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<br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner 1 <br />Price to approve these amendments. 2 <br /> 3 <br />VOTE: Ayes , 4 (Commissioner Dorosin, Chair Rich, Commissioner Price, 4 <br />Commissioner Greene); Nays, 3 (Commissioner Bedford, Commissioner 5 <br />Marcoplos, Commissioner McKee) 6 <br /> 7 <br />Amendments 003/011 8 <br /> 9 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner 10 <br />Price to approve these amendments. 11 <br /> 12 <br />VOTE: Ayes, 4 (Commissioner Dorosin, Chair Rich, Commissioner Price, 13 <br />Commissioner Greene); Nays, 3 (Commissioner Bedford, Commissioner 14 <br />Marcoplos, Commissioner McKee) 15 <br /> 16 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin to approve this amended 17 <br />amendment - slide 13 - the projects listed in his column to be delayed. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Chair Rich proposed a friendly amendment to take out conservation easements. 20 <br /> 21 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner 22 <br />Greene to approve these amendments with the conservation easements removed. 23 <br /> 24 <br />VOTE: Ayes, 3 (Chair Rich, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Dorosin); Nays, 25 <br />4 (Commissioner Price, Commissioner Bedford, Commissioner McKee, 26 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos) 27 <br /> 28 <br />Commissioner Price said she is not comfortable taking monies out of IT. 29 <br />Commissioner Dorosin proposed taking $500,000 out of IT instead. 30 <br />Commissioner Price asked if IT needs could be identified. 31 <br />Travis Myren said there are three things going on: cybersecurity, laptop 32 <br />replacements, and routine upgrades. 33 <br /> 34 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner 35 <br />Price to approve that column and revising the cut to IT to $500,000. 36 <br /> 37 <br />VOTE: Ayes, 4 (Commissioner Price, Commissioner Dorosin, Chair Rich, 38 <br />Commissioner Greene); Nays, 3 (Commissioner Bedford, Commissioner McKee, 39 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos) 40 <br /> 41 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner 42 <br />Greene to make the delays in the Dorosin column, with lands legacy taken out (slide14). 43 <br /> 44 <br />Commissioner Price asked if the IT funding is additional to the previous motion. 45 <br />Paul Laughton, Financial and Administrative Services, said yes, and it is software 46 <br />and infrastructure upgrades, cyber security, and equipment replacements. He said year 47 <br />staff has regular IT updates and maintenance to keep up to date. He said the motion 48 <br />would reduce IT greatly. 49 <br />Commissioner McKee said the Board cannot continue to strip the IT budget, and 50 <br />the Board is entering down a rabbit hole here. 51 <br />Commissioner Greene said she shares the same concern, and withdrew her 52 <br />second. 53 <br /> Commissioner Price said she cannot support it. 54 <br />17