Administrator recommends selective hires, pauses several large requests

Cheryl Stone, the county's financial director, presented the county administrator's recommended FY27 budget and outlined staffing and capital choices. "For the county assessor's office, the county administrator is recommending 1 appraiser and 1 property assistant," she said when listing positions the administrator recommends adding. The recommendation also includes a civil deputy attorney, a jail nurse, a project accounting position (funded in part from the solar fund) and a budget analyst.