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Supervisor Morris outlines offers, defends board amid social-media criticism
Summary
Supervisor Morris delivered an extended statement saying the three supervisors who voted no sought to resolve the school funding request through multiple offers, blamed poor communication for public distress, and defended the board's decision as fiscally responsible.
Supervisor Morris spoke at length in defense of the board's prior vote and explained several attempts to reach an agreement with the school board before the special meeting. Morris said there were "actually two offers made" at the previous board meeting and later described a phone conference involving county and school lawyers; he said he believed an agreement had been reached "within 24 hours" but that no written agreement was provided before the special meeting.
Morris said the three supervisors who voted no "stick by" their decision and framed their role as running county government "as a business" with an emphasis on fiscal stewardship within a roughly $26,000,000 budget. He urged citizens to engage more in public meetings, emails, and calls rather than relying solely on social media and said the lack of clear public notice about negotiations increased public distress.
Morris asked the board to consider temporary use of CIP funds as a placeholder until carryover funds were known and said that county counsel and the school board's counsel had begun working on written details. The transcript records Morris noting the complexity of budget impacts, including raises and special-education costs, and questioning how the county's overall budget priorities would accommodate additional appropriations.
