Remarks by Jessica Hobbs
111 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“So I'll handle sending this to Boal. Could you reach out to the state court administrator? Yeah. But Diane, by all means, if you think you can have some influence with Swanson and get him to do the right thing,”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“I think we need to just run through these. We've got seven minutes now, so let's, it was helpful that you sent that consolidation, consolidated questions.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“I'm just going to go from the sheet you sent, so we're all in the same order. Most important criteria when selecting a firm for Part A and B are numerous items you will consider, but we're wondering if one is more important than the other.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Well, that's why there's further questions that are asked.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“That's what it is. And there's a risk-based approach for known issues that we want to make sure they dive into. But the people can still petition.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“But then there's a higher level, more comprehensive approach where you could do like every fund, every bank account, every record, all of that. So I think there's kind of a middle ground there. And I would like to have a third party.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“If they're not on the agenda, they don't have to be here.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“She mentioned that payroll may also be an issue. Can you provide more details? What documents would you expect us to review?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yeah, one to settle up the year and one for...”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“People think there was something nefarious we did on that when we were underpaid too. Yes. On that $39,000 a year salary. It's based on- I mean, one of the big bucks, I guess.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Are there particular departments, funds, transactions, and reporting periods that are of greatest concern? I mean, they're going to have their 24 and 25 audits, or 23 and 24 audits. There you go. There's our concerns, I mean.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Risk-based, high level in general, yeah. And then you identify the problems and do more of the comprehensive, right? But all of those referenced, it makes sense to do a comprehensive. So we're going to do a reconstructed. internal controls just since you're doing that one. Are there specific internal control deficiencies or operational processes the county would like the selected firm to prioritize?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Well, no, it's... So let's add that to our list to confirm that Kylie is not discussing.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Do we need to send them a communication account? I mean, I don't know what we'd send them other than a vacant pool or all that. Well, it's already stated in the audit.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“I think we're going to run out of time here. And it seems like a lot of these questions are similar. They're very similar. Yeah. So Diane, are you OK with Supervisor Stancil answering these other questions, as long as they're all similar in nature to what we discussed on these others?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“I think one of the main things left is it hasn't been touched on is the timeline. Yeah. And I'm okay giving them more time. They're probably going to need it. So we need to give them a reasonable amount of time to do this work.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. So, and then they have given the requirement for final delivery by December 31, 2026. Does the county complete any preliminary assessment of record availability and readiness? Where are you at here? I'm on 11. I'm on 11. I kind of skipped the others up here to see.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“And the reason why I made it to four is because I wanted to honor her to have a hard copy so she could follow along.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“or should we say beginning of october yeah i mean i want to have a little bit of christian in there okay and maybe you could say september but we'll know more after we get kyle and michelle's responses and get that next step addressed right we'll have so uh mid-september potentially october yeah”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Number two, I mean, resigned or been terminated.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“It kind of depends on the AG's investigation and or the results of these audits if there's more they find, right?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yeah, let's just see if they have a strong feeling one way or another, right?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“So I don't know how to, internal friction and disagreement regarding whether or not forensic audit is needed and whether or not the state auditor's office should be used. I mean, they should know that there are some in our government who do not believe we should be going outside of the state auditor's office too. So they may be at first. So how do we want to remove that friction? and some aversion to utilizing the firm outside of the state auditor's office or an outside firm.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“It would be the AG's office. So maybe just reply that the AG is currently investigating or handling the criminal charges against the former treasurer.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“And it's just the one firm that asked that question. So maybe we can ask them to clarify what exactly they're wanting, how they're wanting to use it. And maybe they can provide some information that will give us some reassurance.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026