County executive’s office updates legislature: budget talks ongoing; plan commission appointments due by month end

Caleb Clifford, chief of staff in the county executive’s office, updated the Jackson County Legislature on the administration’s work on the 2025 budget and on plan commission appointments.

Clifford said the county executive "asked me to share and thank both the chair of the legislature and the budget chair for their work on the 2025 budget," and that the executive was meeting with legislature leadership about details so the county can "move forward with the budget." He confirmed the administration had not yet provided a recommended budget to the legislature on May 12.

Legislators asked Clifford to provide a department-level check register for the past five months and to deliver that information in writing, copied to the county clerk. Clifford said he would "look into it" and agreed to provide the requested materials in writing. Clifford also said appointments to the plan commission were expected by the end of the month; when asked if the executive planned to reappoint current members he said he believed it was a reappointment but would not state that definitively.

The legislature did not take formal action on budget adoption at the May 12 meeting; members recorded a request for written financial detail and a request for updated resumes or materials for the plan commission appointees. No specific budget figures or names for appointees were provided on the record.