Public commenter reads letter from Chad Pelley and urges board to consider funding oversight
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Summary
A public commenter read a lengthy letter attributed to Chad Pelley from prison and urged the board to review taxpayer-funded grants and contracts involving the individual; the remarks were part of the meeting's public-comment period and no board action followed.
During the public-comment period on Jan. 15, a member of the public identified in the transcript as Dustin read a letter the speaker said was written by Chad Pelley from prison and urged the board to consider past county, state and federal funding connected to Pelley.
Dustin told supervisors he had documentation and screenshots indicating Pelley had received “well over $100,000 in taxpayer money” from federal, state and county sources. The speaker read several passages from what he said was Pelley’s prison letter, quoted the text at length and criticized Pelley’s history, citing criminal pleadings and news reporting; Dustin said recent website changes removed other information but that he had taken screenshots to preserve the records.
The nut graf: The remarks were offered during public comment; no board motion or formal county response is recorded in the meeting transcript. Supervisors did not take action on the suggestion during the meeting.
Dustin asked the board to consider those facts “when you decide how to spend the taxpayer funds here moving forward” and closed by asking, “Now that you know about this, the question is, what are you gonna do about it?” The clerk called for other public comment; none was offered, and the board recessed until the budget hearings scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
Ending: The transcript records the public comment and the board’s recess. There is no recorded staff report, investigation or immediate follow-up action documented in the meeting record.