The Clay County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously April 8 to adopt a resolution supporting the Executive Office of the Governor's Department of Governmental Efficiency team and to permit the team to review county records and facilities as part of a joint fiscal and efficiency review.

The resolution, adopting language tied to Executive Order 2,544, authorizes the county manager to serve as the point of contact for the DOGE team and directs county staff to provide requested records and access. The board modified the draft before passage to clarify that it may recommend "administrative or/or policy reforms," language commissioners requested to preserve flexibility in how reforms are advanced.

Commissioners who spoke in favor framed the vote as a formal, cooperative review, not a forfeiture of local control. "Hats off to our county manager, our ACMs, our staff here in Clay County," said Commissioner Reninger, citing prior county efforts to find efficiencies and examples of savings in capital projects. Chair Burke read the resolution aloud before the board moved to approve it.

County staff will work with the DOGE team to provide data and physical access where required; the resolution sets no automatic cuts or program eliminations. The board's action makes Clay County one of several local governments formally offering cooperation with the state-level efficiency review initiated by Executive Order 2,544.

The resolution takes effect immediately. The county manager will be the official point of contact for subsequent requests from the DOGE team and the county will report back to the board as the review proceeds.