Too many county employees were hired with poor job skills and deliver marginal performances. The county currently provides training for employees who are unable to do their jobs merely to bring them up to par. Obviously taxpayer money is wasted in this ineffective and inefficient operation of county government. In the area of procurement, to include contracts, bids, and purchasing, this requires further investigation. Apparently a satisfactory system for complete accountability is not in place.
Misappropriation of funds exists.
The practice of commissioners or their businesses doing business with, or having the potential to do business with, persons bidding for county contracts should be absolutely forbidden. At the very least this practice gives the appearance of impropriety and, at worst, provides an opportunity for corruption. One example is the recently awarded OMI sewer contract. The Grand Jury became very concerned about the OMI contract when it was revealed that OMI was doing business with a commissioner. Satisfactory answers to these questions were not forthcoming.