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JEROME COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
PRESENT: Ben Crouch, Chairman
Charles Howell, Vice Chairman
Art Watkins, Commissioner
Ryan Treanor, Deputy Clerk
Meeting convened at 9:03 am.
Assessor/Revaluation/DMV FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Mark Swenson, Tracee McKim, and Cy Lootens
Mark stated that he had requested a part time employee for the DMV last year. He had requested
that this position be added into the wages for the upcoming year. There have been several
position changes in that department. He is going to test how three full time employees goes and
whether he will hire a part time employee. He has added some more money into the tuition
section of his budget for the DMV. This is for training that the state offers to newly hired DMV
employees.
Next he went over the revaluation budget. He has kept most of the budget sections the same for
the upcoming year. He stated that he has also worked to keep most of the budget the same for the
assessors office as well. He has also included raises for all of the employees in each department.
Treasurer FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Tevian Kober, Tracee McKim, and Cy Lootens
Tevian stated that she increased wages by 3 percent across the board. She has also increased
office supplies and travel by 3 percent as well.
Coroner FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Dan Chatterton, Tracee McKim, and Cy Lootens
Public present: Eric Wildman
Dan stated that he is doing pretty good so far on the budget for this fiscal year. The autopsy
section of the budget is always hard to plan for but is doing well this year. He is asking for the
wages to be increased for all employees by 6 percent. Overall, the increases to his entire budget
were a total of 3 percent. He is not going to increase the vehicle section in his budget for the
upcoming year, because that section has been good so far this year.
District Court FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Tracee McKim and Cy Lootens
Public present: Eric Wildman and Denise Helsley
Cy stated that he is planning on increasing wages for all district court employees. He has
increased the amount for office supplies. He increased the travel expenses. There was a reduction
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made to the vehicle expenses since that has not been used as much. He planned to increase the
jury fees as well as training expenses.
Tri-county Noxious Weeds FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Tracee McKim and Cy Lootens
Public present: Denise Helsley
Denise stated that she is looking to increase wages for all employees. She is proposing to
decrease the cost of travel in her budget. She has proposed to increase the vehicle repairs section
of her budget. Another thing that she is increasing is the membership fees portion of her budget.
Emergency Management FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Kirsten Hartley, Tracee McKim, and Cy Lootens
Kirsten stated that she kept everything the same for the most part. The one thing that was added
was a new line item for each SHSP grant. This way they can be tracked easier. She also included
an 8 percent raise in wages.
Extension Office FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Steve Hines, Tracee McKim, and Cy Lootens
Steve stated that there are not very many changes to his budget for this upcoming year. He has
included a 3 percent raise for all employees. He has also included a larger raise to the part-time
summer position. There was a decrease that he put in regarding his utility line item.
Meeting recessed at 11:35 am.
Meeting reconvened at 1:02 pm.
Sheriff and Detention FY 2026-27 Budget Requests
Staff present: Gary Taylor, Tracee McKim, Marisela Aguirre, Rick Bohling, and Cy Lootens
Gary stated that he has tried to keep the b budget side of his budget the same. He did increase the
fuel budget by 10 percent to help with covering the cost of fuel with the uncertainty in prices. He
wants to work to get something put together to help with prevent the payout of comp time for the
sheriff office employees. All employees in his budget are currently set to receive a 5 percent
raise. He is also looking to have a new position placed in the office that would be like an HR
employee but to work specifically with issues of the sheriff’s office. He does have one open
position for a Lieutenant and will fill that position in the middle of September.
Planning and Zoning FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Kacie Buhler, Tracee McKim, and Cy Lootens
Kacie stated that she has increased all of her employees wages by 3 percent in her budget. One
she has left for the potential to increase more than the 3 percent due to the eligibility to receive
more certificates. Overall her b budget will be lower than the last years budget. Her travel line
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has been increased for the upcoming year. She also discussed that the plotter in her office will
have the annual cost returned to her instead of being covered by IT. This will lead to a small
increase in her supplies budget to cover those costs. She is requesting to have her publications
lowered from the current years budget.
GIS (Mapping) FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Mark Reyes, Tracee McKim, and Cy Lootens
Mark stated that he is requesting an increase for one of his budget lines, which is the education
and tuition line. Most of his other lines are requested to be the same. He has done some research
on trainings that he wants to be able to attend. By increasing his training budget he can be able to
attend more courses throughout the year.
Maintenance FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Brent Culbertson, Tracee McKim, and Cy Lootens
Brent stated that there are a few line items that were increased for the upcoming budget. Some of
the increases are due to projects to replace water heaters at the jail as well as covering rising
costs of supplies.
Airports FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Marty Luhr, Tracee McKim, and Cy Lootens
Marty stated that he has increased the line item regarding vehicle repairs with the rising costs. He
has also requested an increase to the grounds maintenance line for the airports.
Fair FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Staff present: Amanda Worthington, Tracee McKim, and Cy Lootens
Amanda stated that she has increased wages for all employees. She is looking to add a new
position to her office that would cover marketing and vendor coordination for the fair. She has
increased the supplies line item for the upcoming year. The line item for fuel was decreased for
her proposed budget. She is also requesting to have the capital fair section of the budget
increased to be able to help with more projects and repairs that need to be done at the
fairgrounds.
Prosecutor FY 2026-27 Budget Request
Sam was not present due to being out of office.
Meeting adjourned at 4:26 pm.
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________________________
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Ryan Treanor, Deputy Clerk
A. Ben Crouch, Chairman
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Charles M. Howell, Commissioner
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Art Watkins, Commissioner
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