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Supervisors split on soliciting department‑head rankings for strategic priorities; engineer updates on timekeeping and hiring
Summary
Board debated whether to ask department heads to rank draft strategic goals (A–K), with some supervisors urging inclusion and others preferring to proceed with the consultant’s process; the county engineer also reported a web‑based timekeeper pilot, open recruitment for equipment roles and the 2026 budget amendment draft.
A substantive debate over how to finalize the county’s strategic priorities occupied a sizable portion of the meeting as supervisors considered whether to solicit a simple ‘top five’ ranking from department heads.
One supervisor urged sending the A–K goals to department heads and collecting their top five priorities by email to better inform the board’s decision. Other members pushed back, saying the strategic planning process is intended to be a longer, deliberative effort and that…
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