2024-11-18 BOCC Wrap-Up CMBOCC Wrap-Up / County Manager Update
November 18, 2024
9:01 a.m.
Present: Commissioner Brummer, Commissioner Pollock, Commissioner Swope, County Manager Ryan
Barrett, Becky Butler, Meja Handlen, Gabe Anzelini, Rachel Lester, Undersheriff Kevin Engelbertson,
Sheriff Rob Snaza, Graham Gowing, Jenn Libby-Jones, Mindy Brooks, Sherri Dokken, Rudy Rodriguez,
Tom Stanton, Doug Carey, Rodney Reynolds, Grace Jimenez, Linda Mastin, Jennifer Cervantes
Citizens Budget Committee members: Bill Serrahn, Jerry Villareal, Paul Crowner, Tim Wood
Guest(s): G Motta, unnamed guests
Recorder: Rieva Lester
Public comment: None.
2025 budget
Jail: The commissioners agreed to use $600,000 from the opioid settlement funds to cover the two-year
extension for jail medical coverage through Naphcare.
Levies: The commissioners said they would like to take new construction on roads and general fund.
The commissioners said they would like to take the administrative refund for roads and general fund.
The commissioners reviewed levy options for general fund and roads levies:
• 0 percent
• 1 percent
• 1 percent with any portion of banked capacity
Commissioner Brummer and Commissioner Pollock said they would like to take the 1 percent increase.
Commissioner Swope said he would decline to take the 1 percent increase.
The commissioners declined the use of banked capacity.
Treasurer’s Office correspondence: The commissioners agreed to add back $35,000 to the Treasurer’s
budget and to allow the Treasurer’s Office to charge a percentage of Rodney Reynolds’s position to the
investment pool funds he oversees.
Sheriff’s Office: No decisions made.
Employer medical contributions: Becky Butler, Rachel Lester and Ryan Barrett reviewed the 7 percent
increase in employee medical contributions with the commissioners.
Meeting ended at 10:10 a.m.