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Department heads review budgets; Consolidated Campus financing deferred until after election
Summary
County department heads received budget packets requiring signatures; Commissioners reported the Consolidated Campus building demolition and said financing decisions with DA Davidson will wait until after the election; records management software and payroll changes were also discussed.
At 1:00 p.m. on April 2 Carbon County convened a Department Head meeting in which Finance Director Piney Helmuth said all departmental budgets had been distributed and required signatures before being returned.
Administrative Officer Angela Newell said the county is working with Stahly Engineering on capital expenditures and will follow up with a survey. Commissioner Scott Blain updated attendees that the building at the Consolidated Campus has been demolished and concrete removal is underway; the commission met with DA Davidson to discuss bond amounts for financing the new structure and does not plan additional financing progress until after the election.
HR Director Kate Asbury announced that Tami Hoines will take over responsibility for payroll and that an email will be sent when that transition is official. She also said details regarding health insurance renewals will be provided. Asbury noted an upcoming Compensation Board meeting scheduled for late April and requested items for the second-quarter newsletter.
Other operational notes recorded in the minutes: the county is exploring records management software and departments should contact GIS Coordinator Patrick Benson if interested; election barriers will be installed for security and non-certified personnel should not cross them until after the election; the Invasive Plant Department is hiring five seasonal spray crew members; two clerk positions in Public Health are in interview stage; there is a fleet vehicle checkout calendar and the county's expectation is for on-site work, with no work-from-home policy.
The minutes record a number of procedural updates and instructions to department staff; many participants left after the departmental updates. Follow-up items include collecting signed budget packets and responding to the capital-expenditures survey.
