Remarks by Justin Douglas
32 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I'd like to call to order the Dauphin County Board of Commissioners meeting for August 12th, 2026. We'll begin with a moment of silence, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge of Allegiance.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“I have no questions. Thank you so much. All right. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. move to salary board uh item one under salary board this is the commissioners and controller we have the july 15th salary board meeting let's drive a motion so move second moved by controller bateman seconded by commissioner priest any discussion hearing none all those in favor aye opposed motion carries salary board packet do i have a motion so moved second moved by commissioner hartwick seconded by controller bateman any discussion Hearing none, all those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion…”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“2026 budget there is one item that is not budgeted that is number eight thank you any other questions entertain a motion for the personnel packet so moved moved by Commissioner seconded by Commissioner Hartwick any discussion hearing none all those in favor aye opposed motion carries thank you just for Davis”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“We have a motion for the purchase order packet. So moved. Second. Moved by Commissioner Hartwick, seconded by Commissioner Preece. Any discussion? Yes. Is everything listed here within the budgeted 2026 numbers?”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. We have a number of items before us today. I am going to request we pull item 274 for a separate vote. Other than that, are there any other items that need to be pulled?”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Yeah, I got that. And vote on them conditionally. Yep. I'll entertain a motion for items one through eight.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Moved by Commissioner Hartwick, seconded by Commissioner Priest. Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. So we are now on item number nine. make a motion to approve item nine i'll second any discussion hearing none all those in favor aye opposed no motion carries um entertain a motion for items 10 through 15. so move moved by commissioner priest second seconded by commissioner hartwick any discussion All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. We're on to item 16 now. Do we have a motion? I'll make a motion for item 16. Second. Seconded by, motion made…”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Yes, it is not budgeted for, although the recruitment of staff will drastically improve our overtime costs. So the idea here is we saw pretty good recruitment numbers under our last marketing for staff recruitment. And I'm hopeful that this will be, in the end, a net cost savings with the overtime. But I understand the concern for it not being budgeted.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“I believe our typical HR practices, which was pretty significant online presence, indeed ads, social media ads. I think when I became a commissioner, we were hovering in the high 60s of how many correction officers we were down. We got that into the high 20s. And over the last six months, we've seen that rise, I think, into the 30s. I'm concerned that if we continue to trend that direction, overtime costs will inflate.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“That's the assessment, I think. That's the logic for me is that an investment like this, I mean, the challenge at the prison is also a churn rate, right? You know, people get in there. How many COs are we losing to how many we're adding to our number? We certainly know that recruiting is a big part in having a larger recruiting pool. you know, helps, but it's retention is part of this too. There needs to be, you know, more strategies applied to all that.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. All right. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor? Aye. Opposed? No. Motion carries. Item 17 through 196, I'll entertain a motion for. So moved. Moved by Commissioner Hartwick. Do I have a second? Second. Seconded by Commissioner Preece. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. We are now at 197. This is where we'll need to.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Well, well quickly I want to make sure we're clear about the items because I pulled 274 so can we do items? 197 through well, let's just do it this way items 197 through through 312 without item 274 second All right. And just, again, that's the motion to conditionally approve items based on final terms and conditions acceptable to the solicitor's office. We have a motion made by Commissioner Hartwick, seconded by Commissioner Priest. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. For item 274, so moved. Moved by Commissioner Priest. Do we have a second?”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Motion to conditionally, can you, I'll give you the language. Are you amenable to motion to conditionally approve item 274 based upon final terms and conditions acceptable to the solicitor's office?”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Opposed? No. Items 313 through 334, I'll entertain a motion for. So moved. Second. Moved by Commissioner Priest, seconded by Commissioner Hartwick. Any further discussion? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“as stated by commissioner hartwick ccap uh was was the reason for uh us not meeting together last wednesday i sit on courts and corrections committee just um uh always thankful for opportunities like ccap and daco just for those who don't live in the world of acronyms that's county commissioners association of pennsylvania and national association of counties for you know the opportunity to continue to be educated on things happening across the country for counties And things happening here in Pennsylvania for counties. With that, got a couple weeks of things just to run down of recaps that…”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion for adjournment. So moved. Moved by Commissioner Hartwick, seconded by Commissioner Priest. All in favor? Aye. We're adjourned.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“I'd like to call to order Dauphin County Board of Commissioners meeting for July 22, 2026. We'll begin with a moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.”
County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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“Hearing none, solicitor's report. Guy Benaventana, thanks for stepping in.”
County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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“Motion made by Commissioner Priest. Do I have a second? Second. Seconded by Commissioner Hartwick.”
County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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“Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Move to former business, we have a tabled item.”
County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026