County Council - Regular Meeting

Now you're good. Now we're good. Like to welcome everyone to the council meeting this morning. Can we start with the pledge 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 and justice for all. Thank you. We start with the roll call. Mr. Brook, present. Mr. Blanken here. Mr. Mole here. Mr. Hughes here. Mr. Can yes. Piper here.

SW present. Mr. Freeman here. I guess we're at the point of electing the president of the council. I'd like to nominate Mr. William Bill Hughes as president. I'd like to second. I'd like to close nominations. Second that.

Mr. Flangen. Yes. Mr. Hughes. Yes.

Mr. Mogul. Yes. Mr. Bookal, yes. Miss Piper, yes. Mr. Pants, yes. Mr. Whitehead. Yes.

That was just a closed nomination. Now we need to vote. Yes. Mr. Flanken, yes. Mr. Hughes, yes. Miss Mole, yes. Mr. Yes.

Yes. Mr. Chance. Yes. Mr. Whitehead. Yes. Before we proceed, I'd like to publicly thank Mr. Whitehead for his leadership this year. We don't have any plaques or certificates. It's not in our budget.

Thank you. I know the council's in good hands. We do want you to know that you were appreciated if you did. Open the floor for nominations for president promot nominate Mr. Kants. Second that nomination by Dan, second by Jessica. Move to nominations. Motion to close nominations by Eugene. Second by Jessica. Roll call. Mr. Flangen. Yes. Mr. Hughes. Yes. Mr. Mogul. Yes. Mr. Brook. Yes, Miss Piper. Yes, Mr. Can. Yes. Try. Yes.

If there's no discussion, we'll roll call to elect Mr. Can as president. Protown. Thank you, Mr. Lang. Yes. Mr. Hughes. Yes. Smok. Yes. Yes. Spiper. Yes. Mr. KZ. Yes. Swed. Yes. Congratulations. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Uh, was the agenda posted? Okay. Entertain a motion to approve the agenda. So moved. Second. Motion by Dan, second by Jessica. Roll call. Miss Langan. Yes. Mr. Hughes. Yes. Smoke. Yes. Mr. Buck. Yes. Spiper. Yes. Mr. KZ. Yes.

Mr. W. Yes. Moving on to appointments and committee reports. IT committee Matt.

Uh okay. Well, they all this coincides with a couple of things here. So, um as everyone I think is aware, at least internally from the commissioners, um there's been some changes from an IT staffing perspective, uh Tim Fluke is contract has expired as of the end of the year. Um it was not renewed. Uh he he chose to retire. Uh so it was not renewed. Um some of his folks are rejoining us. Um two of them are rejoining as contract employees. Um Steve Adams and Bruce Hackler. Um Bruce will be working under the auditor, assessor, and treasur's office. And Steve will be working under Kyle primarily for public safety um and all the systems that he supports. Um and then a few two others are became employees. uh Eva who is the help desk support and Ryan Stoultz who was previously part-time with the high-tech crimes unit and is now going to be full-time and serve as sort of the IT supervisor coordinator for um most of the IT things happening and the help desk folks. Uh there's two open positions. There's another help desk support person um to help replace Ryan and a network administrator um to replace David B's position. So those two are currently posted and anybody who has um recommendations or submissions should send those to HR. Um we would love to fill those I think as immediately. Um so that's the the major news. Um there's been a few um there's going to be some transition and a little bit of pain as we get transitioned, but I think uh on all things of thanks to Commissioner Brandon and others on the IT committee, we we did also um add two folks to our

IT committee. Uh Mr. Chester who was at our um lunchon or breakfast this morning um is a community member who works is a professor for the University of Arizona I think um and is a cyber security expert and he has joined um our IT committee and then we've also had um a recent uh special guest from the state IoT uh Brett um Edstein who uh also has been providing us some some guidance support uh as this transition has occurred along with Judge Mayor. He's also joining us on the IT committee to to serve us from a justice center perspective uh their voice um as we kind of move forward and try to get a few things lined up for 2026. Um and so that's the IT committee um primarily that translates into what we're going to be dealing with later which are the two positions that are moving to be employed and some of the job descriptions. So if you want me to jump into the job classification compensation committee. So in front of you

um the job compensation committee um went through a whirlwind review of a bunch of job descriptions here. Um two I'll start with the IT ones. Uh there's the IT supervisor position which is Ryan, the network system administrator which is open and the help desk support uh which is also open. In addition to that, we had some lowhanging ones uh that had not been formally approved but are are posted positions now. The first one is the GIS specialist. They're going to report to Kyle. That's the position we funded from a budget perspective to get a new coordinator, GIS coordinator. Um, someone who's going to be working and learning from Kyle and also helping with some of the things like we have here, which are uh streaming services internally. So, that one was here. Um, Highway was asking to create a part-time version of their highway maintenance and custodian position. So, this is a mirror image of their full-time job. It just is a part-time version of that. Um there was some shakeup. I don't think um Jane is here. There was a little bit of change. Uh they they've added a home detention supervisor title which is just a a reset of um another position in community corrections that um it's is being um one's being moved to I think one's being moved to part-time. I don't remember. Josh, do you remember what Jane's changes are for this home detention supervisor role? Part-time to full-time, that's what it is. Okay. Um, this one didn't come in the format as the rest of them, but Josh does has a version of it, but this is the the body of the content there. And I think that's it. So, there was no changes or updates from the compensation committee. So, we'll take that as an approval and we need to just look discussions.

Okay. The council doesn't need to approve those. They do. They do. Yes. Do you have a motion then? I'll make a motion. Second. Okay. Motion by Dan, second by Jessica. Any discussion of the job descriptions? Yes. I have a question, Mr. President. Yes.

Uh, regarding the GIS uh position on the front, it says on the work schedule up to 29 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 7:30 to 3:30. By addition, that adds up to over 29 hours. And then on the third page under working conditions, it says may be required to work non-standard hours in excess of 40 hours a week. It seems to me that that's inconsistent. It needs to be clarified. Yeah. It'll be a 40hour week job. Is that what you're saying, Kyle? All right. I'm reading his sign language through the window. Does that mean we need to change where it says 29 on the front to 40? Yes.

Okay. shaking his head for those who can't see Kyle. Is that something we can make? We'll take I think we can do that as a friendly amendment. Yes. Any other discussion? Roll call to approve the job descriptions as uh amended. M blanket. Yes. Mr. Hughes. Yes. Mr. Mole. Yes. Mr. Ba. Yes. Miss Fiper. Yes. Mr. Can yes. Yes. Okay. Anything further?

Nope. Committee reports. Moving on to council committees and on list. Um under our rules, council has two standing committees. The tax abatement committee was appointed in December. Um the finance committee consists of three members designated by the president. I'm designating Eugene Whitehead, Jessica Piper, and Jim Mokll to serve on the finance committee. The rules also provide that the president with consent of the council can appoint other committees as may be necessary or desirable. I propose uh a strategic continuing the strategic financial planning committee consisting of Eugene Whitehead, Matt KZ, and Jessica Piper. And the job classification committee consisting of Matt KZ, myself, and Jessica Piper. And I would ask uh for your consent to designation of those two committees.

Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Miss Langan, yes. Mr. Hughes, yes. Mr. Spogle, yes. Spog, yes. Spikiper, yes. Mr. KZ, yes. Sweed. Yes.

Okay. Then finally, the president with again with the consent of the council can appoint individual members of the council to serve as lison to various county offices, departments, boards or commissions uh to facilitate communications with the council. If you'll bear with me, uh, my designations are Bat KZ to the IT committee, myself, Batt, and Eugene Whitehead to commissioners, Matt KZ to EMS, myself to the security committee, myself to the board of judges, Eugene Whitehead to DCCC, Eugene Whitehead to Redevelopment Commission, Jessica Piper to Animal Control, Dan Flanigan Highway Department, Dan Flanigan to Regional Wastewater, Dan Flanigan to the Fair Board, Dan Flanigan to Yorktown Mount Pleasant Library, Jim Mo to the Planning Commission Transportation Committee, Jim Moal to the Board of Health, Brad Vocout of the housing authority and Jim Moal to the Delaware County Tourism Commission. Did I miss any?

Yes. Tax statement, Mr. Book out to tax. Well, we appointed him in December. Oh, that's correct. Any other? I'd entertain a motion to approve those appointments. I'll move to approve. Second. Moved by Jessica, second by Dan. Any discussion? Uh there was one correction for me sadly. um on the first page that we had our by name list. I just I left off the job classification committee, but it is listed on page two. So, okay, we can just add that, but I'll add that later. Send it back out. Okay, roll call. M. Flangen, yes. Mr. Mole, yes. Mau, yes. M Piper, yes. Mr. Canad,

yes. Mr. Hughes, yes. Moving on to transfer and appropriations. Elizabeth

in County General 146 data JS 101101 IT supervisor positive $80,000 102101 help desk positive $45,000 168 vision positive $158 169 dental positive7 787 170 short-term disability positive470 171 FICA positive 9,563 172 PERF positive4,000 173 health insurance positive 12,400 174 life insurance positive242 175 long-term from disability positive246 311 contractual services negative 164,366 342 workers compensation insurance positive 1,500 total transfer zero

to approve second motion by Jessica second by Dan discussion I just again would like to point out uh for the job descriptions And what we're going over right now, these were already budgeted. Um, the IT department had a budget. Is that not correct? Yeah. Um, go ahead, Matt.

Yeah. So, these the contractual services lines would have been the gym flute contract for the resources previously. um the IT supervisor under justice center and the help desk or the yeah the help desk support under data IT the 120 are the currently filled positions or will be filled positions that we have to create and allocate the funds to and then there's the two open positions that that are still there all told correct me if I'm wrong Commissioner Brand but this will be right now for those four positions at least um and you have two contract positions itions um all fall within the numbers that we have already budgeted.

That's correct. So the IT committee met and what Jim Fluke submitted for his budget is actually what you guys approved last year and there were two contractual services lines, one in the 146 fund, one in the 120 fund and the IT committee met and all the contractual the direct contractual relationships with Jim's former team and the direct employment relationships all fit within those contractual services lines. So, this is basically asking to move the money from the contractual services to be able to fund the direct uh employment relationships, whether it be a contract or a direct employment with the county. Any questions or further discussion?

Yes, I have a question and I just help me clarify. You said which help desk position is already filled? It'd be the one under data it I believe, right, Jenna? So, in 120 That's correct. So, the one that is in front of us currently right now says help desk at 45,000 and the job classification that we just approved says base at 40,000. Can you tell me why there's a difference in those two numbers right now? Yeah, that that's a mistake. So, it should be 45,000 on

and you're going to see the same thing I think when we get to another one. It should be 85 instead of 80. But again, all those numbers fit within the uh the budget. So it's the IT supervisor under 146 data says 80 that should be 85 and on your paper it says 40,000 but you can see in the transfer request it's 45,000. So there's a discrepancy. So okay let's get that cleared up here. So so um the supervisors under the justice center that should be 85 101 101 correct help desk 45. Yep. That's 102101,

right? And if you look down under 120 data, the 101101 is 40. That's correct. But the 102101 should be 80. So they're it's basically flip-flopped with the one at the top. So there it's it's net the same net numbers the same based off what we just proved in the job classification. Both of them should be 85 and both of them should be 40. Um no. So under 146 101 101 IT supervisor that should be 85. Yeah. The the job description does list the network job as 85 also. Correct. And then under 120 the 102101 network system administrator should be 80.

Okay. So we need to get that fixed. Josh and the help desk under 146 which is 102101 should read 40. Yeah, that should be 45. That's AA correct. Yeah, AVA is a AA. Gotcha. Yeah. Yeah. So, they're correct. The way they're listed in the in the transfer request is correct. J's shaking her head. So 85 80 and 45 under 146

85 and 45 under 146 45 and then under 120 40 and 80 and 80. Right. So one's 5,000 plus one's 5,000 minus. They just got flip-flopped. Okay. So then does that mean on 146 line 311 contractual services we need to add that additional 5,000 to get that to a zero balance and you would have to take it away from the other we also have to adjust by perfume okay

we could do we could do this you could approve it as is and we could come back later in the year for for a different that way they don't have to recalculate it I didn't even think about that that's a great point I recommend because we need these line items created because agree you the goal is to create the line items so we can transfer from contractual services to direct county employment relationships irrespect of being a contract or a direct hire. So you could approve it as is and we can come back later right in the year that there's going to be a payroll between now and our next meeting when we can correct it. If we approve it as is,

it should be fine as long as the PI is filled. The PI form will be correct. Then the PI format be the same as what's approved. No. No.

Yeah. So from the auditor's point of view, go ahead and approve it as is and then we'll correct. We'll correct. Corrected in January at the January meet regular meeting. Yes. Council all right with that? Yes. Yes. Is the auditor all right with that? I can't say that.

What do you recommend? So what we're saying is if we've approved the way it is, there's going to be a payroll before it's actually approved. So the numbers you put in now would be the pay would be different than what you're going to approve in January. Correct. Is that what you're wanting? Right. So you you don't want to match what you want to be

or or I mean the other option is you flip the roles into the right spot. You guys put you you you take 120 and 102 101 create that as your IT supervisor at 85. Yeah, we can do that. And then make his help desk up in 146. It's just moving names on paper behind the scenes because they haven't been created yet anyway. Correct. So, we'll do whatever you want. I'm just So, if that's what you want, we we we could we could make them,

if I may. Uh, Tanya Dunmore, Delaware County Auditor, Chief Deputy. Um, we don't really want to flip the names according to the fund because I think he has it divvied between the county building and the justice center and Eva is here in the county building. So therefore, it would need to be under 120 because physically resides here that matters. I mean, it makes sense. Yeah. To me, that's a technicality. She helps desk the whole county though. That's correct. But I think it's easier to

follow follow. Yes. Um I think the whole point of the money I think the to clarify the money is still going to be like this grand total in the line. Whether that grand total for the whole year of 2026 is correct at this point in time can be changed at the next meeting by a transfer. It would still have plenty there to pay out all the budgets necessary. It's just that the first pay is going to be different where the that person is. Not if PI is correct. We we can do the PI form correctly.

Everything goes off the PI. It's just like if we you know budgeted something wrong in office supplies versus I don't know another kind of supply. Um you know they have to come and do a transfer for it. You know what I mean? And to be so you're you're you're theoretically you're good with just approving as is and making the changes later. That that is my opinion. I mean I think it would be clearer. I think it'd be easier to follow. Like I said it's not a big deal to you guys but when we

think we connect like they did Eva and Ryan to this building and connect the other two the other building if that makes sense. Okay. And I want to be clear that this is an extenduating circumstance and would not typically go about this way. So Jenna, thank you.

It's totally up to Ed. I mean, I just wanted to clarify the money aspect of it that I really feel like it would it'll come out in the wash in January's meeting to match what's properly done on the PI. May I add that in the 120 they have a stipen in here for Eva because she did not want to take the health insurance. So they're compensating her for the health insurance. That stipen is for her. Oh yes. That makes it the correct. Yep. Is it supposed to be 5,0006?

No, it's Okay. So, the only the only real issue is 146 I think.

So, it's 45,000 and 6 cents that position. Yeah. Well, it's it's 40,000 a year and if you divide it, it comes out to 1,9231 and that over the course of the year rounds out to 6 cents. Oh, okay. So, yes, sounds like it.

Okay. So, we have a motion on the floor to approve it as is and it's seconded. Any further discussion? I'm I'm still concerned uh Mr. president that as a uh council if we approve the budget as is without maybe making additional clarification and then a different number is submitted that has not been approved is that going to cause any complication uh internally I can see where it's that's not a problem. My question is legally can it be changed or do we have to make a clarification somehow to Yeah, we would make an adjustment in their next meeting.

We're not exceeding the budget that was approved. The total cost isn't exceeding the budget that was approved. In fact, it's less. Yeah, there's not a legal issue about moving the money because essentially these are transfers are going from contractual to employees. Yeah, just to answer your question, legally speaking, I mean that's within the council's purview to to transfer and move the money around. So that legally that's not an issue. It's more of just a practical concern as to how you're going to account for these errors within the next 14 days or something like that.

Right. which sounds like the PI form will correct the difference and then you'll come back when you have the correct numbers and do transfers to make your annual numbers match whatever it is the bi-weekly pays that they should be so and we can do that. Thank you. Have these two employees received a notice of appointment letter or something and that they've agreed to what their salary is? Yep. Everybody's accepted and those were correct. They aren't. Okay, I think that takes care of the legal issue. Any further discussion? Roll call. M. Mr. Fangan. Yes. Spiper. Yes. Mr. Mogul. Yes. Mr. McGout?

Yes. Mr. Gance? Yes. Mr. Wad? Yes. Mr. Hughes? Yes. Okay. Elizabeth.

120. Data. IT 101101 help desk support 40,000 102101 network systems admin 85,000 135 stipens 5,68 vision 158 169 dental 7870 short-term disability 400 70 171 FICA 9,563 172 Perf 14,000 173 Health Insurance 12,400 174 Life Insurance 242 175 Long-term disability 246 311 Contractual Services negative69,366 uh 342 workers compensation insurance 1,500 total transfer zero

second motion by Jessica second by Dan discussion are all these numbers accurate just for clarification no 80,000. It's It's the inverse of what we just got done talking about. So the 102101 network system admin admin line that shows 85,000 would be 80,000 in this one.

That'll come back to us in Jan January to correct any of these job descriptions need to be updated. Yeah, the first the network administrator job which Josh was here and took note of making that change.

Further discussion roll call. Miss Langan. Yes. Mr. Can? Yes. Mogle? Yes. Mr. Bookout? Yes, yes, Spiper. Yes, Mr. Hughes. Yes,

we have a motion. Motion to approve financial transfers into men salary ordinance with like reduction. Motion by Eugene, second by Jessica. Roll call. Miss Langan, yes. Mr. Mo, yes. Mr. Bookout, yes. Spiper, yes. Mr. Chance. Yes. Swed. Yes. Mr. Hughes. Yes. No. Old business, new business, postage update.

Would you like to take the mic on this one, please? Tanya Dunmore, Delaware County Auditor, Chief Deputy. Um, postage and freight. Where did Mike go? He was supposed to be here with me. Um so where we are at with that is I think um no I know all the lines have been created in the budget um that was approved for postage and freight in the offices that we that have postage and freight. I think um there's still some question with the commissioners and council as to whether there are certain departments that should have a postage and freight line versus the one that versus the fact that they don't. Um those are the ones that are still in question. As far as loading the machine, Mike has most all of the um I want to say parcel numbers, fund numbers loaded in the mail machine. Um however he's at a point where by using sub accounts example sub account is the commissioners although Jenna takes care of all the postage and freight for all the departments under the commissioner there was a sub account made for each one of the commissioner's departments whether it be veterans or the actual commissioner's office or HR etc. So with that, she's in question as to whether those sub accounts really need to be divvied out like that because it is technically paid out of say just the commissioner's budget. So um that was like a technical question we got going on that maybe some of those can be removed because he's ran out of he's ran out of room in the machine

because we only have a hundred accounts. However, there is the option of upgrading to 500 accounts. Um, I don't necessarily know that we need to upgrade it until all the numbers are looked at by our office that's in the machine and verified and and and make t totally sure that we do need more room. Um, as far as the mail machine and the clerk's office, that is there because the clerk is under an oath uh with the mail that they that comes through there because it's certified mail and it's unsealed and there's um documents that not just anyone and everyone can see or have access to. So, that is there for that oath reason. Um they currently have the more uh newer newer um type of Pittney bows I guess you would say and that is the ship pro and the analysis and I spoke with the Pittney Bose representative the other day. Um we have a webinar with him on Friday and he said that he thinks what we can do is if we can just use the 100 accounts that's on the machine, we should be able to use the ship pro that we already have through the clerk and uh or we already have that on the mail machine as well. It's just a matter of Mike um I guess learning how to use it for the larger packages. Um and then we can do bulk mail through there even though the certified mail would still be in the clerk's office. the Pittney Bose um box is what they call it, but it weighs and then it also has the ship pro feature uh that can be switched to the mail room hooked up to the mail room's

desktop because Jan said that she can go without it as long as we can get her a scale because she uses it for the weighing purposes. then they already have the analysis and so um as if we could tag on the analysis portion to the mail room we may be looking at a real real minimal cost if we if we stay where we're at he's looking into that and I didn't have an email from him yesterday on a quote um so I would imagine by Friday we'll have a definite quote for that um but it's very very small amount in order to um add that to the mail with what we currently have. So, um that's kind of where we're at. We're like real close to the finish line. It's just we got to tie up all these little loose ends.

I guess I understood from the commissioners meeting yesterday that this is still a work in process. There's still going to be determination of whether we need two machines or one. Uh but the goal is to be able to track our postage so we know uh where where the costs are coming from. That's correct.

Yeah. Um however, we are already under contract for both machines and the lease for the one in the clerk's office was just signed in I want to say May of 2025. And it's a like a three-year contract. and they have their process down, their system. I mean, I went in there and and Jan's got a whole system down. I mean, you know, everything's in place and like moving well, I guess you would say, as far as how it's done.

Next year 26 line postage. Well, if we ended up, you know, I I Well, maybe not 100 years, but every department

here here's the thing with adding lines that aren't needed. Here's the thing. So, if everyone who has postage and freight puts in 25% to get this ball rolling at the beginning of the year, then they can check their balances on a quarterly basis with the reports that are provided to show what's been spent from their budget. Um, with that though, I used this as an example with Eugene and he understood it. Say the council put in a postage and freight line. You guys are never going to need a postage and freight line. So then you're going to have to make up an amount. Oh, okay. Let's do $100, you know. Then you're going to have to put in 25% of your $100 and it's going to go into a claim that goes through our claims department that pays out to Pittney Bose. Then Pittney Bose is going to load it load it to the machine that money. the council's never going to get that money back and you're never going to mail anything. So instead of it going back to county general, you're giving it to Pittney Bose for something you're never going to use. So, I don't recommend putting a postage and freight line in budgets that do not mail because if there's any left over, which everyone will um watch their budget hopefully, you know, uh as the year goes on and when they get that third quarter, I mean, if if we haven't budgeted correctly for everyone, you know, in 2025 for the 2026 budget, be aware. people are going to come to you for appropriation, you know what I mean? To get more postage and freight money appropriated for their line. Uh cuz it was all kind of like a, you know, roundabout guessing game in a way. Um but with that, if they stay true to what

they're spending, they should come out pretty okay with not a huge leftover balance at the end of the year. And then that leftover balance would roll into the next year on the machine. they would still carry that and say, "Oh, okay. Well, I still have $500 left in postage and freight towards the next year." And and they know that and they can kind of eye that at budget time, 6 months in, to give them an idea of where they might be at as far as maybe not having to budget as much if they think they're going to have leftover. Further questions?

I think their qu your question is do we need to have separate items people come under per say in this example under the commissioner survey the sub accounts. Yeah. Yeah. That's the question before. Um I'm not opposed to not having them this year to see how this works out since it's all new. We might change our mind next year. But

the thing is is he has a lot of old numbers in there that need inactivated and even though they're inactivated, I'm not sure that makes the count go away. So, we're going to look at that, too. So, it's really a matter of checking the machine kind of um I guess like talking to Ed and the commissioners, you know, about these small details and then having the meeting with the Pittney Bose representative on Friday, which is already set up. If any one of you would like to join that meeting, I'll be happy to send you an invite. just let me know

if I may, Mr. President. Yes. And I asked Tanya just to give us an update because there was a large meeting. I was unable to attend and I thought we needed an update. I'm not sure that we're here to make a decision on any of those right now. I think we need to give the mail room and the auditor and the commissioners even time to evaluate the accounts that are on there, what can be deleted, get with Pittney Bose, and just clarify all of what's going on. I don't think there's a decision to be made. in today. I just wanted us to have an update so we follow along and then give them the power to get things cleaned up and possibly in a month or two if they've got more information to bring to us that way we're a little clearer on it since postage was an issue with us at budget time last year.

Yes, I'm that makes sense. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Other new business, Mr. President. Yes. Uh I know you have a list of the incumbrances, but the agenda didn't have anything listed on there uh to discuss that or vote on those incumbrances. So I would suggest that you amend the agenda to put that on if you want to consider uh approving any of those encumbrances.

I think I I don't think we need to amend the agenda. We can simply consider it under new business. Uh would you like to go over the report with us? somebody. All right. Um, this report hasn't been uh fully processed yet and I just sorted it by county general and then outside of county general and you can see grand totals. I did handcount a grand total because Matt asked for it and uh that is 77268 and62.

Repeat that please. 772,68 and 62. do appreciate the detail this year. And to um to just reiterate, these are outstanding accounts payable.

Yes. And again, my understanding from a commissioner's meeting yesterday would like to get these approved so that they can be paid before we have a chance to meet again and at the end of the month. Yes. So we can close out the previous year. Move to approve the encumbrances presented to us.

Second motion by Jessica to approve the encumbrance list. Second by Dan. discussion. We have encumbrances every year. It would be helpful to get it, but then again, you can't really do the incumbrances until December 31. Is that correct? Further discussion. Have a motion to approve the encumbrance list. Roll call. Lang. Yes. Mr. Smok yes. Yes. Fifer. Yes. Mr. Hz. Yes. M. Wyatt. Yes.

Mr. Hughes. Yes. Thank you. Can I ask a question? Um, I'm trying to find last year's number for county general. It seems this year's a lot lower. Is that It keeps going down. I've noticed that, too.

Okay. One other item of new business. If you have your certification for anti-epotism and conflict of interest, those who should be turned into the clerk turn it to HR. Okay. Ben sent it out in December. That' be great. Mr. President, if I may.

Yes. There's also a conflict of interest form that we fill out every year and that gets submitted to the clerk. Okay. Thank you.

You have those printed for regular January? Moving on, elected officials and department heads. Mr. Corner, Gavin Green, Delaware County Corner. I just wanted to give the recap for 2005 2025 um for the corner calls and then I will give an update on the regular meeting for January numbers. So, for 2025, we had 713 calls. That's roughly 59 a month, and that's roughly two a day. Um, two a day doesn't sound like a whole lot when it comes to the staff that we have. Um, but one call might take one person out for 3, four, five, 12 hours. Um, I know with the sheriff's department with the recent, uh, homicide we have, um, I bet you our office is, just our small office is looking at 20 plus hours right now that we've been involved with it. And so that's just with one case. And so we might have some easy ones and we might have some hard ones. So I just wanted to get that update for 20 um, 25. Those numbers are up from the previous year. I do know that it's been asked before um about referrals from the hospital that is getting better. We have talked to the hospital um but we still have some that slip through. So

yeah, any questions for Gavin? Thank you. Any other department heads or officials? Any public comments? Somebody check the list. I think we're good. Nothing online either. Okay. Comments from council. I have two. I also want to thank Eugene for his leadership this past year. And the second is if you see Mr. Jim Mogul today, it is his birthday. So be sure to wish him a very happy group.

Smile to me. Yeah. Other comments? Uh I would uh again reiterate uh it's been great working with Eugene this year uh this past year. I think we got a lot accomplished and uh definitely looking forward to working with Mr. Hughes as well. Um so thanks for your trust and being here. Mr. President, if I may. Yes. Thank everyone for their compliments. I'd also like to encourage council to be aware of the general assemblies uh all the bills that are going to be proposed and try to keep an eye on them especially if there's any adjustments to the sea one from last year.

Thank you. Fingers crossed. No further comments. Our next meeting is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 9:00 a.m. I entertain a motion to adjurnn. So moved. Second motion by Jessica, second by Dan. Roll call. Miss Flangen, yes. Mr. Mogul, yes. Yes. Piper. Yes. Pants. Yes. Sweed. Yes. Mr. Hughes. Yes. Thank you all. I said that storm