BUTLER
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Monday, July 1, 2002
Commission Chairman Randy Doll called the Butler County Board of Commissioners to order at 9:00 a.m. Present were Commissioner Bill Shriver; Commissioner Will Carpenter; County Administrator, Will Johnson Jr., and Deputy County Clerk,
Barbara Day.
Commissioner Shriver made a motion to approve the Butler County Commission minutes for June 24th & 25th, 2002. Also approval of amended minutes for June 20th, 2002 for the special meeting held in Andover. Commissioner Doll seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
Commissioner Doll made a motion to approve the vouchers in the amount of
$1,772,162.08 dated July 1, 2002. Commissioner Carpenter seconded the motion.
Motion carried 3-0.
a) Budget Hearing:
County Administrator Johnson advised he has scheduled two weeks for budget work starting July 8th through July 19th working half days. Commissioners all agreed to a starting time of 7:00 a.m. and work until 12:00 a.m. each day. The only day excluded will be July 11th for a prior commitment for Mr. Johnson and Commissioner Carpenter.
b) Fire District #1 Transition issues:
Administrator Johnson advised that the City of Andover would prefer Larry Lara over Nancy Matke for the transition team. Commissioner Doll advised he had already left a message with Nancy Matke but had not heard back from her. Commissioner Doll advised he would make contact today and update Commissioners on Tuesday.
Mr. Johnson advised that the first transition meeting would be on July 10th. The public hearing date will be set at that meeting.
c) Discussion of Communications review:
County Administrator Johnson and Chris Davis, Director of Emergency
Communications came before the Board of Commissioners to discuss funding for the consultant for the study of the Emergency Communication’s radio equipment.
Mr. Johnson advised that the funding could be taken from the Capital Improvement Fund. Mr. Johnson recommends that the funding for the consultant be looked at late in 2002 to see how available the funds are.
Commissioner Carpenter recommends that $50,000 be the budgeted amount toward this project. All the Commissioners agreed with this recommendation. Commissioners agreed to table this item until budget review for Emergency Communications was completed.
d) Discussion of Personnel Pay Plan:
Administrator Johnson requested that this issue be tabled until next week.
e) Budget Packets Mailed:
County Clerk Ron Roberts came before the Board of Commissioners to advise that the Budget packets have been mailed out to all the Entities. These packets include the
values needed to set the individual budgets that are submitted to the Clerks Office to establish the mill levy for each taxing unit. The City packets were short the values for territory added. As soon as these values are available from the Appraiser the city packets will be updated.
Commissioner Doll advised he would be meeting with the City Council in Elbing this evening.
RECESS
Commissioner Shriver made a motion to recess for 5 minutes at 11:10 a.m. Commissioner Carpenter seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Commissioner Shriver made a motion to go into Executive Session from 11:15 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. to discuss personnel issues for non-elected personnel. Commissioner Carpenter seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
Commissioner Doll called the meeting back to order at 11:30 a.m.
Commissioner Doll made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 11:40 a.m. Commissioner Shriver seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.