Tazewell County board members ranked improving, repairing, maintaining and modernizing county facilities as their top strategic priority, with that item receiving 19 votes, according to the meeting transcript. Investing in employee salaries was second with 16 votes, and upgrading the county’s budget/agenda software placed third with 14 votes.

The ranking came during a session in which board members and staff recorded votes on a list of ten prioritized goals. Other items on the list included constructing a new courthouse; establishing a board member education and mentoring program; updating the county website and adding online bill pay; promoting health department services; drafting an economic development strategy and vision for growth; and updating countywide policies via a rules committee. Several items tied for lower rankings, described in the transcript as a three-way tie for 10th place, each receiving six votes.

A separate set of preference votes addressed recurring items and potential hires. "Regular meetings of the board and county officers collaboration" received one vote; hiring a grants administrator and providing broadband support for rural areas were among items that received six votes and were described as tied in the transcript.

A staff member who presented the results said they would prepare a draft document of the prioritized goals, share it with the chair, Michael, for feedback and then present bound copies to the board, department directors and elected officials. The presenter told the board they would "prepare the draft document" and distribute it to the chair for review before returning to present it.

The transcript does not record a formal motion adopting these priorities as a policy or ordinance, nor does it list individual board members’ votes by name; only the vote counts for each priority were reported. The record also contains brief, informal comments during the tallying (some transcription phrases rendered as "Grandad" appear to be non-substantive or garbled in the record).