A budget discussion at yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting exploded into a call for a vote of no confidence in the treasurer tax collector auditor controller, Chamisse Cubbison. An item on the consent calendar directs her to provide a written report of the last fiscal year, including the final carry-forward, within ten days. Cubbison is elected, and not subject to direction from the board.
However, Supervisor Ted Williams, who is on the budget ad hoc committee that sponsored the item, said he did so because Cubbison reported to the committee last week that the carry-forward, which she has previously orally reported as $2.2 million, may be as high as $5.7 million. Cubbison committed to providing the information at the Board’s May 9 meeting.
No one joined Williams in his call for a vote of no confidence. But one of the directions they unanimously approved was for staff to obtain a comprehensive list of budget materials from Cubbison’s office…