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Commissioner Gordon said that the Board did not adopt the goals and objectives and then relate the budget back to the goals and objectives. She said that she remembers a time when the Board did adopt goals and objectives and one of the check-off items in the budget was whether the item met one of the Board of County Commissioners' goals and objectives. Laura Blackmon said that, in order to do this, the Board would have to have a retreat in October or November because departments are turning in budgets earlier in the year. Commissioner Carey said that the Board has not adopted goals until late spring in the past and thus, at this point, only comparisons can be made. Commissioner Gordon suggested trying to finalize the goals for this year. She said that half of the County Commissioners will be new next year and she does not think that the Board will want to adopt wholesale the goals and objectives. Chair Jacobs said that Commissioner Nelson's point is well taken. He said that the Board does not have much clarity on how the budget relates to the Board of County Commissioners' goals. He said that when the County Commissioners come back after the break, they need to configure the entire process and the new Commissioners can participate, but at the same time they can get on top of what needs to be done quickly enough so that it does not affect the budget process. Commissioner Gordon suggested having an articulated set of goals and objectives for a retreat in November or December which will include the new Commissioners. Chair Jacobs suggested having a work session on September 9m to discuss the budget process. Commissioner Gordon said that in some years the County Commissioners have written a critique of the budget process before they went on break, and she recommended that they do this again. The meeting was adjourned at 9:32 pm. Barry Jacobs, Chair Donna S. Baker, CMC Clerk to the Board