commissioner Boskovich

agreed with Commissioner Strickland. He asked what the shelter was running as far as percentage of capacity because when he was there he did not think it was half full.

Ms. Crabtree

explained they kept the capacity as low as possible to keep the costs down. They were at about 25% capacity.

Commissioner Boskovich

thought the number of positions requested should be reduced.

Commissioner Strickland

asked Ms. Crabtree how many positions she currently had.

Ms. Crabtree

said five. With Animal Control they had five filled positions and one open part-time position. May 8, 2023 15. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Nye County Animal Shelter-Cont’d. 16. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Risk Management Department-Cont’d.

Commissioner Strickland

asked how many animals was total capacity for that facility.

Ms. Crabtree

said it depended on how many kennels or cages were accessible. She estimated 75 large dogs and then potentially 30 cats. They also had the capacity to hold larger animals in the back. She then said there was a lot of wiggle room on her requests. They had looked at the positions in order of priority, and the first she would remove was the part-time position of animal control officer and in the future have a discussion about a temporary person. She would also eliminate the office assistant position. If given approval on a veterinary assistant position, then that person could cover the office assistant position. That would bring it down to three positions.

Commissioner Carbone

reminded the Board dispatch went through the shelter now, not the Sheriff’s Office. He asked if there was any other way that a veterinarian could be put in without making it an employee.

Commissioner Boskovich

thought maybe there was no veterinarian willing to do this on a contract basis.

Ms. Crabtree

explained the idea of the three positions was to have them fund themselves as they would be covered by the revenue of the clinic. If they contracted with a veterinarian, not only would they not receive that operation, the community would not benefit from that resource.

Commissioner Strickland

stated she could not support hiring a veterinarian with PERS and everything else. She felt the Board needed to look long-term.

Commissioner Jabbour

suggested Ms. Crabtree look for an office assistant who was also qualified as a veterinarian assistant in the future.

Mrs. Crabtree

stated she had one of those who was working outside of their means.

Commissioner Strickland

asked if Ms. Crabtree needed a reclassification of that position to meet her needs.

Mrs. Crabtree

said yes and that individual deserved it. When Commissioner Strickland asked for an idea of cost, Elizabeth Jordan said she would have to work with Human Resources on that. May 8, 2023 15. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Nye County Animal Shelter-Cont’d. 16. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary req uests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Risk Management Department-Cont’d. Assessor Sheree Stringer suggested going to the veterinarian schools and look for someone who was getting ready to or had graduated and offer them a position as an independent contractor with the offer that if they stayed for four years the County could pay some money toward their college education. That would also give an incentive that whatever funding came through the clinic that person would get 25% and the County would get 25%. Linda Clark thought a veterinarian at the local facility would be wonderful, Dwight Lilly said Tails had 80 pets and they spayed/neutered all of the animals so she had some way of getting that job done. He stated there were a lot of shelters that could be contacted to see how they did things. Helene Williams thought the Board should allow a veterinarian and an assistant veterinarian on a contract basis. Victoria Poulsen agreed with Mrs. Stringer’s idea. Brian Kunzi stated his understanding that this would be a veterinarian that would do services for the shelter, not the general public. Mark Kampf mentioned the cost of liability insurance for a veterinarian which he did not see in the budget.

Commissioner Strickland

suggested the reclassification be revisited and to not approve the items as listed.

Commissioner Carbone

said that was direction to staff.

Commissioner Cox

said she thought a veterinarian was going to be in the shelter from the beginning and she agreed with the need for one. She also thought going to the veterinary schools was a good suggestion. The Board was in recess until 2:05 p.m. May 8, 2023 ASSESSOR 9. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Assessor’s Office. Assessor Sheree Stringer and Chief Deputy Assessor Justin Zimmerman presented their request for three data collectors which they removed from their request two years ago as they needed appraisers more at that time. Comm issioner Strickland stated she did not want to overspend what the County did not have and could not support this at this time.

Mrs. Stringer

asked if the Board would consider one position.

Commissioner Jabbour

noted there would be three retirements from the department in the next three years and asked how many appraisers Mrs. Stringer had.

Mrs. Stringer

said she had four appraisers. There were three in Pahrump who did residential, there was one commercial appraiser in Pahrump, and there was one in the northern area who took care of everything from Amargosa north. She had no data collectors and the one she was now asking for would be in Pahrump.

Commissioner Strickland

asked how many data collectors she had, to which Mrs. Stringer responded none because she gave them up last year to get another appraiser.

Commissioner Boskovich

said this was not against anybody, but fiscal responsibility was needed and he would do anything to get there.

Mrs. Stringer

felt succession training was the problem. People had to be licensed through DTAX so she could not hire just anyone. If she did not have the staff she could not pick up the work which would affect the budget.

Commissioner Carbone

said since Mrs. Stringer would lose a person within the year it would almost make sense to look at one person.

Commissioner Strickland

asked if would be doable for Mrs. Stringer to bring in a data collector and not fill the retired position.

Mrs. Stringer

said no because that person was an appraiser.

Commissioner Jabbour

pointed out the justification stated Mrs. Stringer incurred overtime.

Mrs. Stringer

clarified they would incur overtime within the year. She did not believe there had been much overtime out of her department, if any. May 8, 2023 9. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Assessor’s Office-Cont’d.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked for an estimate of the one position the Assessor requested versus the overtime that would be incurred.

Ms. Jordan

explained since the Assessor’s Office did not incur overtime she did not run the figures for overtime. That department would incur overtime on holidays because of the four/ten schedule her office was on. The total for one position would be $81 747.00.

Commissioner Strickland

wondered if part-time would work since the benefits exceeded salaries and that would give Mrs. Stringer two data collectors.

Commissioner Jabbour

said he had asked to re-evaluate this within six months, but Mrs. Stringer did not have six months if one of her employees was retiring in September, 2023.

Mrs. Stringer

said the person retiring was a property appraiser. Her personal property appraiser had just received her certification to be a real property appraiser so the plan was to train her as an appraiser, meaning Mrs. Stringer would have a personal property position open that they would fill. The data collectors were for the Pahrump area because subdivisions kept being added and they had to go out and pick up structures and land values. Mrs. Stringer said if she could get one she could have that person help all three appraisers to a certain degree, but she would eventually like to have one for each appraiser.

Commissioner Strickland

wondered if there was going to be continued growth and said she wanted to put this out six months.

Commissioner Jabbour

reiterated Mrs. Stringer did not have six months.

Commissioner Strickland

suggested to start hiring now for the position vacated as the personal property appraiser would be an appraiser and that was the need immediately for the retiree.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked what the difference in salary between the appraiser and the data collector was.

Ms. Jordan

said she would need to get those numbers from Human Resources so the Board would have to come back to this item. Linda Clark wanted to know who was on first. Gina Meredith asked how many appraisals the Assessor’s Office did a year. May 8, 2023 9. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Assessor’s Office-Cont’d.

Mr. Zimmerman

said they did between 15,000 and 18,000 appraisals a year. There were more than 60,000 parcels in the County right now and each parcel was physically re-appraised every five years. They also collected aerial photography. He said this discussion sounded like the Board would offer a personal property appraiser and if that was the case they would take that. Mr. Zimmerman added that their deputy assessors were at a grade 7 while deputy recorders, clerks and treasurers were a grade 8 and they would like to address that. Lorina Dellinger said that project was approved and it would be done.

Commissioner Strickland

said the Board would make a decision once that data was available. CLERK 10. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Clerk’s Office. Mark Kampf stated his understanding that his budget was not complete.

Commissioner Carbone

said that was correct due to outstanding issues with the courts so the Board would have to come back to this.

Mr. Kampf

presented his request for a contract for scanning/storing documents, additional travel and training budgets, additional primary election poll worker budget, and a budget for voting videos and public service announcements.

Commissioner Strickland

asked if the scanning would be an appropriate expenditure for the LATCF funds coming in the amount of $6 million. Elizabeth Jordan said yes as it could be used for general government expenses as well as capital.

Commissioner Strickland

asked Mr. Kampf to bring the scanning request back when that money was received. May 8, 2023 DISTRICT ATTORNEY 11. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the District Attorney’s Office. Brian Kunzi presented his request for a child support data clerk and a victim advocate. He mentioned how the system they were using was antiquated and no longer supported, which would be a big budget item that would need to be addressed. Victoria Paulsen said a victims’ advocate would have to be someone who was a licensed clinical social worker. SHERIFF 12. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Sheriff’s Office. Captain Harry Means presented the Sheriff’s Office’s request for an administrative technician, overtime, and hiring incentives.

Commissioner Strickland

asked Captain Means to go back to the Sheriff because there were 30 vacant positions, but the Commissioners’ sheet showed 16 plus three detention technicians. If those 30 positions were not filled it was an unrealized outgo of over $3 million. If the true need was an administrative technician, Commissioner Strickland suggested reclassifying one of the vacant deputy positions into an administrative technician.

Commissioner Boskovich

stated the Board needed to do whatever could be done to help them take care of what needed to be taken care of.

Commissioner Cox

thought the wages were lower than they should be and the Sheriff’s Office was not getting a big enough budget. She said she would like to see the Sheriff ask for the budget he needed.

Commissioner Strickland

suggested a reorganization, which to her meant to eliminate enough deputies to make the pay grade great enough for retention to continue and still be a functioning organization. If something could be done immediately to inject that into the current Sheriff’s Office it would be a wonderful thing for the existing officers to have that pay increase by eliminating a portion of the officers there now. Maryan Hollis stated any vacancy was too much. She disagreed with taking a deputy off the street and putting them in the office as the deputies were stretched too thin already. Dwight Lilly said crime rates had gotten worse and worse since he moved to Pahrump. The primary responsibility of an elected official was the safety, health, and welfare of the public. The officers needed the County’s financial support to get the job done right. Mr. May 8, 2023 12. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Sheriff’s Office-Cont’d. Lilly hoped the Commissioners took a serious look at their budget request above and beyond the looks they were giving the others. Victoria Poulsen stated her support of the Sheriff’s Office. She pointed out there was $7 million to $10 million for civic enters and ballfields, but deputies could not be retained because they were not paid enough. She wanted the deputies to get what they needed as they were grossly underpaid, and she agreed the crime was growing.

Commissioner Carbone

clarified the discussion was not about taking deputies off of the street. A position that was open but not filled was what was talked about. DISTRICT COURT 14. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary req uests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the District Court. Judge Kim Wanker removed her request for a district court hearing master and presented her request for a part-time legal secretary. She also talked about the transition to a clerk of the court and how Esmeralda County needed pay for a portion of that.

Commissioner Strickland

asked if a was law clerk still on the wish list, to which Judge Wanker responded yes. Elizabeth Jordan advised the law clerk was already budgeted and the judge would be able to fill it as the Docusign had moved forward. The part-time no benefit position was also currently budgeted, so it would be the addition of the full-time position. Dwight Lilly said he appreciated Judge Wanker’s work with the drug court, but he hoped the County did everything it could to prevent an increase in addiction.

Ms. Jordan

explained that for district court one of the positions being requested was to convert a part-time position to a full-time position, which would increase the district court budget by $63,146.00 for FY24. She asked Judge Wanker if she needed the assistant court administrator now. Judge Wanker said the assistant court administrator needed to be put on hold until the transition was complete, and she thought part of that position should be paid for by Esmeralda County. She could do without the hearing master at this point. May 8, 2023 FACILITIES 17. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Buildings and Grounds Department.

Commissioner Carbone

disclosed he had a family member who worked in the department. Buildings and Grounds Director William Allen presented his request to reclassify one of his current positions to a maintenance worker Ill. ASSESSOR 9. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Assessor’s Office-Reopened. Elizabeth Jordan advised the difference between the data collector and the personal property appraiser, step 1, was about $2,500.00, and that included benefits.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked Sheree Stringer if the appraisers were able to collect data when they went out into the field while she was short on data collectors.

Mrs. Stringer

said they were, but it took more than one person to go and measure everything with all the new homes going in. FINANCE

20. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to determine if sufficient

Commissioner Strickland

asked if they received a COLA automatically, to which Ms. Jordan responded no.

Commissioner Jabbour

felt this was the same classification as item 19.

23. For Possible Action Presentation and discussion of departmental budgetary

Commissioner Strickland

asked Mr. Boiling to consider reclassifying one of his current open positions for the financial manager.

Mr. Boiling

said he had a vacant position, but he would rather not reclassify that and just leave it vacant as he needed that position. He asked if he were to remove the secretary position if the Board would consider the financial manager. As to the other five open positions he had, Mr. Boiling stated they were actively trying to fill those positions.

Commissioner Strickland

said she was actively asking Mr. Boiling to reclassify one of those positions.

Mr. Boiling

offered to reclassify his two road lead maintenance workers. He said he could do the reclassifications internally and made sure the Board understood it was fund 20105, not 10101. May 8, 2023

24. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (up to three-minute time limit per person.)

Commissioner Strickland

explained she was just asking the department heads to look at reclassifying existing positions. Also, items 19 and 20 were pulled because the District Attorney advised that the Board did not need to hear them as there was no action to be taken. May 8, 2023

25. CommissionerlManager Comments (This item limited to announcements or

Commissioner Boskovich

said Linda Clark indicated that the Commissioners did not care or feel as strongly about the folks that lived in Mountain Falls as they did about the folks who lived elsewhere in the County. That was not the case as he felt exactly the same for anyone in Nye County regardless of what districts they were in or anything else. He found the statement a little bit offensive. Secondly, Commissioner Boskovich said he worked probably 11 hours a day at this and he would not have it any other way because he loved this job. It was not about the money.

Commissioner Carbone

thought the statement was made when the discussions about the County’s BDRs were being had. He explained the thought behind raises was to try to entice other people to look at this job as the pay would be substantial enough for them to be able to live on instead of having a retirement or a second job or a third job to make ends meet.

Commissioner Jabbour

thanked everyone for their feedback and reminded them there was no final decision made today. There would be two more meetings. The Commissioners were doing the best they could and would make the right decision for everybody all around the County. Brian Kunzi thought the statements that were made were completely misguided. He explained item 19 referenced a statute that was passed in about 2015 which provided for yearly increases for all of the elected officials. A provision was put in that the increases could be opted out by the Board of County Commissioners if they found that they did not have the resources to pay those increases. There were no statutory pay raises for any elected official so action on number 19 was absolutely unnecessary. That was also why there was no back-up. Mr. Kunzi stated there was no attempt to deceive anyone and he found out about the statute this weekend when he was reviewing the agenda in preparation for this meeting. Contracts and Grants Manager Stephani Elliott thanked the Commissioners for everything they did as well as Elizabeth Jordan for her efforts in the Finance Department for the past six months. Samantha Tackett confirmed the back-up for items 6 and 18 were received after 4:00 p.m. on Friday. There were delays with those on the DTAX side. Staff also wanted to inform the Commissioners at this meeting that the back-up was added on-line around 4:45 p.m. for both items and it was distributed via e-mail to the Commissioners after 5:50 p.m. Technically the public received the backup before the Commissioners did. The public binders were updated and everything was done and distributed. She suggested people sign up to receive updates from the County’s Web site for agenda postings and m in utes. __________________________________ ______________day May 8, 2023 25. CommissionerlManaqer Comments (This item limited to announcements or topiclissues proposed for future workshopslagendas)-Cont’d.

Commissioner Jabbour

also thanked Ms. Jordan for the work she had done as Interim Comptroller.

Ms. Jordan

said she had a great team and wanted to acknowledge them as well.

26. ADJOURN

Commissioner Jabbour

adjourned the meeting. APPROVED this ATTEST: Of , 2023. ‘e Chair Y Ny CJnty Clerk / Deputy