Commission warned planner will run one‑person shop as county faces roughly $3M shortfall
Summary
Commissioners said Grace DiBiase will run planning as a single‑person department after a planner retirement; public works and county commissioners noted an estimated $3,000,000 budget gap that may delay hiring and limit capacity for extra work through the fall and winter.
Public works director Mark Storey notified the commission that the assistant planner position remains open after Alan Thompson retired and that Grace DiBiase will run a one‑person planning office for an indeterminate period. Storey asked commissioners to be mindful of staff capacity while the office manages the tight timeline for ordinance revisions and hearings.
Storey and others noted the county is confronting a significant budget shortfall; he said the commissioners "talked about it in session that they have something like a $3,000,000 budget gap to try and figure out in the coming month or 2," and warned that hiring freezes or delayed recruitment could affect when an assistant planner is added. Commissioners agreed to front‑load meetings to address the workload while seeking to avoid last‑minute rushes.
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