What follows will be a wordy dive into what it is like to be in county government in a rural part of NY State during budget season. Buckle up. Otsego County’s fiscal year is the same as the calendar year. We have to have our 2024 budget finalized by December 31, 2023.
I do NOT miss my days in county government at all. It got better when we hired a professional, experienced county administrator -- until he quit doing the work a year before he actually quit. Since then the county board, in all its wisdom ::<snark:: has hired from within for the administrator position, with predictable results.
Adrienne, you are the Vu Le (Nonprofit AF) of local government. Simply by writing this you help us all become better citizens. Thank you!
GAH. (That's all I've got but consider it a primal scream of fury from my corner of the world toward yours.)
I do NOT miss my days in county government at all. It got better when we hired a professional, experienced county administrator -- until he quit doing the work a year before he actually quit. Since then the county board, in all its wisdom ::<snark:: has hired from within for the administrator position, with predictable results.