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County hires temps to get caught up By Matthew J. Permar In two separate actions during their regular meeting Thursday, De cember 7, the Glynn County Board of Commissioners (BOC) voted to hire temporary employees to work in the Board of Elections office and the Prop erty Assessor’s office to help deal with some out-of-the-ordinary tasks. Board of Elections The Board of Elections (BOE) con tacted County Manager Alan Ours about a week or so prior to the meet ing with a request to hire two, full time employees on a temporary basis for one calendar year to scan registra tion cards into the electronic system. It is estimated to cost $40,716 and the funds will come from the County Manager’s Contingency Fund. The request had been reviewed by the Finance Committee and was listed on Thursday night’s consent agenda, but Commissioner Bob Coleman (At Large #2) asked that it be pulled from the consent agenda. Coleman asked, “Do we have the criteria to support this? What are the time factors and where will the money come from?” Ours explained the call from the BOE saying they were seeking addi tional help to get 57,000 paper regis trations scanned into the electronic system in time for the 2020 elections. He added that he had also received their request in writing. “They want the employees for one year,” said Ours, “but if the work is completed sooner than a year, then the temporary positions will end.” Coleman asked about the letter and Ours said it had been included in the commission’s packet of information for the meeting. Commissioner Peter Murphy (Dist. 2) noted the letter was not dated and suggested that if there are voters on the list that are over 100 years old, the county should make sure they are still alive and living in Glynn County. “We don’t want bad information in the system,” said Murphy, “but this request is appropriate.” Commissioner Mike Browning (Dist. 1) said he visited the BOE and said that this past general election and run-off election both had higher voter turnouts than in the past. “There’s also a lot more scrutiny on voting these days,” said Browning, “The information has always been kept on cards and they just want to get it all done electronically. Current ly it’s an antiquated and backwards system. This should have been done a long time ago.” Commissioner Richard Strickland (Dist. 3) made the motion to approve the request. It passed 6-1 with Cole man casting the nay vote. 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According to a report from Glynn’s Director of Administrative Services & CFO Tonya Miller, she and her staff met with the County Attorney’s office and discussing ideas regarding the suit. After that they met with the Chief Property Appraiser who accepted the challenge of determining the correct property values. When asked what was needed, Chief Appraiser Ron Glissen said four temporary hires and equipment (com puter, phone, software, etc.) for each would be needed. Calculating the rate for a tempo rary agency would be approximately $18,750 per person and $2,500 per person for the appropriate equipment. Funding will be from the unassigned fund balance in the General Fund. Coleman asked the same ques tions he had asked about the Board of Elections. County Attorney Aaron Mum- ford said it was to make sure the county complies with the court order. Mumford reiterated what was in Mill er’s report regarding the Property As sessor’s office. “Based on our conversations,” said Mumford, “this is what is needed for the 2019 tax digest.” Murphy said, “We discussed this at the finance committee and Mr. Glis sen explained it. There’s some 17,300 properties that need to be addressed. This is necessary to get done for the tax digest.” Miller stressed that this would be a one time need for the four temporary employees. Strickland made the motion to ap prove and it passed unanimously. • In other business: The BOC deferred the acceptance of a Federal Lands Access Program grant in the amount of $1,342,000 from the U.S. Department of Trans portation (DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The money is earmarked to help Turn to Page 12 County hires temps Living on St. Simons, Ed Kellis has become a neighbor and professional that you can trust. 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