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Jefferson County commissioners approve contracts, payroll and seek $200,000 state grant for tax-assessment system
Summary
At a regular meeting, Jefferson County commissioners approved routine financial items, authorized a five-year municipal bridge engineer contract with the Eids Group, Inc., and voted to submit a $200,000 grant application (with a $20,000 county match) to install a KMA computer-assisted mass appraisal system for the tax assessment office.
Jefferson County commissioners approved a series of routine financial and personnel actions and authorized a grant application to the state for a tax-assessment upgrade. The board moved and seconded to approve the prior meeting minutes, accepted invoices covering May 22–June 4, 2026 (amount in the transcript recorded as '1,65,74.91,' transcript formatting unclear), and approved payroll for May 17–30, 2026 in the amount of $331,244.
A motion to enter a five-year professional services agreement with the Eids Group, Inc. for municipal bridge engineering services was approved by the board. The commissioners also accepted the official count board results from the May 19, 2026 general primary and appointed Dylan R. Dulu of Winslow Township to the Jefferson County Redo Park Authority for a five-year term ending December 31, 2031.
The board voted to adopt resolution 2026-02 and to submit an application to the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Strategic Management Planning Program to fund a KMA (computer-assisted mass appraisal) system for the county tax assessment department. The project cost is stated in the meeting as $200,000 with a $20,000 local match (described by a commissioner as "a dime to the dollar," i.e., a 10% match). A commissioner said the KMA system would help calculate real-estate values more efficiently and reduce manual work in the assessor's office.
A commissioner described the county's prior participation in phase one of DCED's program and listed earlier upgrades funded through the program, including time-and-attendance and information-technology improvements. The commissioner credited county staff member Jess Siri for pursuing those efforts. Siri acknowledged the compliment.
The meeting record shows motions were made, seconded and carried for the items above. Roll-call requests were recorded for several motions; the public transcript captures some individual affirmative responses (for example, one roll call entry includes "Mr. North: Yes"), but full, named vote tallies for each motion are not recorded in the available transcript.
The board scheduled its next regular meeting for June 23, with related committee meetings to follow.
