Remarks by Dana Barrett
158 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 7
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“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a couple of comments. I do want to say, as it relates to Commissioner Arrington's item, you know, I certainly agree that structurally there are some issues with the ethics board. And in my personal opinion is that it's not that the individual, for me, it's not that the individuals on there are in any way incapable of performing their duties. But for me, there are some procedural problems in the way the process works and the way the People engaging with the process are notified and informed about how the process is meant to work. So I think there's some work that…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Just one quick note. I hear you, Commissioner Arrington, and I think the county attorney has agreed in the past, I don't want to put words in your mouth, that they have, in fact, violated the code. Would you agree with that, or would you characterize it some other way?”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“So I guess the question would be, and maybe this is the way to go, you know, could you make recommendation, county attorney, on the best way to, you know, move forward? If we wanted to keep the same structure but disband and, you know, kind of what we did with the housing authority. Like, what are our options in terms of addressing Commissioner Arrington's concerns and your, you know, validated concerns of their... you know, violation of those rules and procedures. Would that be something we could look at as a part of this process? Not today.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Mr. Chair, I would also like to join in on that comment and agree with Madam Vice Chair. Okay.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Vice Chair. I just wanted to make sure we covered the consolidated trial calendar, which is the last page of the presentation. It seemed like we were about to move on, so I wanted to make sure we heard that.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“I hear you that that was not what was requested of you, and by no means am I suggesting that you should have done something without it being requested that way, nor am I saying that you should not have done the initial request as it was requested. I mean, that's your job. But again, And by the way, I wasn't able to find the emergency agreement on the list of... At that time, we were getting a monthly list of emergency purchases, and I did not find it on there, so I'm not sure if that slipped through somehow.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“I just need to correct the record. Commissioner Thorne, the original request was for 1.652,052,000 for the survey, the consulting, and 1.6 million for the actual work. So that was actually what we approved in August of 24.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“Right, but what I'm saying is you just said that the reporting was wrong and that the only thing we approved was for the survey, and that's not accurate. We approved both.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“I didn't ask a question. I'm just making a statement.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a couple of questions. On the bond review calendar item, you mentioned eight bonds reduced and three cases dismissed. On the bonds that were reduced, do we know if they were reduced enough that the individuals were actually able to post bond and leave the jail?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“know 2 500 or a thousand is a lot more attainable to postpone thank you i think it would be useful to track um the folks that are um impacted positively by the bond review calendar and follow it through so that we know how how it really is impacting i mean these are jail population reduction initiatives so it would be worthwhile i think to know how they actually reduce”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Arrest and Warrant Review Hub, when is that? I know you said great progress and that's good to hear, but when do we expect that to be up and running?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, and we have the APD is aware and going to use the trailer and all of that?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, it'd be good to kind of hear what their take is and if they're amenable.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, great, and one last thing. Though we didn't go through the rest of the slides, we have our meeting with the sheriff's office that they offer before every board meeting, and this week they made us aware that the overall jail population is at 3,000 at this point, and the Rice Street, I think, population is about 1,999.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, so my question is, I mean, it seems like we've had a major uptick, and I certainly don't expect you to know, you know, to expound on why that has happened, but more what are we doing about it? Because they did mention that they were working with, I believe it was Walton County, for some outsourcing, and then I forget the name of the other county. Do you remember what it was?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Scriven, which is, and how much further away is that?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay. And so I was just wondering on those options for outsourcing, you know, sort of what kind of agreements we're getting into, what kind of pricing, for how long, where that's coming out of the budget, because it certainly wasn't something that was, you know, planned for in this year's budget. So I'm just curious kind of what the status is on all of that, how quickly we'll have those options. And secondarily, and I can repeat the second part if you like later, but they also mentioned that they felt like there was a need for the entire sort of justice system to get together and sort of work…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Has there been any outreach to APD? Because apparently we get more people because they're making more arrests. And in particular, they mentioned that there was a much heavier population of women. So I'm just wondering if we have had contact with them on... Not on this specifically, no.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“uh right now and so in terms of getting everyone together to try to um work together on this where i would be more than happy to help facilitate that participate and lend any support on behalf of county administration okay and madam cfo before i give up the mic do we have enough money in our outsourcing budget to accommodate this additional need”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I had the same question as Commissioner Thorne about the magistrate court, because that is what Attorney Joyner told us, that they were not doing first appearance as frequently. Sounds like you got an answer. But it brought me to this other question, too. The bond review calendar is run by the magistrate court.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026