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12.12.2023 Tues AM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
· Approved county vouchers for $1,089,000. Approved budget supplement appropriation to finish the Goat Creek Bridge project.
· HR/Risk Manager: Performance evaluations getting scheduled, 6 union contracts are ready to ratify. Communications/Dispatch: 12 of 13 positions are filled – improvement from last year at this time. The mobile command vehicle will be delivered this Thursday – this was financed with ARPA monies. We are 2/3 of the way on the new radio project on Pilcher Mountain, also planning for Molson site, and progress being made on equipment building for Sheriff/Coroner.
· County Auditor: Recording fees are going up significantly at the first of the year – these are set by the State, expecting 2 special elections next year, plus the Presidential general election in November. Approval of Resolutions providing 2 bailiff positions in District Court, changing legal secretary to a Records Clerk, adding civil clerk/bailiff in the Prosecutors Office.
· Public Works: not too much road work due to lack of snow, continuing to work on the Sheridan Road issue – will place a county road sign to help with the confusion.
· Meeting adjourned at 11:31, Board of Health this afternoon at 1:30, but no meeting afterwards, nor on Wednesday.