Budget Evaluation Team adds Cody Compton as non‑voting member; committee to elect its own chairman

Christie, speaking for the Budget Evaluation Team's recommendation, asked the Budget Board to appoint Cody Compton as a non‑voting member of the Budget Evaluation Team to allow him to continue serving as the committee's chairman. "Cody's an invaluable source of county knowledge, and he's done an exceptional job as the chairman since October of 2015," Christie said.

Board members raised an issue about how the motion was written. One commissioner favored approving Compton as a non‑voting member but said the committee should elect its own chair going forward instead of having the Budget Board make that election. After discussion the mover amended the motion to place Compton on BET as a non‑voting member and to leave selection of the chairman to the committee.

The amended motion received a second and passed on a voice vote: "All in favor? Aye." A member clarified that the non‑voting designation is meant to align representation among elected offices and preserve the committee's ability to select its chair internally.

No changes to formal voting rights for other elected officials were recorded; the action only established Compton's membership status on BET.