Present: T. Joseph, S. Davis, N. Schuler, D. Winch, T. Todd, B. Blanchard, C. Evans, M. Koplinka-Loehr, B. Mink

Mr. Joseph called the meeting to order at 9:02 a.m.

It was MOVED by Mr. Koplinka-Loehr, seconded by Mr. Evans, to approve the recommendations of the Government Operations Committee in the amount of $419,105.

Weights and Measures

It was MOVED by Mr. Koplinka-Loehr, seconded by Mr. Evans, to decrease OTR line 198 – MOE – Vehicle replacement – 2 trucks, in the amount of $23,500 by $5,000 to a total of $18,500.

Ms. Kiefer arrived at 9:05 a.m. 10 members present.

Mr. Stein arrived at 9:06 a.m. 11 members present.

A voice vote resulted as follows: Ayes – 8 (Blanchard, Evans, Joseph, Koplinka-Loehr, Mink, Schuler, Stein, and Todd); Noes – 3 (Davis, Kiefer, and Winch). MOTION CARRIED.

Clerk of the Board

It was MOVED by Mr. Evans, seconded by Ms. Blanchard, and unanimously adopted by voice vote, to reduce OTR line 210 – MOE – by $7,500 to account for revenue from the Electric Power Program.

Mr. Penniman arrived 10 a.m. 12 members present.

Assessment

It was MOVED by Mr. Evans, seconded by Ms. Kiefer, to amend OTR line 226 – MOE -
Computer Equipment - to disallow future rollover funds in the amount the computers are sold for. A voice vote resulted as follows: Ayes – 11, Noes – 1 (Davis). MOTION CARRIED.

Mr. Todd requested information on what the County’s total expenditure amount has been on computers.

County Clerk

It was MOVED by Ms. Mink, seconded by Mr. Winch, and unanimously adopted by voice vote, to amend OTR line 241 – MOE – Service Contracts, from a target increase to one-time, in the amount of $10,000.

Board of Elections

It was MOVED by Mr. Koplinka-Loehr, seconded by Mr. Penniman, to reduce OTR line 245 – MOE – in the amount of $13,215 to zero. A voice vote resulted as follows: Ayes – 4 (Kiefer, Koplinka-Loehr, Mink, and Penniman); Noes – 6 (Blanchard, Davis, Evans, Joseph, Stein, and Winch); Temporarily out of the room – 2 (Schuler and Todd). MOTION FAILED.

Personnel

It was MOVED by Mr. Winch, seconded by Mr. Evans, to amend OTR line 255 – To Continue Program – 15 Intern Positions, in the amount of $82,500 from a target increase to one-time. A voice vote resulted as follows: Ayes – 10, Noes – 2 (Kiefer and Koplinka-Loehr). MOTION CARRIED.

A voice vote on the recommendations of the Government Operations Committee resulted as follows: Ayes – 12, Noes – 0. MOTION CARRIED.

Recess

Mr. Joseph declared recess from 10:58 a.m. to 11:12 a.m.

It was MOVED by Ms. Blanchard, seconded by Ms. Kiefer, to approve the recommendations of the Facilities and Infrastructure Committee in the amount of $977,390.

TCAT

It was MOVED by Ms. Blanchard, seconded by Mr. Evans, and unanimously adopted by voice vote, to amend OTR line 184 – Sponsor Share to Maintain Effort – in the amount of $453 to maintain this amount as a target increase and to add $12,819 as one-time funding. MOTION CARRIED.

Highway Division

It was MOVED by Mr. Stein, seconded by Mr. Koplinka-Loehr, to amend OTR line 192 – MOE – Pavement Edge line, in the amount of $30,000 target to $15,000 target and $15,000 as one-time funding.

Mr. Stein said the intent of his motion is to have the second portion of the funding phased in the following year.

It was MOVED by Mr. Evans, to amend the amendment and change the amount of $30,000 to two-year funding. MOTION FAILED DUE TO LACK OF SECOND.

It was MOVED by Mr. Joseph to amend the amendment and the change of amount of $30,000 to one-time funding. MOTION FAILED DUE TO LACK OF SECOND.

A voice vote resulted as follows on the original amendment: Ayes – 6 (Blanchard, Davis, Evans, Joseph, Koplinka-Loehr, and Stein); Noes- 6 (Kiefer, Mink, Penniman, Schuler, Todd, and Winch). MOTION FAILED.

Mr. Koplinka-Loehr left at 12:20 p.m. 11 members present.

Mr. Winch left at 12:30 p.m. 10 members present.

Engineering

It was MOVED by Mr. Penniman, seconded by Ms. Blanchard, to amend OTR line 185 – Reclass and Position changes, to place $28,363 in the Contingent Fund until reclassification information is finalized. It was the understanding of those present that it would be a target increase when appropriated. A voice vote resulted as follows: Ayes – 9; Noes – 1 (Kiefer). MOTION CARRIED.

A voice vote on the Facilities and Infrastructure Committee’s recommendations as amended resulted as follows: Ayes – 10, Noes – 0. MOTION CARRIED.

At this time Mr. Joseph provided Board members with an opportunity to amend any programs that did not submit OTR requests.

Mr. Joseph offered a suggestion to the Board that consideration be given to moving the Criminal Justice Center into the old Library building. He said this would reduce an OTR request by between $100,000 and $150,000. Mr. Stein asked that consideration also be given to moving the County Historian into the Library Director’s former office at the old Library building as well.

It was announced that in addition to revisiting departmental budgets, this committee will also be reviewing the contingent fund, sales tax receipts, and the current deficit of one-time spending in the amount of $231,000 at the next meeting.

The Board agreed to change the meeting time on October 20^th from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. if that meeting is still necessary.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 1:12 p.m.

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