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Commissioners remove Master Gardener position and hold nonprofit grants flat
Summary
County commissioners voted to remove a proposed $85,334 full‑time Master Gardener position from the FY27 draft budget and later approved keeping nonprofit grant funding flat, rejecting new grant requests for now.
During the budget work session commissioners reviewed extension‑service staffing and nonprofit grant requests and took two substantive votes.
Budget staff explained the proposed Master Gardener full‑time position would cost $85,334 for salary and benefits. Commissioners discussed potential grant funding and alternatives; Commissioner Martino (speaker 1) suggested exploring grant opportunities rather than adding the position now. Miss Savage (speaker 11), speaking to the extension office request, moved to remove the Master Gardener position from the FY27 budget. The motion passed on a 4–3 vote.
Staff then presented nonprofit grant requests in Departments 1402 and 1604 plus a new Coastal Bays request. Commissioners debated whether to vote on grants individually. A motion to consider each nonprofit request separately failed; a subsequent motion to keep nonprofit funding flat with no new requests approved passed on a 4–3 vote.
What’s next: staff will reflect the removal of the Master Gardener position in the draft and continue to include nonprofit requests in the packet for commissioner review; commissioners asked that staff explore grant options for extension services.
