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FINANCE OFFICER WILLIAM JACKSON REPRESENTING FREDA WRIGHT, CLERK <br />OF CIRCUIT COURT, DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD SUGGESTED MIDYEAR BUDGET <br />CORRECTIONS. HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD REVIEWED EACH ACCOUNT IN THE <br />BUDGET AND IDENTIFIED THOSE WHICH WERE LIKELY TO BE EITHER UNDERSPENT <br />OR OVERSPENT BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, HE DID THIS BY AVERAGING <br />THE RATE OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS AND PROJECTING IT <br />FOR THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS AND ALSO BY INTERVIEWING THE VARIOUS OFFICIALS <br />FOR THEIR ADVICE AND IDEAS ABOUT THE_R SPENDING PATTERNS, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON HOW TO IDENTIFY ITEMS PURCHASED OUT OF <br />FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS AND HOW BEST TO SET THIS OUT IN THE <br />DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BUDGET <br />ITEMS KEPT JUST AS WE.HAVE HAD THEM AND ADD ANOTHER ACCOUNT SHOWING <br />WHERE THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS HAVE GONE, THE FINANCE OFFICER <br />POINTED OUT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE PROGRAM CAPABILITY OF DOING THAT <br />AT THIS TIME, <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT SHE ',GIANTS TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THE <br />GENLRAL PUBLIC THE TOTAL BUDGET OF A PARTICULAR LEPARTMENT NO MATTER <br />WHERE IT COMES FROM, SHE STATED THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL <br />APPROPRIATION FIGURES IN THE BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN REFER BACK TO THEM, <br />AND THE BOARD AGREED THEY WISHED TO HAVE A COLUMN SHOWING THE ORIGINAL <br />APPROPRIATIONS, <br />FINANCE OFFICER JACKSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT, ALTHOUGH THEY <br />NO LONGER HAVE A PROGRAMMER, HIS SENIOR OPERATOR IS GOING TO ATTEND <br />A TWO-WEEK COURSE IN MIAMI, AND THEN THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO WRITE A RE- <br />PORT IN A SIMPLER FORMAT. <br />THE BOARD WENT OVER THE SUGGESTED BUDGET TRANSFERS IN DETAIL WITH <br />THE FINANCE OFFICER. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT A BUDGET AMENDMENT OUGHT TO COME FROM <br />THE HEAD OF A DEPARTMENT WITH EXPLANATIONS OF WHY IT IS NEEDED BEFORE <br />WE APPROVE ANYTHING AS HE FELT THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO JUSTIFY THEIR <br />EXPENSES AND SHOULD TRY TO LIVE WITHIN THEIR BUDGET IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, <br />COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED THAT IT IS EARLY TO TRY TO MAKE ANY RE- <br />VISIONS, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE COMPUTER WON T PAY ANYTHING THAT GOES <br />64 <br />APR o 1977- s . <br />0 <br />pit 2.�1 <br />