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Lincoln County Commission approves building-inspection funding, ESRI contract and one-time sheriff payment amid budget debate
Summary
The commission approved $15,000 to inspect potential county-owned buildings, authorized a negotiation team for a potential building purchase, approved a three-year ESRI contract for EMA, and adopted a $200,000 one-time payroll expenditure for sheriff's personnel while several commissioners voiced fiscal concerns about using nonrecurring funds for personnel costs.
The Lincoln County Commission on Dec. 16 voted to approve several budget committee recommendations, including funding to inspect candidate buildings for possible county use, authorization for negotiating a building purchase, a three-year contract with ESRI for the Emergency Management Agency and a one-time personnel payment for the sheriff's department.
Budget committee chair Commissioner Ricky Bryant reported the committee met Dec. 2 and recommended engaging an engineer to inspect two candidate properties (identified in committee discussion as a US Bank building and a hospital building) and to proceed with negotiations if inspections warrant. The committee recommended $15,000 to retain an engineer for inspections; the commission approved the $15,000 and authorized a negotiation team (Commissioner Bryant, Commissioner Cunningham, Finance Director Jason Nicks and Mayor Newman) to work with…
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