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Banner County accepts two resignations, updates handbook and begins budget workshop
Summary
The board accepted resignations from the county attorney and county assessor, approved employee handbook updates retroactive to June 29, and held an initial budget workshop to set salary and miscellaneous funding lines and schedule follow-ups.
The Banner County Board of Commissioners accepted two personnel resignations and approved changes to the employee handbook during its July 21 meeting, then moved into a budget workshop to review preliminary fiscal-year 2026–27 numbers.
Resignations: The board accepted the county attorney’s resignation effective July 30, 2026 (vacancy beginning July 31) and accepted the resignation of County Assessor Casey Krako effective August 21, 2026 (vacancy beginning August 22 unless withdrawn). Commissioners thanked each official for their service. The transcript records inconsistent spellings of the outgoing county attorney’s surname in different motions; the minutes record acceptance of the resignation subject to possible withdrawal before the effective dates.
Handbook updates: The board approved handbook revisions proposed by the committee that included a payroll pay-period change, clarified summer/winter hours for road-department employees, vacation usage and first-responder leave language, and holiday-observation wording for road staff. Commissioners agreed the changes should be retroactive to June 29; a motion to approve the handbook updates passed by roll call. The handbook committee was asked to review immunization language and make a recommendation about whether immunization coverage should apply to all employees or be limited to certain roles.
Budget workshop: Staff and the county’s budget consultant reviewed initial numbers, including a proposed board salary line set at $42.04 (to ensure adequate travel, lodging and subscription funding), and one-time purchases already made (for example, roughly $5,000 in blades for the road department). Commissioners discussed miscellaneous general fund items and identified an amount (~$8,087.09 in the transcript) to add for GIS licensing, appraiser fees and other contracts. The board set additional budget workshops and meetings with department officials: August 4 (after the regular meeting) and August 31 (a full-day budget workshop with the consultant). The joint public hearing paperwork deadline was noted (September 4), and staff were directed to incorporate decisions into the upcoming budget materials.
Next steps: staff will plug contract and licensing amounts into the miscellaneous general fund line, confirm dates with officials, and finalize numbers at the August budget workshops.
