Commissioners set Sept. 25 and Oct. 2 workshops to finish budget and salary ordinance work

At the close of the Sept. 18 workshop commissioners agreed to reconvene for follow-up sessions to finish budget work. The chair asked staff to assemble salary-ordinance references, job descriptions, and reconciled spreadsheets to present on Sept. 25 at 8 a.m.; a second follow-up session was set for Oct. 2. Commissioners emphasized the Nov. 1 deadline to submit the final budget.

Participants asked departments to verify contested lines — including a disputed $5,000 vs. $15,000 sales-ratio line in the assessor's budget — and to bring ordinance language so the board can resolve classification and stipend issues. "Let's finish up the clerks and then jump to the sheriff's department," the Chair said, outlining a practical order of business for the next meeting.