Board reviews priority‑objective charters; new budget process emphasizes public touchpoints

Mar 24, 2026

Staff presented seven priority-objective charters with fiscal stability/core services at the center, plus new public budget touchpoints and an annual pension-funding plan. Directors outlined emergency preparedness, housing, economic development, climate resilience, recreation and arts/tourism initiatives; boardmembers requested added emphasis on fire/vegetation work and youth/outreach timing.

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County staff returned from the January strategic workshop with a set of priority-objective charters that place fiscal stability and core services at the center of seven focus areas: emergency preparedness, housing and homelessness, economic development, arts and tourism, climate resilience, recreation, and public infrastructure.

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