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Submitted by john wertz on 2016-10-18 14:15:49

PROS:

• Incumbent, familiar w/ the job & ready to serve;
• Favors employees ability to carry at work;
• Claims to be against salary caps;
• Well spoken, professional-lawyer. Conservative on most issues.

CONS:

• For Merit, as well as Cola raises but not sure what basis (KPI's) merit raises were;
• Wasn't sure what the CEO was making; 
• Uneasy about his concerns of board members showing up unannounced at field locations; 
• Believes board members should communicate issues w/CEO through board chairman;
• Voted to give the CEO a 6% pay raise, while giving all others a 3% COLA;
• Not in favor of employees communicating directly with board members;
• Concerned about his comment that MoCo is a taxpayer friendly county;   
• Many responses were politically leaning and not answered (see take home of District vehicles as an example);
• Voted in favor of spending $50,000 for Bullet Proof vests and Kevlar helmets for 20 EMS personnel.