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Commissioners plan elected-official meetings and ask for budget numbers to guide five-year approach
Summary
Commissioners discussed budget uncertainty and proposed quarterly elected-official meetings (one meeting with all electeds and rotating single-commissioner meetings) to promote candid discussion; they asked the administrator to provide consistent cash figures and proposed scheduling early-to-mid July meetings after the next budget run of numbers.
Commissioners used the June 22 briefing to debate how to approach an expected budget shortfall. They asked county staff to compile consistent cash-based numbers so all commissioners could work from the same financial baseline and urged administrators to present both current-year projections and multi-year scenarios.
One commissioner urged a five-year approach to avoid sudden, large layoffs and suggested a phased plan that protects staff where possible; another proposed a set of quarterly meetings with elected officials to allow franker, smaller-group conversations. "One with all three of us and then each one of us separately with all the electeds," a commissioner said, describing a rotating format intended to reduce theater caused by televised meetings and encourage practical problem solving.
County Administrator Travis Adams proposed pushing the application timeline for 0.09 funds to the end of July to give applicants more time; commissioners agreed to that approach and asked staff to compile the county’s immediate needs for 0.09 funds so they can be matched to applicants. The board agreed to try to schedule the elected-officials meetings in the weeks of July 13 or July 20 after staff provide updated numbers.
