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Personnel staff said recruitment remains active, background checks and polygraphs extend the hiring timeline (about five to six weeks), and the county expects to seek financial guidance from commissioners on dispatch negotiations at the March meeting if necessary.

Facilities director Alex reported active construction at the county’s two main projects (referred to in the meeting as Northport and Veil Medical). Alex said finance staff would move in during April and that other departments would relocate in phases, depending on readiness.

County Manager Galey reminded commissioners of near-term dates: a finance committee meeting Jan. 21, a budget workshop Feb. 3 at 5:30 p.m., and the board meeting scheduled for Feb. 18 where the budget could be considered for adoption. He also explained how the county would handle the upcoming National Day of Mourning: essential employees must work and unions’ collective bargaining agreements will govern coverage; nonunion employees will work and receive 8 hours of earned time to be taken later with supervisor approval.

Commissioners thanked staff for recruitment progress and construction updates and reiterated the importance of communication as budget and personnel negotiations proceed.

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Schwartz said the office handles adoptions, name changes, adult and minor guardianships, and probate estate cases, both formal and informal. She said adult guardianships are increasing, which she attributed in part to an aging population and, anecdotally, to young adults with health or substance-use challenges. She also said name-change filings have risen substantially and that the judge brings name-change petitioners into a single hearing that many petitioners find relieving.

Schwartz said clerks and staff are compassionate and patient with the public and that the office focuses on assisting people short of giving legal advice. She described one long-term guardianship respondent who has cycled through appointed counsel and said the office provides court-appointed attorneys when required.

Commissioners thanked Schwartz and praised staff for their work. Schwartz said she looks forward to serving the next four years in the elected position.

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The minutes amendment corrected a speaker’s listed location to Scarborough and was approved before the board accepted the minutes as amended. The consent agenda passed by voice vote. Commissioners then debated two proposed calendar variants (second Monday historically vs. proposed third Monday); the board voted to adopt the third-Monday schedule, with exceptions when a holiday requires moving the meeting day.

The board also moved to table committee and assignment decisions until next month to allow the chair time to consult with commissioners who were not yet available for assignment discussions.

Motions and recorded outcomes at the meeting included routine procedural approvals; no ordinances, resolutions, or budget items were adopted during this portion of the meeting.

Votes at a glance
- Amendment to minutes (change commissioner location to Scarborough): passed (voice vote).
- Approval of minutes as amended (Dec. 9): passed (voice vote).
- Consent agenda: passed (voice vote).
- Adoption of 2025 Board of Commissioners meeting calendar (third-Monday schedule, move if holiday): passed (voice vote).
- Committee assignments: motion to table — passed (voice vote).
- Motion to adjourn: passed (voice vote).

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The sheriff said detainers have “no legal standing” and described past cases in other jurisdictions in which sheriffs were sued for holding people beyond the point when state charges required release. “Detainers are just a request,” the sheriff said, and noted that holding someone beyond lawful release based on a detainer can expose the sheriff and the county to lawsuits.

The sheriff said the county currently holds ICE detainees under an active contract and that an ICE agent has been assigned to work directly with the jail since July, which the sheriff described as a benefit because the agent, not jail staff, can assume custody if federal authorities decide they have a lawful basis. “If they want to hold him, they can take him into custody and put him back in our jail, but we are not gonna be taking custody of anyone,” the sheriff said.

County Manager Galey told commissioners the principal liability is “the unknown at this time” because a new federal administration could change enforcement priorities. He said the sheriff’s public clarification helps correct media descriptions that had labeled the county a sanctuary county without a board vote on the topic.

Commissioner Smith and Commissioner Gordon asked for clear public communication and coordination with the sheriff and manager if immigration-related media attention increases. Commissioner Gordon asked for an explanation of the practical difference between an ICE detainer and the probable-cause standard; Commissioner Cloutier responded with a legal overview, saying local officers must have probable cause related to criminal conduct to continue holding someone and that immigration enforcement follows separate procedures.

The sheriff and multiple commissioners stressed that local deputies will respond to criminal incidents as usual but will not perform immigration-law detentions or roundups. The sheriff said local deputies will assist ICE as backup when required the same way they would assist other federal or local agencies for warrants, but they are not trained nor expected to perform civil immigration enforcement.

The sheriff invited questions and said the department will continue to coordinate with ICE under the current contract while avoiding practices that could expose county staff to liability.

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