Towards the top of the list was establishing a plan to spend the rest of the county’s American Rescue Plan Act funding- which sits around $20 million. The council is awaiting the completion of a Baker Tilly study that deals with employee compensation. It was started last year, and once they get the results, Thacker said he hopes it brings positive changes to wages across county employees. The V CC President wants to change how the county goes about giving tax abatements- saying he wants to see incentives put in place so companies work alongside local people. Overall – Thacker says, Everything we’re trying to do, we’re trying to do to benefit county residents.