Mar 16, 2026 Budget Committee

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GOOD MORNING.

THE TIME IS 1133.

MY NAME IS DONNA PEYTON, CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE WITH US THIS MORNING LEGISLATOR, JAYLEN ANDERSON, LEGISLATOR HUSKY, AND LEGISLATOR MCGEE, WHO JUST STEPPED AWAY FOR A MOMENT.

UM, THERE'S A NOTE HERE THAT

[FIRST READ OF BUDGET]

THAT IS NOT A CORRECT RESPONSE, AND MY ASSUMPTION IS THERE WAS NOTHING ATTACHED TO IT.

SO WE WILL TAKE THIS FIRST READ UP NEXT WEEK ONCE IT CAN'T BE CLEAR AND THE ATTACHMENT IS ATTACHED FOR YOU.

THE FIRST READ IS GOING TO BE, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK IN OUR BUDGET BOOKS, THE FIRST FEW PAGES, THERE'S POLICIES THERE.

I WANT US TO LOOK AT THOSE POLICIES AS A BUDGET COMMITTEE.

UM, SO WE WILL DO A FIRST READ OF THOSE POLICIES.

IT WILL BE CLEARER AND ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY, OUR NEXT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING.

BUT NOW THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT, YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT THAT FIRST READ, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE ATTACHMENT IS THERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND READ.

NEXT WEEK.

UH, WE'LL DO A FIRST READ AND THEN, UH, ALLOW YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP YOUR QUESTIONS, YOUR CONCERNS, UM, ANY UPDATES YOU THINK SHOULD BE MADE TO THOSE POLICIES.

AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS IT FURTHER AT THE SECOND.

READ ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

WE HAVE NO ORDINANCES

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THERE IS ONE RESOLUTION,

[RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE]

[A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute Cooperative Agreements with certain outside agencies that provide public health related and other public services to citizens of Jackson County, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $3,000,000.00.]

EVERYONE HAS A COPY OF, UM, A LIST THAT SAYS OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING REQUESTS.

CORRECT.

UM, THIS LIST WAS COMPILED FROM A COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR COUNTY LEGISLATORS.

EACH LEGISLATOR WAS ASKED TO BE A PART OF CREATING A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WOULD GIVE OUTSIDE AGENCY MONEY TO.

UM, EACH ONE OF THE LEGISLATORS WAS ASKED TO SUBMIT A LIST OF 15 INDICATING THEIR PRIORITIES AND ALL, BUT A COUPLE DID.

SO, SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT COMPLIANCE RECEIVED BACK THE FORMULA THAT WAS USED TO COME UP WITH A LIST THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU WAS ANY ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVED THREE OR MORE LEGISLATORS INDICATING THEM AS A PRIORITY RECEIVED A HUNDRED PERCENT OF FUNDING REQUESTS UP TO $125,000.

AGENCIES THAT HAD TWO LEGISLATORS THAT LISTED THEM AS A PRIORITY RECEIVED 75% OF FUNDING UP TO 75,000.

AND AGENCIES THAT HAD ONE LEGISLATOR LISTING THEM AS A PRIORITY, UM, WOULD RECEIVE 50% OF THEIR FUNDING REQUESTS UP TO 50,000.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE AMOUNTS WERE ROUNDED UP.

UM, THIS WAS DISCUSSED AND PROVIDED TO THE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATURE WHO AT THE TIME WHEN WE FIRST SPOKE HAD NOT SUBMITTED, UM, A LIST, BUT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS LATER DID INDICATE SOME PREFERENCES.

BUT IN TALKING TO, UM, CHAIR ABAR, HE INDICATED THAT, UM, THERE WAS JUST ONE MAIN PRIORITY FOR HIM, AND THAT WAS MISSOURI VALLEY BECAUSE THEY WERE THE ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE HELPING WITH THE WORLD WAR II MONUMENT PROJECT.

SO THE LIST YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE LIST.

AND THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO DID PRESENT TO US THEIR PREFERENCES.

I THINK THAT IN WORKING WITH COMPLIANCE, WE LOOKED AT THIS HOLISTICALLY.

WE LOOKED AT IT COOPERATIVELY, COLLABORATIVELY, AND I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A FAIR AND ACCURATE ALLOCATIONS OF THE MONIES BASED ON THE INPUT FROM OUR LEGISLATORS.

ANY QUESTIONS? MADAM CHAIR? YES, SIR.

SO THE CHALLENGE WITH THE LIST THAT COMPLIANCE HAS IS THAT NOT EVERYONE HAS SUBMITTED, UM, ANY PRIORITIES.

SO YOU'RE LEAVING OFF SIGNIFICANT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE URBAN LEAGUE, SAMUEL ROGERS,

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AND SO, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE HOLD THIS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THIS NEEDS TO, I THINK, FURTHER REVIEW FROM THE COMPLIANCE LIST.

AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERY LEGISLATOR WAS GIVEN SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SUBMIT THEIR LIST.

AND THOSE THAT DIDN'T, WHEN ASKED ABOUT SUBMITTING THEIR LIST, INDICATED THAT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO DO.

SO EVEN IF WE HELD IT AND WENT ANOTHER ROUND, THOSE SAME LEGISLATORS PROBABLY NOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT CHANGE THEIR MIND AND THEY COULD HAVE AND STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, NOW TO INDICATE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, COMPLIANCE WORKED WITH PROVIDING EXTENSION UPON EXTENSION TO GET THOSE LISTS.

EACH LEGISLATOR THAT DID NOT SUBMIT WAS REPEATEDLY REQUESTED TO SUBMIT.

UM, IF THAT DID NOT HAPPEN, THAT TO ME INDICATES THAT LEGISLATOR'S PREFERENCE, WELL, I AS THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN, UH, THE PROCESS.

WELL, MADAM CHAIR, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE REALITY OF US NOT GIVING ANY MONEY TO SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL TO THEIR BUDGET.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FORTHCOMING.

I THINK SEVERAL OF OUR LEGISLATORS MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL AT THAT POINT AS WELL, UM, DEALING WITH SURGERY OR THE RETRIBUTIONS AFTER THAT.

SO I, I WOULD WANNA, AS MUCH AS I'D LOVE TO GET THIS MONEY OUT SWIFTLY, I THINK WE SHOULD DO A, A MORE DILIGENT JOB OF HIM BEING INCLUSIVE IN SOME OF THIS DISCUSSION.

AND MANY OF OUR LEGISLATORS WERE NOT IN THE HOSPITAL OR SUFFERING THE REPERCUSSIONS AFTER, UM, AND EACH ONE OF OUR LEGISLATORS WAS GIVING AN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY.

LEGISLATOR MCGEE, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

SO THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL FOR WORKING ON THIS.

UM, AND THANKS TO COMPLIANCE FOR WORKING ON THIS.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING.

MADAM CHAIR, WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE THAT YOU'RE HOPING FOR? I, OF COURSE, DO NOT WANT TO RUSH.

NO, NO, I KNOW.

I'M JUST ASKING.

I 'CAUSE I WAS UNAWARE OF THE TIMELINE, SO I DO NOT WANNA RUSH.

UM, IT IS MARCH AND WE'RE ENTERING INTO THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE YEAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, GET THIS MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS OUR LEGISLATORS HAS PRIORITIZED, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY.

UM, THAT, THAT WAS ALL MY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

MADAM CHAIR? YES.

UM, MY ISSUE I JUST WANNA BRING UP TO THIS BODY IS THE TIMING.

THE TIMING FROM MY POSITION.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARP OF FUNDING THIS BODY HAD PROMISED THE AGENCIES, THEY'D GET IT OUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND, UH, THIS BODY MET ON DECEMBER 31ST AND PASSED IT, BUT THEN IT GETS TO ME AND THE VAST NUMBER WE HAD 150 AGENCIES, THEN.

IT'S A HEAVY LIFT FROM MY END.

ONCE IT GETS OUT OF YOUR HANDS, THIS IS ALSO GONNA BE A VERY HEAVY LIFT OF GETTING CONTRACTS SIGNED AND OUT TO PEOPLE AND FINANCE IT AND CHECKS CUT.

UM, I'VE LEARNED SINCE BEING THIS, THIS POSITION, UH, YOU DID THIS LAST YEAR AND IT GOT OUTTA YOUR HANDS AND IT LINGERED AND SOME OF THE AGENCIES DIDN'T GET THEIR MONEY FROM LAST YEAR UNTIL LAST MONTH.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, I, I JUST BRING THAT TO, TO MAKE SURE YOU RAISE THE ISSUE.

UH, WHEN THE AGENCIES ARE SEEING THIS HAPPEN, UH, THERE IS SOME TIME AFTER IT'S PASSED OUT OF THIS BODY WITH THESE NUMBERS TO DO THE OTHER BUREAUCRACY OF GETTING THE CONTRACTS CREATED, SENT TO THEM, SIGNED BACK AND FINANCE.

WE MOVED SOME MOUNTAINS TO GET IT DONE, THE ARPA MONEY DONE BEFORE.

AND WE RECENTLY, UH, BISHOP TYNDALL BROUGHT, UH, SOME TO OUR ATTENTION WITH SOME HOUSING THINGS.

WE DID THE SAME THING THING RECENTLY TO GET THAT MONEY OUT.

SO MY POSITION IN COLLABORATING WITH THIS BODY IS ALSO TO GET THE MONEY IN THEIR HANDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BUT I MAKE SURE AS THE CHAIR, THAT'S ALWAYS A A YOU'RE MENTIONING THAT TIMEFRAME WHEN YOU SAY YOU WANNA GET IT OUT, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME DOWNTIME OVER ON OUR END OF A GOOD MONTH TO TWO MONTHS ON A, ON A, A QUICK ONE, BUT TWO MONTHS THERE TOO.

BUT, BUT WE'LL MOVE AS QUICK AS WE CAN, BUT I JUST WANNA RAISE THAT ISSUE AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT THIS COMMITTEE CAN MOVE AS EX EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.

LEGISLATOR ANDERSON.

UH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UM, I, I, UH, COMPLETELY AGREE, UH, WITH YOUR STATEMENT THAT, UM, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PUT OUT, UH, WHEN YOU BECAME BUDGET CHAIR, UH, AND THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT YOU ASKED FROM ALL OF US, UM, I THINK, UM, HAVING TO GO BACK AND RECALCULATE EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THREE OR $3 MILLION, UH, IS QUITE THE TASK.

UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN, UH, YOU SET OUT A DEADLINE TO

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UH, SO I'M IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND, UH, WHATEVER, UM, ACTION YOU WANT TO TAKE TODAY.

AND I ALSO WANNA EMPHASIZE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LEGISLATOR ANDERSON, THAT IF WE, UM, REDID THE LIST, UM, THEN WE WILL BE ELIMINATING SOME OF THOSE PRIORITIES THAT OUR LEGISLATORS HAVE INDICATED, UM, OR SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT LEGISLATORS HAVE CLEARLY INDICATED THAT THEY WON'T FUND IT.

MATTER CHAIR'S A MOTION TO HOLD ONE SECOND.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO HOLD FROM SOMEONE ON THE COMMITTEE IF POSSIBLE.

I'M AN EX OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.

LET'S, I MEAN THAT THIS, YOU HAVE TO HEAR A MOTION WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.

MADAM CHAIR, JUST DISCUSS THE WHOLE DISCUSSION.

MADAM CHAIR.

YES, MADAM CHAIR.

UH, I CAN TELL BY THE, UH, MENTALITY ALREADY THAT, UM, I GUESS THERE'S GONNA BE A TENSE THING.

UH, I, I DISAGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITHHOLD, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DID NOT SNEAK UP ON THE LEGISLATURE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW.

WE ARE IN OUR FOURTH YEAR ON THIS LEGISLATURE.

THIS IS HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE.

UM, UH, IT IS VERY INTERESTING THAT WHEN WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST AND THERE WAS A DEADLINE, WE MET THOSE DEADLINES.

AND NOW, UH, THAT DOES NOT MATTER TODAY.

UM, THESE ORGANIZATIONS I UNDERSTAND ABOUT FUNDING IS CHAIR OF THE HOUSING RESOURCES COMMISSION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT FULLY.

UH, BUT THERE IS A PROCESS AND WHEN YOU FOLLOW A PROCESS, YOU HAVE TO BE BEHOLDEN TO THAT PROCESS OR YOU'RE CHANGING THE GOALPOST.

AND THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD, UH, STICK TO WHAT THE CHAIR HAS PUT FORWARD, WHAT THE CHAIR HAS WORKED ON, WHAT HER STAFF HAS WORKED ON, WHAT, UM, WHAT COMPLIANCE HAS WORKED ON.

UH, MADAM CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR, FOR DISCUSSION.

YES.

WHAT WORK DID YOU OR YOUR OFFICE DO TO PUT THIS LIST TOGETHER? UM, WE, I WORKED DIRECTLY WITH COMPLIANCE TO PUT THIS LIST TOGETHER.

IN WHAT WAY? BECAUSE I DRAFTED THE LEGISLATION, I SUBMITTED IT TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE.

I WORKED WITH THE LIST IN COMPLIANCE.

I WORKED WITH YOU ON A DATE, COMPLIANCE CALCULATED THE WORK.

SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT WORK WAS DONE HERE IN WORKING WITH COMPLIANCE.

I TAUGHT, I WORKED WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE TO SET UP THE GUIDELINES FOR, UM, LEGISLATORS TO USE TO SUBMIT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE THEIR PREFERENCES.

I WORKED WITH, UM, THE DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE AS SHE COMPILED THE LIST.

UM, AND I LET COMPLIANCE DO WHAT THEY DO AS WELL BECAUSE AS I REVIEWED THE LIST, THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT DON'T FOLLOW THE FORMULA APPROPRIATELY AS YOU'VE OUTLINED THREE OR MORE LEGISLATORS RECEIVING FUNDING.

SO I THINK THERE'S ERRORS IN THIS LIST IF THAT'S THE FUNDING FORMULA AS WELL.

AND THERE WOULD BE ONLY ONE, UM, THAT DOESN'T COMPLY, UM, WITH THE FORMULA.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT YOU WANTED.

UM, THE MISSOURI VALLEY, THAT'S INACCURATE.

I HAVE THE LIST IN THE BACK.

I CAN GO GET IT.

UM, YEAH, YOU CAN GO GET IT AND THAT'S FINE.

BUT, UH, WE WOULD IN ESSENCE BE SAYING THAT THE REVIEW AND, AND YOU COULD BE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

I CAN'T SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT IN REVIEWING IT AND WORKING WITH COMPLIANCE, THE FORMULA WAS FOLLOWED.

AND THERE'S NOT AN ORGANIZATION ON HERE THAT WAS NOT A PRIORITY OF ONE OF THE LEGISLATORS SUBMITTED THEIR INFORMATION.

THE THREE OR MORE FULLY FUNDED IS WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO.

THAT IS INACCURATE.

BUT THAT'S OKAY.

WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND SUPPLEMENT STILL IN THE MOTION TO HOLD LEGISLATOR MCGEE.

UH, I GUESS I JUST HAVE SOME, JUST HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS.

UM, MR. EXECUTIVE, WHAT, JUST TIMEFRAME ON YOUR END, IF THIS HAS PASSED TODAY, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME TO GETTING THIS MONEY OUT TO THE AGENCIES LECTURER? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

UH, WE STOPPED, DROPPED EVERYTHING TO GET THE ARPA MONEY OUT AND TOOK COUNTY COUNSELORS OFF TRIALS, TOOK FINANCE OFF THINGS.

AND, UH, I WOULD SAY THEY WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT, BUT OF COURSE THEY JUMPED WHEN I SAID JUMP AND WE GOT IT DONE.

SO, UH, I I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO COMMIT TO A CERTAIN TIME, BUT I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A TWO MONTH PROCESS.

NO, I, I, ON, ON THE, ON THE QUICK SIDE, UM, I, I WILL COMMIT THAT I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN, BUT I WANT US TO GET INTO A PROCESS WHERE, WHERE WE HAVE IT GOING OUT, THEY, THEY MAIL IT BACK, WE GET IT TO FINANCE AND CUT THE CHECK.

AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THAT BECAUSE WE WE'RE TRYING TO PICK UP THE PROBLEMS THAT THE

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NOT THIS BODY.

BUT YEAH, I, I'VE, I'VE GOT SOME TIMEFRAME.

AT LEAST TWO MONTHS FROM ONCE IT GETS OUTTA YOUR HANDS TO, TO CHECKS IN, IN THE PEOPLE'S HANDS AT THE QUICKEST.

DIDN'T WE PASS THIS IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR? SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR.

I KNOW.

SO, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO HOLD.

WE HAVE A SECOND LEGISLATOR.

I'M CALLING FOR THE VOTE.

OH, EXCUSE ME.

I'M SORRY.

ONE MORE QUESTION HERE.

YES.

SO IF YOU'RE SAYING IT TAKES TWO MONTHS TO, FROM YOUR, ON YOUR STANDPOINT TO GET THIS OUT, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, AND I, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN THIS, THESE THIRD PARTY, I GUESS THIRD PERSON CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHO SUBMITTED AND WHO DIDN'T.

I DID NOT.

'CAUSE I WAS OUT FOR SURGERY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE DIDN'T, BUT I, I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

SO, UM, BUT, AND IF I MIGHT PUT A LITTLE THUMBNAIL IN THERE, BECAUSE YOU WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU CAME BACK.

I'M NOT SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU, I WASN'T, I'M THAT'S SAYING WHAT I'M SAYING.

OKAY.

BUT I KNOW PEOPLE WERE JUST TALKING AROUND LIKE THERE WAS AN ELUSIVE YES.

I WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY.

I YES, I I DON'T DISAGREE THAT I WASN'T.

UM, BUT I WAS JUST SIMPLY SAYING, I WAS JUST SAYING, SO THERE WAS NO ELUSIVE WHO DIDN'T, WHO DIDN'T.

OH.

SO I WAS JUST DOING THAT.

OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO, SO LET'S VOTE ON THE HOLD.

LEGISLATOR ANDERSON? NO.

LEGISLATOR HUSKY.

YES.

LEGISLATOR MCGEE.

I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN SINCE I DIDN'T SUBMIT, UM, THE CHAIR VOTES NO.

ON THE HOLD.

AND I VOTE YES.

UM, WE HAD ANDERSON NO, TO HOLD HUSKY YES.

TO HOLD, I MEAN, YES.

TO HOLD MCGEE SUSTAIN PEYTON.

NO.

TO THE HOLD.

MM-HMM .

TWO.

SO THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.

WELL, WE HAD, UH, WE HAD A FIFTH VOTE.

SO , YES, CORRECT.

THERE'S ONLY TWO YES VOTES OUT OF FIVE.

UM, SO NOT ENOUGH TO, UM, AUTOMATICALLY HELP OR MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2 2 2 0 4.

YEP.

WHICH ONE IS IT? RESOLUTION 2 2 2 0 4 AS IS SECOND? OR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WAIT A MINUTE, I SHOULD HAVE TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENT.

YES, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT RESOLUTION 2 2 2 0 4.

WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT.

WHERE'S THE AMENDMENT? UH, THEY JUST, WHITNEY JUST PASSED IT OUT TO US TODAY.

THE, THE ORIGINAL DOESN'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS IN IT.

IT'S JUST BLANK.

IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY AGENCIES.

YES.

SO THAT'S AN AMENDMENT.

'CAUSE WHAT WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA LAST WEEK HAD NO NUMBERS AT ALL.

IT WAS JUST BLANK.

SO THIS IS NOT THE SAME THING.

THE LIST IS NOT THE SAME.

NO, I'M ASKING IS THE TWO LISTS ARE DIFFERENT.

UH, SOME OF THE PRIORITIES, AND YOU, WE COULD GO OVER THE SECOND LIST SINCE WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT.

UM, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT 2, 2, 2 0 4 AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

MADAM CHAIR.

YES, SIR.

ARE YOU, SO IF WE'RE, DO, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT, THIS AMENDMENT, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW.

CORRECT.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ORIGINAL ASPECT OF THIS, THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION, AND THE ORIGINAL DID NOT HAVE THIS LIST ATTACHED.

SO THE, THE ORIGINAL ONE HAD NO LIST.

SO IT DOESN'T ALLOCATE, IT ALLOCATES $0.

UNDERSTAND.

OKAY.

SO I JUST YEAH, BUT WHEN YOU SAY THIS IS THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU JUST PASSED OUT.

YES.

IT IS NOT THE SAME LIST AS THIS.

I DON'T, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT LIST.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

SO THIS IS THE ORIGINAL LIST, AND THIS ONE HAS ADDED, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THE OTHER LIST.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL LIST.

OKAY.

I'M SAYING THAT NEVER CAME OUT.

OKAY.

I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL LIST.

OKAY.

THAT WAS SENT OUT BY COMPLIANCE.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WHERE DID THIS LIST COME FROM THAT YOU SAID YOU ADDED THAT'S WHAT TO THIS AMENDMENT? THAT'S WHAT WE GOT FROM COMPLIANCE.

TH THIS CAME FROM COMPLIANCE.

HOLD ON.

OKAY.

THIS LIST HERE WAS SENT TO THE LEGISLATURE.

OKAY.

AND SENT BY THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

OKAY.

THIS LIST THAT IS IN THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT THE SAME LIST THAT WAS SENT OUT BY COMPLIANCE.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT IT? THIS HAS BEEN A, ORGANIZATIONS

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OKAY.

THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE AMENDMENT THAT IS ADDING NUMBERS TO AN ORGANIZATION TO, AND TAKING OFF THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION.

AND IF I MIGHT, LEGISLATOR ANDERSON, IF I MIGHT, UH, JUST FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND HOLD AND COME BACK ON A SPECIAL MEETING ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS ATTACHED.

THE I GO AHEAD.

NO, GO AHEAD.

I WAS JUST GONNA A, I WAS GONNA AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

I WAS GONNA SAY PARTICULARLY, I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SEEING THIS AMENDMENT.

MM-HMM .

SO I DO WANNA SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S, YEAH, WE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALL RECEIVED.

IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS WHAT YOU RECEIVED.

WE RECEIVED A LIST FROM COMPLIANCE, WE COPY THAT, WE PASTE IT.

THAT IS WHAT WE RECEIVED.

IT WAS PASTED IN MADAM CHAIR.

I, YES, SIR.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T YIELD.

I JUST, I, YES.

THANK YOU.

THE WHOLE ASPECT I'D LIKE TO HAVE COMPLIANCE IN AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

'CAUSE I WANNA KNOW WHERE THIS LIST CAME FROM BECAUSE THIS, I, I'M NOT, NOT TOWARDS YOU, .

I JUST WANNA KNOW BECAUSE HOW CAN WE HAVE A LIST THAT YOU JUST SENT OUT THIS MORNING? OKAY.

YOU SENT OUT THIS LIST THAT I HAVE MY HAND.

MM-HMM .

THIS ON THE AMENDMENT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING I'VE SEEN AS WELL.

YES.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIST THAT YOU SENT OUT THIS MORNING IS COMPLETELY WHO GOT IT FRIDAY? I THINK WE GOT THE LIST FRIDAY.

YOU GOT A LIST FRIDAY FROM I THOUGHT COMPLIANCE.

I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK BECAUSE THE, AGAIN, I JUST WANT IT FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, WE GET OFF THE RAILS REAL QUICK, NOT BY YOU, BUT IT, THINGS ARE AFOOT HERE.

THIS LIST THAT YOU SENT OUT THIS MORNING FROM YOUR OFFICE IS WHAT YOU SENT.

AND I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT YOU EXPECTED IN THIS AMENDMENT.

MM-HMM .

BUT IN THIS AMENDMENT, THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT MENTIONED IN THE LIST THAT YOU, AS THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE SENT OUT.

SO THERE IS A LOT TO DISCUSS BECAUSE SOMETHING'S HAPPENING AND SOMEBODY HAS ANOTHER LIST AND WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.

SO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

I, I WOULD JUST, ARE YOU? I DON'T, I'M FINISHED NOW.

OKAY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YEAH.

UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SUGGESTED THAT THAT WOULD GIVE FOLKS TIME TO LOOK AT THIS AND COMPARE.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY YOU AND THE CHAIR CAN HAVE SOME INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THURSDAY AND THE COMMITTEE AS WELL.

YES.

I DO NOT WANNA LEAVE THE COMMITTEE OUT OF, UH, WE CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING IF WE NEED TO, TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AT LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE.

SO THAT WAY IF WE HOLD TAKE UP COMMITTEE, WE CAN TAKE IT UP AGAIN.

I'LL MOVE TO HOLD MADAM CHAIR.

OH, I'LL PULL MY SECOND OF THE MOTION TO ADOPT.

THANK YOU.

AND I'LL MOVE TO HOLD.

WE CAN DRAW THE MOTION TO ADOPT.

THANK YOU.

THE MOTION TO ADOPT THIS DROPPED.

UM, AND IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION AS THE CHAIR THAT WE COME BACK TOGETHER FOR A SPECIAL MEETING AND DISCUSS THIS IN MORE DEPTH WITH A SPECIAL MEETING.

AND I WILL CHECK TO MAKE SURE WITH OUR COUNTY CLERK IF IT SHOULD BE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S POSTED IN TIME.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH LEGAL.

I BELIEVE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS VERY SLIM ON FRIDAY.

OKAY.

AND I WILL NOT BE HERE.

SO THURSDAY WOULD BE IDEAL POSSIBLE IF YOU WOULD LIKE MY PRESENCE.

THANK YOU.

I'LL MAKE THIS, I'LL STRONGLY MAKE THAT SUGGESTION.

UM, THANK YOU TO OUR COUNTY CLERK AND HOPE AND, AND WE HOPE THAT IT WILL WORK OUT.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT HAPPENING ON THURSDAY AS WELL WITH THE RIBBON CUTTING.

SO WE WILL WORK AROUND THAT AS WELL.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THAT SUGGESTION? PLAN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYTHING? YES.

YEAH, MADAM CHAIR.

THE, THE, FOR THIS COMMITTEE, THE BUDGET IS ONLINE FOR AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE THE PRINTED COPIES ARE COMING WEDNESDAY.

WE WOULD'VE HAD 'EM SOONER.

UH, BUT LEGISLATOR SEAN SMITH, UH, REMINDED THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A, A PREFACE TO THE, UH, BUDGET, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE BEFORE.

SO THAT SET US BACK A COUPLE DAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT'S INCLUDED.

BUT WE'LL HAVE THE, THE PAPER PRINTED BOOKS WITH THE TABS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK TO YOU.

BUT THE ACTUAL BUDGET ITSELF IS ONLINE AND ACTIVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE, THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.

AT WHAT TIME IS IT? 1157.

AT 11:57 AM THANK YOU ALL.