Public comment on budget request

1:47Okay. Now's the time for public comment. So this will be given an opportunity to comment on any item coming before the board and on items to be placed on future board agendas under another preview. Today's public comment will be handled as follows. First, we will take public comment from those Who are here in person, then we will take public comment from those that are pre-registered for WebEx link and

2:18are currently on queue. This format does not waive the request that when you address the board, you address comments not directed toward personally toward a commissioner or a team member, but rather directed at the issues. This provides mutual respect between the board members and the public for WebEx and in-person participants. After stating your name and address for the clerk, the time will start

2:48a countdown after two minutes. A beep will sound uh letting you know that you have one minute remaining. After uh your time is up, two beeps will sound and your three indicates your three minutes are up and you should finish your comments. WebEx recipients will be disconnected automatically when their time is up. The following people have signed up for public comment?

3:19Uh Mr. Chairman the only one who signed up is myself. No one else has signed up for WebEx.

3:24I'm sorry

3:24for public comment.

3:25Okay.

3:28So we had two individuals signed up for WebEx, but they are not connected.

3:33Okay.

3:33So they registered but they did not join.

3:36All right. So

3:41You're ready? I am sorry. Okay.

3:45Um so to avoid ending to the end of the meeting to discuss an important topic on miscellaneous business, I signed up for public comment to discuss the letter I sent to the board on July 14th. Um I have not received a sponsor letter and I didn't see that the item was placed on the board agenda for discussion. In the letter, I asked for um two things that were presented. First was full funding of the IT cost. The board acknowledges that it's responsible for my um my office's IT costs

4:15included in the budget request. However, the county administrator only recommends to partially fund my office's IT. Now during the last BCC meeting the commission advised the that the board intends to fund the remaining amount of my request in the County Fiscal Year 22-23 budget and is handling all new business plan initiatives in a similar manner. However, to my knowledge, I'm the only constitutional officer who county uh who the county administrator recommends funding at less than

4:45100%. Therefore I am requesting that this commission provide the additional six hundred seventy-one thousand four hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars to satisfy the undisputed portions of my county fiscal year twenty one-22 budget. And then secondly, I invited the board to file a joint request with the Attorney General for an opinion regarding what constitutes a local requirement pursuant to Section 29.008. Um as response to my letter has not been received and it is not an item on this meeting's agenda, I

5:15would like the board to consider its decision during this meeting so that next steps can be determined. Thank you.

5:22Thank you. So are those that have signed up for WebX are they

5:27Let me double check for that and see if they've joined. Um no, no one has joined on WebEx.

5:33Okay. They're not on Q. And no one else here. Is anyone here today that did not sign up would like to speak public comment? Seeing no one we'll close public comment at this time and move on to