Fair Advisory Board stipend
Summary
The board tried to give fair advisory volunteers a $40-per-meeting stipend for the first time since the board was founded in 1978 — partly to clean up gift-of-public-funds issues around complimentary fair tickets. Neely and Ingram wanted $80-$100; the $40 motion failed 2-2, leaving volunteers with no stipend for now.
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Last discussed Jun 16, 2026.
Impact analysis
The $40 version would have cost up to $4,800 a year from the fair budget; a higher amount would cost more from a budget that doesn't always break even.
Fair advisory board volunteers would have received modest compensation for thousands of unpaid hours.
Volunteers continue to receive no compensation, which Supervisor Ingram warned contributed to the loss of past volunteer groups.
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