Discussion on how to approach the budget followed. General consensus is not to go through the budget in detail. Suggested categorizing and then prioritizing. Need to have a communicative budget. Requesting from BOC extra staff for special projects due to Maintenance when staff are pulled.
Level of effort needs to be shown in short term purposes.
Categorize the activities of Maintenance, storm control, emergency, traffic management, vegetation, repaving, general maintenance, reconstruction with the roads involved into a matrix form. Need to construct these activities based on what has to be done. Financial inputs based on the functions needed. Pavement Maintenance System index although a good measure indicating condition of the road, does not indicate variables like use or condition of gravel roads. Storm control to have a minimum number of specific employees 2.