Morning everyone. We're here for the Northol County Commission's meeting of Wednesday, April 1st, 2026. Um to start, um pursuant to the executive order on remote participation on March 28, 2025, Governor Healey signed into law, House Bill 62, an enact 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 master chapter 38 sections 18 through 25. that active was effective immediately extending the current option for remote meetings
through June 30th, 2027. Uh so we'll have the call to order. Um uh roll call. Uh uh Commissioner Stady, >> are you present, sir? >> And I am also present. Um our chairman is away uh this week on county business
and uh pledge of allegiance. >> Y you want to lead us? >> Sure. >> Yeah, that' be great. I allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with
liberty liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, that's why I wanted to move you over. >> All right. So, we've uh covered items one and two. Uh the third item is an executive uh motion for an executive session. >> Yes. Uh Mr. Chair, acting chair, I will
move the following temporary interim chair. Yes. >> Get me going. I'll move the following that we go into an executive session pursuant to me general law 38 section 2183 discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental
effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares I'll second the motion that's a roll call vote uh commissioner stage >> I was uh yes and I I'm also yes so we are now in executive session welcome back everyone number four minutes of the
open session meeting of March 25th, 2026. Do I hear a motion? >> Uh, second. >> No, no. Do I hear a motion? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry. Yeah. Move right into that. So, M uh Mr. Chair, I move approval of the open session meeting minutes of my 25. >> I'll second that motion. All in favor? I
>> I. >> Okay. Uh item B. >> Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve the executive session meeting minutes of March 25th with stipulation not to release until such time as the chair so declares. I'll second that motion. All in favor? I.
>> I. It's unanimous. Great. Number five, appointments. John, do we have an appointment today? >> No, sir. >> Okay. Item six, public comment. Uh, every week we have public comment uh during the county commissioner meetings. If there's anyone on Zoom that wants to make a public comment, please do so now.
>> Hearing nothing. John, anyone has asked, has anyone asked for uh to be heard in public comment? >> No, sir. >> Okay. Moving. Last chance of public comment. Okay. Now, uh, item seven, old business. John, any old business? >> No, sir. >> Okay. Number eight, personnel matters. Richard?
>> Yes, sir. We have a long list of, uh, personnel matters, uh, to move on today. Uh, the first list I'm going to read has to do with the, uh, North County Agricultural High School. I'm going to divide it up to make it a little bit easier. The first one is the notice of
contingent employment, and I have four of those. And the individuals uh are Jeffrey Lafl laugh flame. >> Yeah. >> Meredith Conland, Logan Parson, and Logan Hosen. And uh these are for
various jobs from student laborer to STS STS special ed. The dates are from effective date from 3:26 uh and 42. And I would move at the race date if we chose an individual. So vote. >> Second. All in favor? I
>> I this is approved. Thank you. >> Okay, Mr. Chairman, we have a bunch of a long list of resignations. I guess this is just cleaning up some old business. So, I'm going to move the following as one motion. I move the motion to approve the notice of resignation for Kathleen
Tempesta, Victoria White, Carlos Terron, Janette Rosetti, John O'Keefe, Lydia Panova, Mary Paley and those all would be for substitute
instructors at the rate stated and the effective date would be 32626. So moved. Second. All in favor? I >> I >> uh it's unanimous. >> For the next group at the Aggie, we have moved the following. The notice of resignation for student laborers.
Michael Robinson, Brian Poland, Rachel Wing, Sean Hugsley, looks like, forgive me. Julie Randall, Marabella Romano, Elizabeth Walsh, and these were all for student libraries or student out summer
camp. I move approval for the resignation with the effective date the minimum of 32626. So move >> second. All in favor? I >> I. And that's it for that group for Walter Recreational Facility. Uh I will move approval of the rehire of
Brian Foley as a seasonal golf associate at the race stated effective date tomorrow for 226. So moved. >> Second. All in favor? I >> I unanimous >> I move approval of the notice of contingent deployment for Thomas Healey as a seasonal golf associate at the rate
stated effective date 4226. So move >> second. All in favor? >> I >> Ian. >> And then we have one last item. I move approval of credible service to vote the approval for the credible service vacation credit for Morin McKinnon as
the CPO. Effective date 11 1825. >> Correct. >> Correct. Second move. >> Second. All in favor? I >> I >> unanimous. >> That concludes that. >> Perfect. Okay. Item number nine is a payroll and expense warrants for approval. >> All right, Mr. Chair, we have three items. I'm moving the approval for the
warrant list of 4126. First, approve approval of 26-39 payroll of the county the sum $148,2782. So vote. >> Second. All in favor? I >> I post unanimousness. >> Second. I move approval of the payroll
of the school line 26-3920 the sum $410,44657 cents so moved a second all in favor >> I >> I unanimous >> and last I move approval of the expense of the county line 04126 sum
166,342.71 so moved >> second all in favor I I unanimously that concludes that list Mr. Thank you, Richard. >> Okay. Uh, next is a discuss number 10, discussion of possible vote for the fiscal year 2027 budget recommendation. John,
>> good afternoon, commissioners. It is my pleasure to present to you a proposed FY27 budget for Northfor County. At this time, I'd like to have Bill pull up the slide deck. It's a very brief uh slide deck presentation that summarizes the gist of what is in the budget. Following
this, I will go through the budget. I believe I have approximately 11 call outs that I'll bring to your attention uh as you consider a vote this afternoon on this proposed budget. Thank you, Bill. Um so going on to slide one, there are several sections of this including
uh the budget development, a revenue explanation, a discussion on retirement liability projection, and then finally uh budget highlights. Um with respect, I know the presentation and paper doesn't look great, so I'll call your attention to the screen. Um the red arrow indicates where we are in
the FY27 budget development. As you can see, uh we're a little late, but that's okay. We're here on April 1st for commissioner's vote on the FY27 budget with the anticipation of moving this thus to the advisory board for their public hearing on April 15th. Uh with an
anticipated vote of the finance committee advisory board on May 13th. So we're we're still on schedule. Um there's a little bit of a um opportunity between um today and April 15th uh to
deal with FY26 supplemental transfer items which you'll hear from me next week on. So we'll add that to your vote list. Okay. Uh next slide, Bill. Revenue. So when we open up the budget, um you'll see this in just a minute. Revenue
drives um where the any budget goes. And I just want to call out several areas that you'll see are favorable um in FY27. Um one of the things that we noticed immediately was the need to upgrade or update the deeds excise projection for FY27.
We're going to increase that expectation by $225,000 and the court rental fees will go up 200,000 from FY26 as well. The Wallist Recreational Facility continues its annual tracking of running a surplus over costs. The course closed calendar
year 25 with a nearly $200,000 revenue improvement from prior year. The commissioners also approved a new fee schedule for calendar year 26 that coupled with this new recurring revenue base results from from calendar year 25
provide an increased revenue projection of $180,000. And then finally, the county is projecting its first revenue from the Aggie solar project. The North Street project, also known as phase 2, is proceeding and is expected to be activated in September October of 2026,
resulting in approximately $50,000 in new revenue. Next slide, Bill. Revenue that's down uh trending um reflecting u miscellaneous receipts uh projecting down $420,000 due to an
anticipated closure of Quinsey District Court in September of 2026. The computer access fund and quinsey district court which are minor revenue sources at this point are also trending downward into FY27. And although the amount of revenue that
you'll see in a moment from our interest which is bolstering our FY27 budget is up from FY26 that's misleading. This is non-recurring revenue. An additional $813,000 is being drawn from interest um gained from the opera account and it will now
have a balance of approximately $380,000 following this draw. This factor is considered unfavorable as is as it is nonrecurring. Overall, the county's reliable revenue base is stable. However, continued pressure from health care and retirement liability obligations require use of
this non-recurring revenue in FY27 and likely stabilization for FY28 to FY33 to balance the county's budget until the retirement obligation is paid in FY33. Commissioners, in the past, I've drawn your attention to this schedule, but
this this afternoon, I just wanted to take a few minutes to focus more on the uh projected retirement liability plan. As you can see on the uh 8 by11 Yeah. Go to the big page. It's easier to read. Yep. >> Um I put together a model or plan that
could be considered to address this. >> Please consider the FY27 column baked. It's done. We we're going to assign $1.5 million from our interest to help offset the increase um and burden, if you will, of the of the retirement liability.
Focus on FY28 to FY33. That period of time is likely against the schedule provided by the Northfor County Retirement Board to require additional non-recurring revenue each year. I'm projecting approximately 1.5 and you can see it fluctuates a little
bit between now and FY33. So how will we pay for that? Um there is a manner of approaching this which would involve reserves also known as stabilization funds. And as you can see, under the payment model from FY28 to FY33,
we would draw down from the balance of approximately $7.2 million affected July 1st, a sum of money that will eventually lead us to FY32, well, we still have a positive balance, but by FY33, which is the last year of the retirement
liability catchup plan, uh the county will need an additional $1.2 million. So looking at this through the lens of planning and forethought, I would recommend that between FY28 and 33, the county really focus on pushing as much
of its surplus every year directly into stabilization to help offset the spendown. A minimum of $250,000 will help you to achieve the full payment of this retirement obligation by FY33.
off to the right you'll note um there's a area from FY34 onward where the retirement payment schedule liability payment schedule goes down a lot. Um through my calculations I see a windfall coming in which will be sort of the
position that the county at that time looked to begin to recoup its reserves and start um contributing all or most of that windfall each year back into stabilization. uh ultimately looking to achieve 20% of stabilization of your
operating account which is the best position you can be in. So overall the the next several years which I think I've spoken about in the in the um past do plan to be quite burdensome but starting in FY28 we will likely be out of interest to achieve the balance and
it will require some level of thought and planning and at this point I'm recommending a stabilization account draw um in in concert if you will with stabilization deposits as surplus allows. So, um, I'll certainly welcome
any questions, um, commissioners, but th this piece alone is driving a big, big portion of your budget each year. Um, so I'll move on at this point back to the PowerPoint bill to next page, which question, please go right ahead. Is that okay? >> Sure.
>> So, I'm going to work backwards here and great great job as always, John, uh, for the chair. So, if I'm reading this right, I understand what's going on. Now the opera interest is used in 27 and 28 then it's gone. Correct. >> The stabilization will be drawn down
each year starting in fiscal 28. >> Mhm. >> And then >> it's gone in 23 33. >> It would be it would be gone absent any other deposits or actions. This is sort of a static. >> That's the money we got from the sale of the Quincy. >> No, that's separate. Quincy money is separate.
>> Oh, okay. Okay. >> This is your rainy day fund. >> This is our rainy day fund. Okay. Okay. So the rain day fund would be drawn down in the critical years fiscal 33 if I'm reading this right. >> Yes. Correct. Okay. And then um All right. Okay. That that did take care of that. Let me work back for a second
>> on your Do you want me to complete the the presentation and then we can address other questions or do you want to hit? >> Sure. That's fine. >> Okay. There's only two more pages. >> That's fine. >> Um that's >> uh slide seven. Bill. Here we are. >> So budget highlights. The FY27 county
budget is projected to grow by 2.9% from FY26. The engineering department is renamed survey engineering department to align with the core duties and missions. Um you'll note that the total funded FTE headcount is down six primarily from the
defunding of five positions in the maintenance department with decreased revenue from the state to operate Quinsey District Court next year. This planned previous vacant position deletion is an offset to the revenue. So, our plan worked. It keeps everybody fully employed, no layoffs. We'll just
simply close Quinsey when the time comes and move on. The North County Agricultural High School was directed to utilize new statedirected program of lottery based admissions. The result was more incounty students for freshman year than previously planned. A revenue shortage was offset by a $2,000 per
student tuition increase for out ofount students. Next slide, please. The county continues its modest improvements to budget presentation by adding images this year for each department reflecting our mission. Salary adjustments for the county
director and the assistant county director take are to take effect in May 2027 upon the expiration of ARPA stipens. The registry of deeds budget is funded above mandate by $193,000 and I'll show you that in just a second.
Excuse me. County. The county continues to examine cost-saving measures. Survey engineering and facility maintenance staff now attend annual safety trainings to promote safe working environments that will lower work-related injury claims. The count the county also accepted the Mayflower Health Group
recommendation to exclude so-called GLP weight loss drug options next year. here. And I think I mentioned when this came through to the commission several weeks ago, if that option had been placed upon us to fund, we would be looking at a 20% increase in healthcare costs rather than 10. So it was a
savings of significant dollars. Um I will get into the budget in just a minute, but I always like to take a moment each year at this moment to thank the people in your lot that contributed to making your annual budget. That includes the department heads who started this process with the hours that
they and their staffs put together to present to you back in February. Our fiscal team, Bill Buckley, Philosa, Moren, and Alec invaluable. We had multiple table reads about where these budgets were heading and analysis and of course our IT team um who do yman work
as well assisting us with producing this budget. Um, commissioners, I'll be happy to pause at this moment before I get to the budget, answer any questions you might have on the presentation, Richie. >> Yeah, thank you. Uh, Mr. Chairman, the overall revenue isn't really cited. You
cite bullets that said exercise goes up and the golf course went up and uh the main revenue from the solar. So, is it fair to say would it be fair to say that the the ballpark number on increased revenue is
maybe uh 500,000 >> in the net upwards? Yes. >> In the net upwards. >> Yes. We we'll see the revenue picture in just a second. >> Oh, okay. All right. Main budget because then you have revenue going down too. >> Those were highlights. Yep. >> Okay. All right. All right. So, I'll leave with the number. That's also good.
Uh the other thing is the budget when you forecast it out six or seven years there's always a danger that we're not including other things that we may take up. For example, if our sealer program continues to expand, we may have additional revenue coming in from new
talents possibly. Right. So >> healthcare costs are another wild card. >> Okay. You're right. All right. Well, okay. Right. So I mean we're basing you're basing the amount of deficit extrapolated out on 2026 numbers which
is fair but at the same time as this board moves along and others that may succeed they may adjust the Walton rate they may adjust the other things you know so there could be some extra revenue coming in. I can guarantee you that, >> okay, >> a lot will change. Every budget when you
draft it is a simple snapshot of what you know today. Um, and certainly in six or seven years, if we're all sitting here, we'll say, "Well, that was close." >> Um, and but the point of this is to simply make the policy makers and certainly the fiscal decision makers know and have their eyes wide open. You have a challenge in front of you that's
quite significant. This is a path to try to address it. Um, without that kind of foresight, you may run into situations, for example, Richard, where you said, "We want to grow a program here because we think it's a really good idea." >> But that extra $200 or $300,000 program
growth, for example, is undermining your ability to pay bills, knowing you have a structural issue that's caused by this liability until FY33. So, the commissioners can make that decision with their eyes wide open, knowing you have a bit of a problem and you're exacerbating that decision. So, it's
it's an offset, but that's that's what decision makers need to do. But if I could add just one last thing, I'm very very pleased that our assistant superintendent is here because we had a trustee meeting as you know, Peter, last week virtual Zoom and the issue had to
do with the the fiscal result of the um you know, new policy and we were able to get a little bit of an excess, but I think you can see where we're going here that you really can't be counting on the county. Although we're there for you, but it would behoove you as you prepare
your numbers, not criticism. Just take the message back that we need to build in a cushion itself because you can see how tight our numbers are on there. That gives you an appreciation. Yep. >> You know what I'm saying? So, well done, by the way, for that. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh on to the budget. Um
commissioners, as usual, I've used call out boxes to draw attention to um various interests as we go through this 90 some odd page budget. Um, Bill, if you could kindly pull up the budget and go to um, page two, which is the table
of contents. And commissioners, I have approximately 10 or 11 call outs. Happy to answer any questions after that on the general budget. >> Oh, yeah. >> So, simply here, I'm just pointing out again, we're renaming the engineering department, the survey engineering department, which reflects their actual
specialty. Next page, which is the revenue page. Richard, we just talked about lot of action on this page. You can see this is the main drop where we sum up all of our revenue sources and you can see we balance we're projecting a total budget
for FY27 of 38,936,113.34. I've already mentioned some of the increases, excuse me, to deeds excise um the Wallace Recreational Facility. I've talked a little bit about the opera interest and how we're using 1.5 to balance this year's this coming year's
budget. I'm also showing how little we're carrying for Quinsey District Court rent. That'll evaporate entirely in FY28. We have 3 months to fund in FY27. Um and of course there's a call out on the left showing for the first time we'll start tracking revenue received uh
from the solar project at North Street. The next call bill will be on page 515. So this is our proposed miscellaneous and contingent contingent expenses um document um calling out again the two
lines that are growing dramatically. Uh the first is uh page um no next page though. I'm sorry, my page back. Thank you. Um the top right you'll see $469,170
increase uh for our group insurance and that is a 10% increase by Mayflower Health Group. As I mentioned um that increase was um moved downward as a result of um some internal Mayflower dialogue. It was supposed to be in the 20s. Um they're trying to control some
costs associated with GLPS and other areas. And then also our retirement liability. I just spoke about will be 3.4 million in FY27. That's an increase of $429,415. So in the aggregate, you're looking at um almost $900,000 in new spending
compared to FY26. That's a major hit and it drives your budget. The next page is risk management. We have a legal services line item that captures all the legal funding for the entire county. Uh we're looking for a $41,000 increase due to new litigation
defense initiated in the fall by the register of deeds. The funding includes not more than $7,000 for legal budget needs for the register of deeds and the treasurer's office. The next call out will be
on page 35 which is the commissioner's office bill. Go back. I think the my pageionation's off. Go up to salaries bill. Thank you. Two call up boxes to denote um a modification to the county director and
the assistant county director's salaries. Um as the commissioners know and it's not shown on this page, both these positions have been funded with $30,000 a year stipens since ARPA started. ARPA will end officially at the end of April of 2027.
Um, this calls account uh an adjustment to both salaries. On May 1st, 2027, the county director will go to 175 175,000 and the county assistant county director will go to 125.
Let's see. The next call out will be page 58, the maintenance department. It's not showing the page though, right? But it's just saying that >> on the salary side. >> Yeah, >> it shows the the amended salary in the FY. >> Actually, okay. Thank you. I should have
put Bill. Okay. Thank you. >> So, thank you, Bill. So, now we're in the maintenance space. I just wanted to show to show you'll see what appears to be a decrease in non- salary proposed expenses for maintenance. A lot of that is driven by the removal and reduction of costs associated with maintaining the
Quinsey District Court. So, we went in and stripped away all of the utility expenses, contract expenses, service expenses that will no longer be needed. Um, and it's in the aggregate just about $113,000 that were saved as a result of closing uh Quinzy. Again, it's offset by a loss
of revenue. So, it washes out. Uh the next call out bill will be on excuse me registry de this would be the summary page. >> Thank you. >> What page is that? >> Um I have a 68.
>> Great. Thanks. >> So as the commissioners are aware the registry of dees is funded through a mandate of pri year spending plus 2 and a half%. Our calculations indicate that if that were true um as of uh spending relative to 22826 and then thus
extrapolated to the end of June, the appropriation mandate would be 2,938,667.92. Excuse me. Um we did fund and I'll go into this right now. Bill, if you go to page the next page, which is salaries,
there are two positions that are currently on the matter of litigation between the register of deeds and the county. Um, those two positions are highlighted in red. They're vacant currently because there's been no act activity taken on the on the hiring piece, but they're um they'll be funded
in FY27 pending litigation uh with the registry of deeds on those outcomes. So, um, keeping those two positions funded as well as funding on page, uh, proposed expenses group two. Um, the
register requested, excuse me, those one second. Let me, uh, jump. I just want to get to the last page. Bill group five. The register requested funding for additional office chairs uh, to the tune of $11,000 and that was provided as well. So, between the two positions,
uh 73. It's group five expenses. All right, Kushner. So, between the two positions and the um furniture uh chairs, that provides $193,000 in total spending or projected uh appropriation
above mandate for FY27. I do want to go back bill to group two. Um in the registry of deeds, the register did request $50,000 for legal fees. Uh again, I'm just directing the commissioners back to the fact that he has funded seven a near mark of not more
than $7,000 per year in the main legal account that I spoke of earlier. Okay, >> page up. >> Um this is group two under the registry of deeds. It's 71 give or take. Okay, >> thank you. All right,
next call out will be agricultural high school proposed budget. This is um I have it as page 77, Bill. Thank you. So there little pageentation offset there. Um I'm calling a banner page here. Um just to note that the
tuition for the schools, which of course drives their budget, um has a major impact. Um they are currently looking at 311 outofcount students for their entire student body and their rate next year is presented to be 31,241.
Similarly the number of incounting students uh $299 at a rates uh of $5,51. Um these figures are inclusive of the $1,700 capital charge which goes to all students to cover the capital debt of
the school. So, I just wanted the uh the budget to reflect what the tuition is doing per in and out of county students, especially as there was a recent change in the tuition rate. And then finally on uh the back page, um we have a new business manager with the schools who's
done an incredible job in the last 6 7 8 weeks or so since she's been here pulling together a school budget. I've met with her several times. um she was not able to get the historical spending um lined up with each of the salaries that are shown in the budget. Um so just
noting that historical act uh uh actuals were not available at the time of printing, but if folks want to see what they are compared to current year, you can go to the bottom of the salary page and it will show you the historical spending um for each. Okay,
commissioners, that's it for the call outs. There's a lot of data in here as you know every year. Happy to answer any questions you might have relative to this proposed budget. >> Richard, any questions? >> No. Uh you covered a lot there and you covered a lot of um
things that I had questions on in terms of revenue and uh decrease. Of course, the Quincy court in play helps us to some degree, but now it's going to be going away finally it seems. So, uh, that is that how G how sure are we on that? Is that from the horse's mouth and
the state saying we're on target now? And >> it is that, um, the most recent conversation, um, was probably closer to the beginning of the year and the Commonwealth is under a contract with a a new landlord to receive the operations of the Quincy District Court. That
contract calls for the space to be ready by a certain date, and that hasn't changed. >> Okay. Um, obviously things do come up and if that does change, I'll be talking to you folks probably sometime in September. >> Do they have an actual opening date? Do you know what? >> I haven't heard. Um, what I've heard is the first week in September. I think
that's about the best they can. >> Mhm. >> Okay. >> Is that in? >> I believe it is. >> Okay. >> I believe it is. >> Yep. >> And then right after they vacate, they'll begin raising the building and doing the new capital construction.
So, um um are we are you ready for a vote on the >> Sure. >> Richard, you want to make a motion? >> So, I just want to say the uh you know, obviously the thing we want to make sure we'd be I think we'd be remiss if we didn't say something about a couple of the adjustments we made here. I think it's a fine job. I think the uh the
adjustments in terms of salaries for all of our people are something we should be looking at very carefully for us to remain competitive as a as a county as a public entity you have to make sure your salaries are in line with other you know entities that are out there both public
and p public and private so um uh I think that the change is good uh the numbers add up I'm worried of course when I see looking at way down the road. You know how that number's keyed up, but again, that's pushed out enough that we don't have to worry too much about that.
It seems that for the next few years, right, it seems like we're pretty solid. And certainly for the next fiscal year, we're in good shape, I think. Did we address the issue we had on it? Wasn't there an issue on it that we were looking for? >> That'll come up um through the
supplemental budget, which you'll hear from me next week on. >> Okay. Okay. I don't want to let that go. >> Mhm. >> All right. So, I suppose we'd be making a motion to approve our budget uh for fiscal year 2027.
If you give me the number, I can find say it for you. Do you want the number? >> It' be for the amount of 38 million 936,113.34. Um as >> I'll second that motion. All in favor? I
>> I uh oppose unanimous. Perfect. >> All right. Thank you. >> Thanks, Joe. >> All right. Number 11. We have a bunch of requests for uh the civic rate at the golf course. Richard, if you want to run them all through um as one vote, that'd be fun. >> Go ahead. Yes, sir. We'll see it. Okay. Uh Mr.
Chad, I move the following that the approval for the civic rate at the president's golf course for the following charitable organizations and various tournaments. I'm going to tournaments going to be held in the spring uh sometime from uh April 1 all
the way through perhaps October one would say and it'll be for the granted to the following organizations. The Quinsey firefighters John T. Austin Memorial, the Quincy Police for the Charitable Foundation, the Quinsey Sons of Italy, the Area D Open for the Boston
Police Officers, the United Steel Workers Local 12,03 Charity Tournament, the Mark Susi Scholarship Memorial, and the Quinsey Chamber of Commerce. I'd move those approvals for those organizations.
>> I'll second the motion. All in favor? I >> I unanimous. Okay. Item 12, report from the procurement department bid openings and contract awards. Do we have anything today? >> No sir. >> Okay. Um number 13, report of the county director. >> Thank you, Commissioner. Um few items,
just mostly reminders. The um the county um human resource specialist sent out a notice to all employees that the open enrollment will take place from April 15th through May 15th. This is your opportunity to review your current benefits and make changes for the
upcoming plan year. Uh please reference Moren's email from March 31st, 2026. If you do have any questions, please contact her directly. Uh she'll be happy to answer any. Also, um just a follow-up notice. I'll probably have at least one
more before May 1st. The state ethics commission um is hereby directing individuals who are eligible or directed to file your statement of financial interest by May 1st, 2026. That's an online process. If you know, you know.
Um the supplemental will be before the commissioners uh next week for consideration. Um and then finally just the notification again the finance committee and advisory board will be meeting at the Aggie uh 2 weeks from today. Um
starting at I believe 5:00 with finance committee and followed by the advisory board at 6. That was all I had. Okay. >> Um okay. Item 14, emergency items, topics the chair did not reasonably anticipate would be discussed. I have nothing. Richard John, >> I would move, Mr. Chairman, if we don't
have anything to adjourn the meeting at 203. >> Terrific. Uh, I'll second that motion. All in favor? I >> I. >> Thank you everyone for joining us today.