Good afternoon. I'm now going to call the Wednesday, January 7th, 2026 meeting of the North County Commission to order. I'm going to read the remote executive order on remote participation.
On March 28th, 2025, Governor Healey signed into law House Bill 62, an act relative to extending certain COVID 19 measures adopted during the state of emergency, which includes a 2-year extension of the option for public
bodies to hold remote meetings by suspending certain provisions of the open meeting law, Mass General Law, chapters 30A, sections 18- 25. That action was effective immediately extending the current option for remote
meetings through June 30th, 2027. Welcome. We are live and on Zoom today. I ask everyone to join me in saluting a flag. >> I pledge to the flag of the United States and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God,
indivisible with all. >> Thank you. Happy New Year to all. This is our first regularly scheduled meeting for 2026. Uh we have published a calendar. Uh hopefully we will stick to it. We
probably don't won't delineate any. We probably may add to it, but we have accepted a calendar in the last meeting in December. And if anyone wants to know any of our meetings, we have them all posted for the whole year. Thank you very much. Call to what? I'll call a roll call.
Commissioner Stady >> present sir. >> Commissioner Collins >> present. >> Chairman Shay is present. We have a quorum. Number three, executive session. We have no executive session today. Number four, minutes
of the December 31st meeting. I'd like to do them and then we'll go right to our appointment. >> I'll move approval of the minutes as presented >> for the open meet session meeting. Richard. >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yep. Second. Motion made and seconded on the open
session meeting of December 31st. All in favor? I. It is a vote. Secondly, >> roll call vote because >> roll call vote because one is okay. Commissioner Sty, >> yes. I vote yes. >> Commissioner Collins, >> yes. >> Chairman Sherry votes yes. It is a vote. >> Uh I second executive session same day.
>> Will you have permission, Mr. Chairman? I'll move approval >> of the executive session minutes of 12:31 with a stipulation not to be released until such time as GSO declares. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call vote. Commissioner Stady,
>> I vote yes. >> Commissioner Collins, >> yes. >> And Chairman Shay votes yes to vote. Thank you. Number five, appointments. Uh today we have some people from our upper
Opera Accountants for Lawson. >> Yep. >> From Clon Lawson. This is a little update. I'm going to have you introduce some joint right. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon, commissioners. It's my pleasure to bring forth our representatives from Clifton Larson, also known as CLA, that you hired uh several years ago to help the
county manage um the American Rescue Plan Act, also known as ARPA Grant Program. As the commissioners know, with one year to go, um we have a year full of uh monitoring and adherence to the federal guidelines and the rules associated with the monies that have
been distributed to all the subreients. Um the partnership with Clifton Larrison extends beyond Northfor County. It reaches all the other counties in Massachusetts. Um it's been an exceptional partnership, not only working with Clifton Larson, but um having the experience uh to work with
the other counties simultaneously. Um over the last several years, CLA and the county have put in place several measures to ensure compliance with the federal rules and federal guidelines. Um as I mentioned, the last phase is really principally around monitoring. Are the comm are the recipients subreients doing
with the money that they told us they were going to do? What is the status of those projects and so forth? With one year to go, I thought it would be appropriate to bring Clifton Larson in. uh mostly because we haven't seen him in several years, but also to give you an update on how the big picture looks with the 12 months to go. Um joining us today
are Sean McGoldrich and Katherine Pomeroy. Uh two folks that have been exceptional to work with, timely, professional, thorough, always right. Um it's been a pleasure working with them. So without that, I will yield my seat, Mr. Chairman, and uh Katherine and Sean can join you. There are a few items that
I thought we would go over and I'll speak to them from the corner over there. Thank you. >> All right. Welcome. Sean and Catherine, have a seat. >> Thank you so much. >> I'll roll it in. >> Thank you all very much for having us today.
>> Okay. >> Sorry, I know if I can from the podium or whatnot, so that got >> Oh, you're fine. Pick everything up. Excellent. >> Very good. >> Uh so again, good afternoon and thank you commissioners for allowing us the opportunity to speak today. Um as John mentioned, my name is Sean Leolddrich uh from CLA. I'm a principal in our state
and local government uh industry practice and we focus on client accounting and advisory services. So for the most part our group full uh solely focuses on Massachusetts municipalities anywhere from interimm roles uh such as finance director town accounting to
state reporting ERP implementations and obviously grants management. Uh I'm also joined by my teammate Kathern Pomeroy who has been instrumental in our overall ARPA grant work. >> Afternoon everybody. >> Good afternoon Katherine. And before I get into the weeds too, I also just wanted to thank the county for their for
this overall opportunity and really partnership um over the past four plus years, especially uh John Cronin and Bill Buckley uh running point and the general management of the grant, also Bill Galvin on community support and Joe Diaria and Kylie Mhern too from HL
standpoint. Uh this overall program would not be the success it is today without everyone's efforts planning an eye on the future. So really appreciate the partnership. Um, you know, we do a lot of work, as I mentioned, with other local municipalities, too. And sometimes you get in what you get out, right? So,
if everyone's on the same page and everyone pushing for the same direction, certainly makes life a lot easier. Um, and always approach a success. So, want to give a little bit of background on ARPA in general and where we were in 2021, uh, where we're at now and then
where we're going to be in the future. So, just as a background for everyone, even though I know you all know this, um, back on March 11th, 2021, which seems like an eternity ago, the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law, providing billions of funding to various states, uh, tribes, territories, and
local governments. So, specifically for Northfor County, um, you were awarded $137 million roughly. Um, and approximately 5 months later, the county and CLA entered into two agreements. one were for a digital component which was now known as northforc county arpa.com
and this allowed us to build a custom portal for not only Northfor county but the other counties that Mr. Crony mentioned to and this allowed us to do application intake eligibility review multi-level eligibility review workflows reporting and document retention which
is so important from a internal control standpoint and also from the audit standpoint >> some of those tools and the cost of those tools was um shared with the other counties too. So it was a good good buying power associated. >> That is a a great point on the digital component. So there was that four-way split so that Norfick County didn't eat
the entire cost in developing these platforms. Second component was the consulting component um which encompassed application review, general guidance, tracking, reporting and of course sub monitoring as Mr. Kern mentioned. So, and as a refresh, um, all
your members cities and towns received a percentage of funds allocated by their population amounted to over $133 million of that 137 million. So, the county kept about 3% for administrative costs and general projects for ARPA.
Communities have the ability to apply for various ARPA funding under ARPA eligible ARPA eligible categories which were mainly laid out in six phases to start which was water sewer infrastructure, broadband infrastructure, premium pay, addressing
negative economic impacts, supporting public health response and of course rev loss which is your traditional government services. Uh I won't get into the additional subcategories added after the fact and then added again after the fact by the federal government but all in all after the last update there were
a total of 10 major categories with 126 individual subcategories all had their own complexities programmatic data requirements and support required. So, it was quite the uh the lift and every time I think there was a new interim or
final rule, Kath and I just did an eye roll and said, "Great, we got some more ring to do tonight." Uh so, I just want to give some background on that. Uh where we currently stand now. So as the years have gone on and once once was a heavy application intake
and review has shifted to reporting and has shifted again to monitoring. Overall during the application stage which ended effectively 123124 there was a total of 390 applications entered into your portal which was a a staggering amount. I don't know if any
of us would have thought that amount of applications would have been entered in by all your subreients in your county uh yourselves. Out of that 390, 281 were approved and that 281 also includes 15 additional aotment applications which
we'll get into that in a second. Uh, additionally, reporting occurs on a quarterly basis. We actually have one due this month. So, on a quarterly basis, we take your general ledger information, we tie it out to what's already been approved. We make sure that gets uploaded into the federal portal. All the programmatic data gets in,
ticked, and tied and submitted um with a nice PDF provided after the fact. Also on a quarterly basis, your subreients complete reports within your portal to make sure that we have an understanding in terms of where their spending is at, what they've been spending their money on, including general ledger support, which then also
plays into our subreient monitoring to make sure that you are are complying with federal regulations and that they your subreients are complying with what you set it out to do for those applications. And so since that count since you the
county are providing federal funding they become a a subreient and so with that we need to monitor for compliance and we also for single audit purposes. So at a minimum each subreient is monitored on an annual basis. Also important to note that if a community
received ARPA funds as a reimbursement no monitoring is required as that work was done up front. So the best applications were reimbursement applications. There's no subsequent monitoring because they sent the money up front. We simply reimburse them. We
checked for support and compliance to start which was uh excellent for those that could do that. Based on our current monitoring procedures and subreient reporting as of September 30th, 2025, there are
approximately $7.6 million left unspent as uh as of 9:30 of the 133 million. Now, your subreients have until the end of this December to spend those monies. And so what CLA and also the county are doing is to make sure that your
subreients are on the right path to spending to make sure that if excess funds happen to exist which right now we do not know if the entire 7.6 million will remain unspent I guarantee it if not um that those sub significates are
spending down accordingly. So as I mentioned out of those out of that 7.6 6 million unspent as of 930. The vast majority is comprised of two communities which we are working with um with another four being on the the next tier down. Um as I mentioned earlier too annually
we review each subreient's audit report. We also update our risk assessment of these subreients and then based on that level uh of risk we are conducting our monitoring uh for each subreient at least annually uh rotating them out each quarter.
team members that perform the monitoring work will review the work uh prior to submitting to the county for their final approval. And this monitoring over a specific quarter um uh deals with a slew of items, but most notably checking the support, the GL support to make sure
that they actually are spending down their funds in accordance with what they apply for. Um, also if we do find any sort of finding, we make the county aware and we also communicate with the subreient to make sure that uh the costs are being appropriately um recorded on
their ledger and appropriately spent. I think in the time that we've been running the grant, there's been only one occasion when a community's auditor has flagged an item associated with u a policy matter. I think I don't think it was procedural that uh was related to
the county's funding to the subreient with respect to ARBA. That's remarkably low and I know you folks were front and center with that community as they tried to address that finding. Agreed. Yes, we we view our relationship with obviously the county but also your subreients as making sure everyone's in compliance,
making sure that you know u all monies are being appropriately spent and recorded, right? So, if there's ways we can help in terms of guidance or overall recording, we are certainly working with the county and your subreients to make sure that is accurately going on. Um, additionally, we will we will reach
out to any of our sub recipients to inquire about significant changes um on their system, on their personnel, and to check in on these statuses to make sure they are fully spent by 123126, which as John alluded to is the um the
the endgame for are the spending for non-administrative costs. uh any questions arising from these reviews uh or or the documentation of the responses from subreient are followed up on. Um I believe the total number as of today eight individual
subreient monitoring reports have been provided to the county with the last two um in process. I think there's just one outstanding question John on the uh on the 93 reporting. So we're getting really close on that one. Uh many of the
county subreients have been able to use their funds for the intended purposes and have been spending their awards down diligently. Uh based on our observations, the county's funds are being used appropriately and going to good use. Through our monitoring, we have identified projects coming in under budget and have worked with the county
and the subreients to notify us of those excess funds that are now being transferred back to the county so we can approve and um dole out to other appropriate applications that have been approved as of 123124.
So, in terms of the future, uh, as the opera grant starts to wind down, uh, I do believe the county is in great shape to continue to monitor the monitor these awards, uh, complete the remaining quarterly reports to the federal government and close out the grant successfully. Uh, the county has a plan
in place and forms in place to potentially move surplus funds returned by some recipients and to comply with federal guidance. The last federal guidance that uh came out, there was an additional segment of FAQs and it essentially allowed some flexibility in
terms of moving around funds between obligations, which was great. Um, and obviously as a reminder, our goal is to make sure this grant is 100% spent with nothing going back to the feds um prior to 123126 uh which again is that spending deadline
except for admin costs. So, uh, with that, I again want to thank the county, uh, for their partnership and finishing strong, which will almost be a six-year grant by the time we are done with this, uh, come the spring of 2027. Uh, so with that, anything to add from Katherine and John? Otherwise, I'm happy
to take any kind of questions that the group may have. >> Go ahead, Katherine. >> Oh, I was just going to say, I think Sean covered everything. >> Okay. The thing I want to emphasize, commissioners, is that as Sean indicated, um the biggest part of monitoring is sort of um looking over
the shoulder of the subreient. So you're doing what you said you learn to do with the money um and prove it. So right now we've identified about 7.5 million out of 133 that was sent out. That has no proof of being spent. Doesn't mean they won't. They've got nearly 11 months and
some change to expend that money. So over the next 11 months, CLA is going to be checking quarterly on how the progress um is going with the community's use of those funds. So we don't have an ARPA surplus. That's that's very clear. The funds have been
awarded. It's clear now that as we approach December of 26, the game will be to ensure that they use what was awarded. And if they don't, as Sean indicated, there's a plan in place to come back to the commissioners and discuss whatever that might be. But as of right now, there's no surplus.
Correct. Real surplus. No. Correct. All all money all money is accounted for and obligated. >> Thank you. >> And those people have already submitted. Some of the towns have already submitted if there's going to be extra money. >> They did. >> They already put their ded so to speak.
>> We have um multiple what we call excess capacity grants from about I think it's nine communities. >> I think 15 total, nine communities, but 15 overall in >> we're one of them. the county put in access to to help clean up anything that looks like a surplus. Um, so >> okay, >> that is our relief of
>> commissions. Richard, any questions? >> Yes, sir. I have my hand up. Uh, is okay? >> Yeah, I can see you. >> So, three questions. Uh, number one, nice job. you have a a written summary of that he could forward to us or provide us at a a later date just to have I'd like to have a a record of that
if I could just to have about and it's good to talk about opera and what we're doing and questions come up. Number two, I thought I heard you uh say at the end of your presentation you said we have a mechanism for moving funds around and yet I'm hearing director Cronin saying
we don't have that. So what is it? If we say we have somebody comes back and says, "Hey, we got 3 million. We only spent 3.9." What happens at 100,000? Can we put it somewhere else? We pocket somewhere else. What's this deal with that? >> So, there is a mechanism in place to
deal with any surpluses that the communities may have before we get to the mechanism. We do work with the communities to find out if there's other eligible uses of the money within the grant that's already been approved. We're dealing with that right now with need commissioner. Um, however, if
they've run out of options and the surplus is real, what we've what we did is, as I just mentioned, we put in place about 10 to 15 excess capacity grant applications that have been approved in
the portal as of 123125 24, excuse me, that may be used to receive all or a portion of any surplus. So, it's a tool and we have not had to extensively use it. We used it a little bit earlier in the year. Commissioner,
you may remember when Canton and a couple of other towns had small transfer uh values, but right now we don't have any real surpluses to initiate any meaningful use of those excess capacity applications, but it's there if it if we
do. >> Okay, great. That's excellent. >> All right, one more a quick one. um not really quick but say on a negative side let's suppose in the process of our examination by the federal authorities uh US Treasury or whoever does it they
come across something that perhaps is a skew what do we have a what mechanism and what assurances we have from you that you'll stand by us and help us on that >> well I think uh commissioner great question I think we've done that already too um in the terms of single audits
right so on a annual basis not only does county get a single audit based on the federal grants received, but also your subreients also go through the single audit process. And so when that happens and if there are questions from external auditors, we certainly hop in. I can't tell you the amount of times we've
hopped on Zoom calls, team calls, or uh met with the external auditors to help them understand where our thinking is in terms of why it's eligible, providing documentation uh to support that and then having that back and forth. Um, as I mentioned, Commissioner City, this is
a true partnership. So, we are we're not going anywhere and uh we're here to see this grant all the way through. >> Well, you know, I mean, I may one more question, Mr. Chairman, if I may. >> Sure. >> Uh, just my fear is that it is year 2, 2026. I'm used to saying that this is
it. And for years, all of us collectively as commissioners, uh, while I director and assistant director, we've been talking about this, you know, dead the deadline. This is it. It's finally here. So, I'm afraid there could be and it's only natural um a kind of push at
the end to get things done and that could lend itself to a mistake. So, is it realistic to say that perhaps perhaps our work may carry over to 2027 in terms of examination and questions? Is that a realistic statement to say? >> There will be a little bit of admin work
to do in 2027. So your last PE report, which is your project expenditure report, is technically due 4:3027. And so that's why administratively your costs do not expire as of 123126. >> There you go. >> Federal guidance that carries you into
that. And now our agreements go through that, right? Because the last thing last thing we want to do is pull out 123126 and then have the county well, good luck reporting on the next quarterly cycle. So yeah, there will be a little cleanup work and also a close out process. Um Kath and I were actually working on a checklist the other day for a closeout
uh documentation. The feds released some closeout documentation in the day. Although high level we took that we created a checklist for it so that if and when the time comes to properly do a closeout we can make sure that our eyes are dotted and our tees are crossed. >> Okay. Thank you. You read my mind. Thank you very much. Great job. Thank you Mr.
Chairman. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Commissioner calls. All set. >> Okay. >> I'm all set. mission. >> Okay. Well, that was easy. >> We'll see you in a year. We see you. >> Hopefully,
>> we'll see you whenever you guys want us to >> and I will work on drafting a a formal memo to Mr. Cron to provide uh >> get it over to commission stating. >> Yep. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you everyone. Really appreciate it. >> Thanks so much.
>> Good luck. >> Thanks for stopping by. Of course. I think it was number five, appointments. >> Six, public comment. Item number six, each meeting we have public comment, whether it's on Zoom or in person. Anyone wants to come
in speak to the commissioners relative to agenda items? Now is the time to speak up. John, are you aware of any public comment? Have you heard from anyone? No sir. >> No sir. Anyone out in Zoom land? Now is
the time. >> Last call for public comment. Seeing none, we'll go to number seven. All business. I have no all businesses as of yet. This is our second second meeting of the year. We have a light agenda tonight. Thank
you. Number eight, personnel matters for consideration. Commissioner Spade is there any matters today? >> No personnel matters today. >> I didn't see anything. Right. Okay. Thank you. >> Holiday week. >> Holiday week. We have no personnel
matters. We expect some next week. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Goodbye, folks. Thank you very much. >> Number nine, payroll expense warrants for approval. >> Do you want me to read them? >> Peter has them. Commissioners call. >> Go ahead, Peter. Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. I make a motion um to approve on
the warrant list 26-26 payroll of the county in the amount of 143,97182 cents. So moved. >> I'll second that. >> Motion made and seconded. All in favor? >> Roll call. >> Commissioner Stady. >> Yes, sir. I vote yes. >> Commissioner Collins. >> Yes.
>> Chair Shay vote yes. It is passed. >> Okay. The next item is 26-25 payroll of the county in the amount of $146,494.81. So move. Second that. Second. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call vote. Commissioner Stady.
>> I vote yes. >> Commissioner Collins. >> Yes. >> And Chairman Shay votes yes. The order is adopted. Next. >> Uh 26-25 subsection 13 payroll of the school in the amount of $397,315. So move.
Second that. >> Motion made and seconded. Payroll of schools. We'll take a roll call vote. Commissioner Stady, >> I vote yes. >> Commissioner Collins, >> yes. >> Chairman Cherry votes yes. It is adopted. >> The next um the next warrant is um
12-05-26 expense of the county in the amount of $420,885.97. So moved. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded on expense of the county. Roll call vote. Commissioner Stady, >> I vote yes. >> Commissioner Collins,
>> yes. Chairman Shay Roch. Thank you. And >> the last item is 26-06 uh A expense of the school in the amount of $169,873.88. So moved. >> Second that. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call vote. Commissioner Standy.
>> I vote yes. >> Commissioner Collins. >> Yes. >> Chairman Sher. That concludes the payroll and expense warrants for this week. Thank you very much. Number 10. Fiscal year 2027 budget development guidelines and timetables. Director Cronin.
>> Thank you, Chairman Shay. Good afternoon, commissioners. It is that time of the year as we uh now begin our efforts to uh craft the FY27 county budget. Um this afternoon, I'm proposing the attached budget document uh guidelines that are in your packet
and the associated timelines, which I'll ask Mr. Buckley to bring up quickly. These uh this memo will be delivered to the department heads. this afternoon following this meeting. Um, essentially it's the same guidelines that we've had for the last several years. It calls for all department budgets to be entered and
delivered to the commissioner's office by Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026. Um, currently revenue for FY26 is meeting its benchmark, which is favorable. Um, however, given current economic conditions, I don't envision
any significant changes up or down from FY26 uh level into FY27. Um, we're asking department heads to plan conservatively and to expect an FY27 budget with very limited new growth.
um in included in the um budget development guidelines as I've done in the past working with Phili and Tusca with giving the department head specific instructions on which tables to enter the data into um um IV that can be found
on page two of the memo. We're asking all departments to include a 3% cost of living allowance for union and non-UN members. This uh excludes any other relevant numbers that may be uh forthcoming due to aggie school
collective bargaining agreements and so forth. We ask the Aggie to follow those rules. Excuse me. Um we're asking departments to work with our HR director to calculate uh days worked and salary timetables. Um we will hopefully have
all of the materials I said uh in our possession by February 3rd. And from there, as Bill points out, on this um upcoming schedule, we will enter into three weeks consecutively of the commissioners receiving department head
budget requests. Starting on February 18th with the IT department, Wallist Recreational Facility, followed by facilities maintenance. February 25th, you will entertain the registry of deeds and the engineering department as well as the treasur's office. And then
finally on March 4th, the commissioner's office, the Aggie, and regional services will wrap up budget presentations. You'll have a public hearing on this particular budget request on March 11th. You will vote presumably on March 25th
on the balanced budget for FY27. The finance committee and advisory board will have a hearing on this budget proposal on April 15th, at which time questions and so forth may be entertained. And then finally before the advisory board on May 13th for a
finance committee advisory board consideration for a vote. This uh timeline follows as I said um virtually identical to the last several years timeline. We thought it would worked effectively. Uh we want to thank in advance the departments and their staff. They put a lot of work into preparing
that budget requests. I would ask also that the department heads be mindful that the guideline includes a request to prepare a memo detailing their FY27 budget request. uh any justification for any increase or decreases and also to include any uh capital items that they
may require which will be acted upon in the fall of 2026. Um so straightforward Mr. uh Commissioner Sheay Commissioner Collins Commissioner Sty um I'm happy to entertain any questions but this memo will go out this afternoon to allow um
the departments sufficient time to prepare and submit their budgets for FY27. Thank you. Any questions, commissioners? >> Yeah, Mr. Chairman, if I could John, great job again. Um, is the
guideline for the May 13th, is that set by statute someplace? That have to be done in a certain frame. Does that have to be the date? >> Um, it does not have to be the date per se. It happens to be the date that we've commonly used over the last several years.
>> Okay. Um, so we're we're trying to follow uh sort of past practice in some effect. Uh, Commissioner. >> Okay. I just I'm looking at it. I think I see a couple of possible minor conflicts. Nothing I can't overcome, but this isn't like set in stone. We can maybe talk about it, right? If we if I
can check my calendar to look at some of those things later on. >> And I also want to point out, Commissioner, that we understand there's some transition going on at the Aggie which may impact the Aggie submission of a budget. And of course, we'll work with the superintendent, >> right, >> to provide him as much flexibility as he
needs to inform the trustees as well as the commissioners on their request. >> That's the thought I had. We have some Yeah. some changes here. All right. All right. So, that's fine. Everything's fine. It looks great. I'm I'm fine with it. >> All good. Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> I'm going to take a minute. Joe, are you here for this first portion? >> Um, yes, but I can >> go ahead. Sure. Um, if staff noticed, I wasn't really completely listening, but I think the expense warrants that you approved were actually last week's and not this week's expense warrant.
>> And we have one for this week that's over a million dollars because um that's right. >> We have the retirement assessment. >> Hold on a second. Let me grab the updated list. >> Say bye, Joe. >> Thank you, Joe. >> And we just want to make sure retirement gets their money. >> Oh, yes. Thank you.
>> You're welcome. We're in a brief recess while John gets a copy of that. >> Back to payroll expense warnings. We're going to do them all again to be sure. So, uh Okay. Uh well, we want to thank the treasur's office for updating the
warrant list for us. Thank you. Um and the first um item is 26-27 payroll of the county in the amount of $144,38562. So, moved. >> Second. Motion made and seconded with roll call vote. Commissioner Stady,
>> I vote yes. >> Commissioner Collins, >> yes. >> Commissioner Shay, vote yes. >> The next item is uh item 26-17, payroll of the Aggie in the amount of $397,610.94. So moved.
>> Second. >> Motion made and seconded. >> Roll call vote. Commissioner Stady, >> I vote yes. Commissioner Collins, >> yes. >> Chairman Shay votes yes. Next, >> uh, and this one's unchanged. A warrant to approve, a motion to approve the
warrant 26-25, subsection 13, payroll of the school, $397,315. So moved. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call vote. Commissioner Sty. >> Oh, yes. >> Commissioner Collins, >> yes.
>> Chairman Shay votes yes. It is a vote. Thank you. This next one is also unchanged 12-05-26 expense expense of the county in the amount of $420,885.97. So move >> second. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call
vote. Commissioner Sty, >> I vote yes. >> Commissioner Collins, >> yes. >> Chairman Shay votes yes. Motion is adopted. Next >> uh the next one also unchanged is 26-06A expense of the school in the amount of 169,87388.
So moved. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call vote. Commissioner Stady. >> Oh yes. >> Commissioner Collins. >> Yes. >> Chairman Shay votes yes. The motion adopted. >> Okay. And the next one is U. Warrant 01-01-26
county general fund in the amount of uh 1,548,127.54. So move second. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call vote. Commissioner Stady, >> I vote yes. >> Commissioner Collins, >> yes. >> Chairman Shay votes yes. It's motion's
adopted. And the last item on the warrant list is 00120004104 golf course revenue in the amount of $551. So moved. >> I'll second that. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call vote on the golf course commissioner Sty.
>> I vote. Yes, sir. >> Commissioner Collins. >> Yes. Chairman Chave. Yes. Motion adopted. Thank you. This completes payroll expense warrants for today. Thank you. Number 10, we did the budget development
guidelines. Number 11, report from the procurement department, bid openings and contract awards. >> Marine, come on up. We do have one today. >> Good afternoon. We have one contract for you to look at. >> Okay. >> This was for printing services for the registry of deeds for the many special
forms that they use on a regular basis. And Printing Unlimited of Hullbrook was our logo, >> right? It's a three-year contract. >> Three year. So, the prices are locked, which is nice. >> Yes. >> And you recommend us to sign this?
>> Yes. And as did the department. >> Okay. Uh I make a motion we move forward with the printing unlimited bid. Um as noted. >> All right. I'll second that. >> Motion made and seconded to
provide printing services for the North Park registry deeds. This is a three-year contract. Printing unlimited workbook motion made and seconded. All in favor? >> I vote yes. Call commissioner. Yes. >> Yes. I vote yes.
>> Yes. >> And votes yes. It isn't on be adopted. Will award this contract to printing unlimited homework. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Number 13. Report of the county director. I only have one item this week and I wanted to publicly thank the uh facility maintenance department over the last couple of weeks. Uh they've done a great job keeping up with the safety and access of all our facilities including the trial courts. I'll be getting
regular updates from the inim facility superintendent, Mr. Chick Cushing. Uh the staff show up early. They get their uh their work in before people report to work. Places look great. Um and some of that work's been done after hours obviously and on weekends. So thank you to facilities as we get underway with
the winter. I'm sure there'll be more occasions, but the commissioner should know they do a great job. So, I want to thank them publicly. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. >> Good work. >> John, if I could, Mr. Chairman. >> Yes, Commissioner. >> To the chair, of course. Uh, since we
don't have the facility director here, um, can you check in on what's going on with Quinsey? Last time we talked, it was a mess. Remember, I hope hope that's under control. And >> it's under control. Uh we we have some updates from the courts that were starting to put the uh the offices that
were affected by the backup back together. New carpet is being installed tomorrow, I believe, because the old carpet had to be removed. Uh in terms of the waste, uh it's going to be managed, Commissioner. Um we we recognized that there was an enormous amount of um waste
that was making its way into this compromised pipe that was clogging. So, we're working with the trial court personnel to try to avoid uh overuse of paper products and so forth and keep an eye on how things develop over the next several months. We're going to try to avoid replacing the pipe, which would
have been extraordinarily expensive, let alone impactful because it literally goes down the spine of the building to the outside. So, uh we're going to try to get through the next several months without any of that uh type of infrastructure repair uh by just simply managing the use of it.
>> Okay. Thank you. Just checking up on it. Thank you, sir. That's all I have, Mr. Chairman. >> Number 14, emergency items or topics the chair did not reasonably anticipate would be discussed. I have none. Again, this is our second meeting of the year.
We're looking forward to a healthy and productive 2026. Last call. Anything else? I'll take a motion to adjourn. >> I move we adjourn at 149. Second.
>> Motion made and seconded on adjournment. Commissioner Stady. >> Actually, it's 150. Sorry. I I vote >> 150. >> Yes, sir. Commissioner Collins, >> yes. Chair Shay votes yes. We are adjourned. Thank you, gentlemen. >> Thank you very much. We have a regular
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