Joint Powers communications board cut budget 2.1% and eliminated four positions, attendee says

A public commenter told the Rock Springs City Council that the Joint Powers Combined Communication Board reduced its budget by 2.1% and eliminated four positions following a March 23 meeting.

The commenter, speaking during the council's public-comment period, said they attended the joint board meeting and that "we discussed a budget reduction of 2.1% and four positions were taken away," according to the transcript. The council did not take any recorded vote on that board's budget during the session and no council action on the reduction appears in the transcript.

The commenter also recounted recent community activities: volunteering at the mobile food pantry behind the White Mountain Mall on March 21; attending negotiations with the fire department on March 23; participating in a March 30 ribbon cutting at the Rock Springs Library on Sea Street (the Johnson Meeting Room); and attending a March 31 ribbon cutting at the White Mountain Walk-in Clinic at 1204 Hilltop.

The remarks in the transcript are presented as an attendee's report of what occurred at the Joint Powers Combined Communication Board meeting; the transcript does not include additional details about which positions were cut, which agencies will absorb the changes, or whether the cuts have an effective date. The transcript also does not record any follow-up direction from the council about the board's staffing or budget.