Jerome County | minutes | meeting 2026-06-16 | Commissioners Meeting source: https://www.jeromecountyid.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06162026-1674 Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Page 1 of 4 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 Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Page 2 of 4 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 Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Page 3 of 4 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. Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Page 4 of 4 ________________________ ______________________________ Ryan Treanor, Deputy Clerk A. Ben Crouch, Chairman ______________________________ Charles M. Howell, Commissioner ______________________________ Art Watkins, Commissioner