Meeting of June 30, 2026

Good afternoon. I'd like to call this meeting of Davis County Fiscal Court to order. Uh today is June 30, 2026. And for those watching at uh later in the day where this meeting was held at noon. Um Commissioner Cassen, if you would do an opening prayer and lead us in the pledge. Thank you, Judge. Yes, please stand if you're able. Bow your head and pray with me. God in heaven, thank you for the sunlight that has fallen the rain and for the days that become long so that we may enjoy the splendor of the world around us. As we gather today, we pray for those whose lives have been altered or changed by the power of the storms and the rain experienced over these last few days. Please help those and help them find strength in you, strength from the support of your people. We also pray asking for you to watch over those destined to be in the heat and humidity that we have had an abundance of for this time of year. Thank you that we are celebrating the 250th birthday of our nation that is independent and has many freedoms. Although as a country and as people we have our have failures, imperfections,

and shortcomings in our quest to do what is right in your eyes, I'm grateful and thankful that we live in a country where we're free to disagree with one another and can still love one another while also being a good citizen and being your child. In your name we pray. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. — [clears throat] — One, consideration for approval. A minutes of June 25, 2026 Davis County fiscal court meeting. — Move to approve. — Second. — Got a motion, a second. We've all had the minutes for at least a few hours to review. Are there edits or uh deletions or corrections? — No. Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I — B all claims for all departments. — Motion to approve. Second. — Got a motion and second. These are the bills doing payable by Davis County

Fiscal Court. Um there any questions for the treasur? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. — I — C budget transfers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. — Motion to approve. — Second. — We got a motion. Second, Mr. Johnson. — Yes. Judge, under our fund accounting rules and regulations, we are prohibited from ending the fiscal year having any account line where the actual expense is greater than the budgeted expense. We do not inflate the budget estimates to guard against this and instead we budget reasonably and adjust the budget during June meetings with these transfers. This is the third and final round of budget transfers. All of which are either offset by revenue, another expense reduction, are an approved result of normal operations, or are a special item or project approved by the court. As I know, budget transfers do not increase the total budget. We are simply moving money around within the budget. I request your approval to make the following transfers. $57,100 in the general fund and $50,700 in the solid waste operating fund. Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Any questions from the court? — I do, Judge. Have no questions. So, go ahead,

— Treasure Johnson. Just as far as like for the claims and budget transfers, I've had a few people reach out to me asking about um having a new meeting today. And you know, I've given my explanation, but you could probably do it a little more eloquently if you could help us uh help all those watching to understand why we have a meeting at this time of day on the last day of the budget year. — Sure. Sure. For the public's benefit, as we're closing any fiscal year, having a meeting on or near the last day of the fiscal year allows departments to better manage their claims. It affords financial staff the ability to ensure that everything for the fiscal year has been processed, posted, and accounted for in the budget transfers such as payrolls or processes that close towards the end of the month, employee insurance, retirement contributions, utilities, etc. It largely serves as an accounting tool in closing out our fiscal year and it's something we've done more or less consistently over the past 20 years. — Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner. And I saw some of those comments, so appreciate you bringing that up. Any questions or comments from the public on this item hearing? None. All those in favor signify by saying I. — I. — Two. Consideration for discussion. A. Other business to be brought before the

Davis County Fiscal Court. and there's none that I'm aware of. B. Public comments. — This is a part of the meeting where we invite the public to come to the podium, state your name and address for the record, and speak to any item other than those items that have been covered by the on the agenda. Do I have any takers? Thank you for letting me speak. Uh name is Jamie Sers, lifelong resident of Davis County. Couple of things that that I've run across here in Davis County in the in the last year and I'm not sure if you guys are aware of it or what's going on. Uh but I'd like to think that it's something we could work on fixing. Uh the mclassification of workers in this area is running rampant. uh the recently remodeled building that they're using for the Davis County Board of Education. Uh stopped in out there. Got a call from one of my guys that said that uh the paint crew was working out there. They

were out paying, you know, cash in the parking lot on Friday. Like I said, mclassification. They classify these guys as 1099 workers when actually what they are is paid by the higher workers that work for these companies. They classify them as 1099. So they don't have to pay the unemployment insurance. They don't have to they don't have to have workman's comp. They don't have to have, you know, liability insurance. They're not paying the same things that a legitimate company has to pay. and it's killing our local construction workers. I mean, it's just to me it's outrageous that we let this stuff go on. Now, I I did come in back in January, I think, to try to speak with Mr. Castlin. You were out. The lady at the window was very, very nice. She let me know what I needed to do. When I asked her about licensing and stuff, she told me that uh the county contracts that to the city. So, I went to the city hall,

checked on three of the companies that were out there doing the work. None of them none of them had a a business license. So, what that tells me is we're not collecting any occupational tax off these people either. So, what I would like to see is some sort of responsible bidding ordinance in this area to keep this stuff from happening. You know, even verify some of the people that they're bringing in. I just left the Publix out on the east side of town. There's, you know, Georgia license plates, Tennessee license plates, Illinois's license plates. There are a few Kentucky license plates, but very few. I don't know. To me, it's a no-brainer. You know, we we we put in an ordinance in place to make these people abide by the same laws that a legitimate contractor has to go by. It evens up the playing field. And if more of our contractors, legitimate contractors in the area can bid on this work, that will keep the

money in this town, in this community. You know, it does no good at all for us to take our tax dollars and send it to Tennessee or Georgia or Alabama, you know, and it's happening every day. It's getting worse and worse every day. — Simple fix, [clears throat] responsible bidder ordinance. You know, I actually have a couple of examples if anybody would care to look at them and see how they're drawn up. I have one for Marshall County, Kentucky. I have one from Ohio County, Kentucky. And I have one that I drafted myself for the city of Onsboro. I've sent it to them. I've got no response yet. You know, I don't I don't know what the holdup is. You know, to me, it's like I said, it's a no-brainer. We gota we got to protect our own community. We can't just keep sending our money out of here. So, like I said, if if anybody's interested in seeing what I have, I'd be more than happy to share. — Let let the sheriff. — Yeah. actually copy.