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Public comment urges reduced government spending and salary changes for elected officials
Summary
Public commenter Deanna Hardy urged commissioners to reduce elected representative salaries and cut county programs she described as 'socialist,' including the bookmobile and underused transit, and called for replacement of representatives she said violate their oaths.
Deanna Hardy used her public comment time to urge the county to restructure elected representative pay to better match average local incomes and to reduce or eliminate programs she described as costly government 'charity' efforts. She cited the county bookmobile and local transit as examples and argued such programs add tax burdens for citizens on fixed incomes. "Public servants should be those citizens who do not need career salaries," Hardy said, and asked the commission to consider petitions her group submitted earlier in 2025.
Chair acknowledged the comment and noted the commission had received one public comment sign‑up for the meeting. Commissioners did not engage in back‑and‑forth during the comment period; the commission’s rules stated the public‑comment period is for remarks to the commission only.
