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Board approves election-office stipends, training fee changes and staffing moves

Columbia County Board / Committees · February 26, 2026
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Summary

Supervisors approved two stipends to support records management and election-technology coordination, and approved updated training and fee changes for home-inspector classes and poll-worker training.

The committee approved resolutions from the elections office to reallocate existing budgeted funds to two stipends: one for records-management support and another for an election-technology coordinator to respond to evolving electronic-voting and records needs. "So there's a records management stipend and then, an election technology ... coordinator," S10 told the committee while explaining the items.

The board also approved consolidated home-inspector rates and a shorter training class that raised the training fee from $50 to $65 to cover new equipment and format changes. Committee members discussed recruitment for instructors, custodial needs for elections and the requirement that stipends are not eligible for overtime pay.