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Board questions staffing and consultant hire as poll-pad purchase is postponed, approves computers for members
Summary
Secretary Glenwood Foster questioned the Registrar's staffing levels and the hiring of a consultant he said he did not know about; the board postponed a poll-pad decision and approved purchasing computers for board members to keep board business on their devices.
During the Feb. 3 meeting, Secretary Glenwood Foster raised multiple questions about staffing and recent hiring decisions in the Registrar's office.
Foster said he questioned why the Registrar had five assistants and a consultant when other counties with more registered voters used fewer staff and that he learned of the consultant only after the Nov. 4 election, despite a newspaper report stating the consultant was hired Oct. 5. Foster asked who was involved in hiring the consultant and who knew about it; the minutes record that other board members were aware but the secretary was not.
On new equipment and procurement, the board postponed consideration of electronic poll books (Poll Pads) to allow Vice Chair Warren Browning time to review the proposal. Meanwhile, Chairman Lawrence Clark moved and Mr. Browning seconded a motion to purchase computers for Electoral Board members to keep Electoral Board business on; the motion passed with the minutes recording the vote as "all in favor." The Registrar suggested the board meet again Feb. 16 or 17 with the County Administrator to finalize budget details.
The minutes do not include detailed cost figures for staffing, the consultant contract, or the computer purchases; those details were not specified and will require follow-up documentation.
