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Board renews $2,508 New Horizons agreement; commissioners flag early‑year spending and list appointments for Aug. 6
Summary
The board unanimously renewed a $2,508 FY2025 contribution to New Horizons Behavioral Health and discussed administrative matters including upcoming IDA reappointments, possible 4‑H funding increases, recycling‑facility review and concerns about early fiscal‑year spending discipline.
The commission voted to renew the county's contribution agreement with New Horizons Behavioral Health for fiscal year 2025. The packet included a New Horizons letter and an agreement showing a county contribution of $2,508 for the year (monthly installments of $209). Commissioner Jason Frost moved to renew the agreement and the minutes record the vote as unanimous.
During the July 24 work session County Manager Thomas Weaver gave routine department updates: recreation assisted with a back‑to‑school event and registrations are ongoing; community development staff flagged rising euthanasia costs for animal control; the water department repaired a major leak on Highway 280; and public works is catching up on road and edge backfilling work.
Chairman Charles Coffey urged department heads to submit any outstanding invoices so they are charged to the current fiscal year rather than carried into the next budget. Coffey criticized early fiscal‑year spending practices in pointed terms, telling commissioners that 'if you see you're going to be overspent, it's not going to be a good thing to come and ask for us for more money when you know you're over spending on the first month.' He described that behavior as 'almost like a kick in the teeth' in the meeting record.
County staff also identified items to appear on the Aug. 6 regular meeting agenda: reappointments of Walter Miller and Lou Beck to the IDA, a request for possible additional 4‑H funding and the previously noted CUP for 110 Stagecoach Drive. Chairman Coffey said the commission had contacted Congressman Sanford Bishop's office to pursue improvements to the Hwy. 520 intersection and possible speed‑limit changes; staff expect further updates and a potential construction start early next year according to the minutes.
The minutes record that the commission held executive sessions at multiple meetings to discuss personnel, contracts and litigation and that no votes were taken while in closed session. At the July 2 regular meeting the executive session began at 9:27 a.m. (motion by Commissioner Damon Hoyte) and reconvened at 10:30 a.m.; the July 24 work session executive session began at 6:35 p.m. (motion by Commissioner Jason Frost) and reconvened later that evening.
What happens next: staff will compile invoices for current fiscal‑year accounting, prepare the Aug. 6 agenda with the noted reappointments and funding requests, and return contract documents and updates to the commission in future meetings.
