Remarks by Susan Rodriguez-McDowell
57 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
- Play at 3:31:02
“Everybody who completes a term on an advisory board. So it's not who, it's how. It's more about how.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:32:20
“Come back with recommendations to the board.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:33:17
“Yeah. And I just wanna speak to that real quickly that we did do a committee like that just a few years ago. So it was 20, 22, maybe, um, we had an ad hoc committee where we went through it once and then, so there's not a, what was that? And then we worked on our application process. We did a number of things in that committee. And there are some boards that are mandated, some boards that aren't. There's a lot of complexity to it. And that's why I think it's a good discussion to have as an ad hoc committee, as opposed to...”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:36:18
“Thank you. If it's appropriate, I'd like to make a motion that we approve one-time $1,000 bonuses to newly appointed members of the Adult Care Home and the Nursing Home Advisory Committees. Um, so what this is, is saying these, these particular two committees have an extensive training, uh, process that is mandated by the state at 36 hours of training. And this is a big roadblock for us, uh, filling these positions. Currently we have, uh, 29 vacancies on adult care home and 23 vacancies on nursing home. So these are a large number of positions that have been open for years and very very…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:37:38
“Oh, yeah, I didn't say where. Can I just add where the money would come from?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:37:46
“The contingency, the appropriation. It's number two on here. Yeah, this is our BOCC contingency fund that we have in the budget. If we filled every slot, it would be $52,000. And I believe that has $700,000.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:38:29
“No, this is not for the ad hoc committee. This is a separate motion. This is something that we would start right away. Okay.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026