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Commissioners agree to consider making Planning and Zoning a separate department
Summary
Tax Equalization staff recommended establishing Planning and Zoning as its own department with Beth Pietsch as department head; commissioners agreed to bring the change to a regular meeting for formal approval and approved related budget reductions to make salary steps workable.
Noreen Wilkie recommended that Planning and Zoning be established as its own department with Beth Pietsch serving as department head; commissioners agreed and directed that the proposal be brought to a regular meeting for formal approval. The recommendation was presented as a structural change to improve accountability and department management.
Commissioners then discussed budget reductions to accommodate a salary step change for Planning and Zoning and approved specific line-item reductions: contingency reduced from $5,000 to $2,500, travel reduced from $10,000 to $9,000, and office supplies from $1,500 to $700. "Ms. Wilkie recommended that Planning and Zoning be its own department with Ms. Pietsch being the department head," the minutes record.
