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Lorain County commissioners press Board of Elections on security, staffing and facility costs
Summary
At a Nov. 24 budget work session commissioners asked the Board of Elections to justify staffing and security expenses, explore consolidating offsite space, and to identify special-revenue offsets. Staff said some security costs come from sheriff overtime and that an EISA grant account holds roughly $400,000 that may have limited allowable uses.
Speaker 1 opened the Nov. 24 work session by saying the meeting's purpose was to align commissioners and staff on budget questions and to brief the Board of Elections on upcoming facilities and staffing reviews. "Do we combine them?" he asked, referring to the elections office and an offsite storage/training building the staff identified as "Gargas/Cargas Hall."
The commissioners said a recently approved space-study will assess county facility efficiencies and asked elections staff to cooperate when the consultant visits. Staff warned the offsite building is in disrepair and that the county may not want to invest in space it might not retain. "The building is in disrepair," Speaker 5 said when describing…
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