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Dispute over agenda and health-care presentation prompts questions about audits and contracts; administrator says auditors have started work
Summary
Commissioners clashed over removal and scheduling of a health-care presentation, and Commissioner William Bunek pressed the administrator for updates on the audit contract, a barn contract and software deployments. County Administrator C. David Dyer said auditors have begun work and he is finalizing contract details.
A procedural dispute over whether to hold a scheduled health-care presentation at the county’s Jan. 6 organizational session exposed broader commissioner concerns about oversight of contracts and audits.
Commissioner Ty Wessell read a statement on the record saying he disagreed with an email that led to the removal of the planned presentation, arguing the change "gives too much influence to a single commissioner." Commissioner Alan Campbell said his point was to suggest the health-care presentation be handled separately because of its importance.
Commissioner William Bunek then asked for updates on several items, including the county audit contract, what he called the "poor barn" contract, cameras ordered by the Sheriff’s Office without authorization, the status of the Myles Kimmerly property and whether policy-tracking software had been implemented.
County Administrator C. David Dyer told the board auditors had begun work and that he had met with them the prior day. "The auditors have agreed to make a couple changes ... we are completely on the road to having that contract finalized," Dyer said, adding that some RFP items required clarification, particularly the county’s obligation to prepare an audit for the County Road Commission.
Bunek expressed that if the auditor contract had changed from the version the board authorized, the changes should be brought back for review. Dyer responded that the prior motion authorized the chair to sign the contract if acceptable to legal counsel and that there were no deviations from the authorized dollar limit.
The board did not make new formal decisions on the contracts during the session; Dyer said contracts and software implementation would be brought back to the board when finalized.
