County meetings

Part of the mayor gig is being on countywide boards. And just like here in Roland, budgets need to be done, and have public hearings. And just like for Roland, as noted in previous posts, where the public hearing is basically a formality, because the legal publishing requirements mean you have to approve the budget right after the meeting, the same deal applies for county boards.

So tonite, I was part of two meetings to approve budgets. First I went to the justice center, and as mayor of Roland, I am a member of the 911 board. That board has the sheriff, all municipalities, ISU, and some fire districts. Anyway, that budget meeting took 10 minutes, and we were done.

Then went over to the courthouse for the assessors budget approval. That board includes the county supervisors, the mayors, and the school boards in the county. That meeting took a blazing 2.5 minutes.

Again, all the work had been done prior, so the budgets weren't discussed in those short time frames. Just a formal BS thing we need to do, to officially approve the budgets. We barely had quorums in both meetings, but we did, so fortunately we got that stuff knocked out. Those meetings are lightly attended, because there really isn't anything to discuss. So just enough people show up out of the goodness of their hearts to knock these things out. At least I was home eating my roast and potatoes by 7PM.