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a <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE BOARD IS ACTUALLY HOLDING TWO <br />BUDGET HEARINGS - ONE ON THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' BUDGET FOR <br />1977-78 AND ONE ON THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING BUDGET, WHICH IS INCORPOR- <br />ATED IN THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' BUDGET. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED FINANCE DIRECTORJACKSON TO MAKE SOME <br />GENERAL STATEMENTS AS TO THE THREE DIFFERENT FUNDS THE COUNTY WORKS UNDER <br />AND THE FIGURES WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR, <br />FINANCE OFFICER .JACKSON INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT THE BOARD <br />WORKS UNDER THREE FUNDS - THE GENERAL FUND, ROAD & BRIDGE FUND AND THE <br />FINE AND FORFEITURE FUND. HE STATED THAT THE BOARD HAS ANTICIPATED A <br />39% INCREASE IN THE LEVY FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE REASON BEING THE REDUC- <br />TION OR DEPLETION OF THE RESERVES WHICH WE HAD HOPED WOULD CARRY US THROUGH <br />THIS FISCAL YEAR. THESE RESERVES HAVE DIMINISHED BY NEARLY ONE MILLION <br />DOLLARS, AND IT IS NECESSARY TO RECOVER SOME OF THIS THROUGH TAXES. MR. <br />.JACKSON CONTINUED THAT THE OTHER TWO FUNDS REFLECT AN INCREASE IN THE TAX <br />LEVY OF ONLY 5%, AND HE ANTICIPATES A MILLAGE OF 4.9633, WHICH REPRESENTS <br />AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 157, THE BULK OF WHICH WILL OCCUR IN THE GENERAL <br />FUND. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD, <br />A GENTLEMAN FROM THE AUDIENCE ASKED TO SEE A COPY OF THE BUDGET, <br />AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE GAVE HIM HIS COPY TO REVIEW. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT THIS .BOARD HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY <br />TO PROVIDE THE BEST BUDGET POSSIBLE, AND SHE FEELS THAT IT PRETTY WELL <br />INDICATES THE EVER GROWING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SHE NOTED THAT THERE <br />ARE SOME ANTICIPATED EXPENSES THIS YEAR THAT HOPEFULLY WILL NOT BE RE- <br />OCCURRING, SUCH AS IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW LANDFILL. COMMISSIONER Loy <br />WAS PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THE BOARD IS NOW ABLE TO INAUGURATE A PROGRAM OF <br />ENFORCEMENT OF THE ANIMAL.CONTROL REGULATIONS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT <br />HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SHE CONTINUED THAT IT BECAME OB- <br />VIOUS THROUGH THE BUDGET SESSIONS THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY ARE <br />ASKING FOR MORE AND MORE MUNICIPAL SERVICES. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY REQUESTED THAT FINANCE OFFICER .JACKSON BRIEFLY <br />OUTLINE THE POSITION OF THE BOARD IN REGARD TO THE ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES <br />FOR THE COMING YEAR AS SET OUT IN THE BUDGET FOR THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHAR-• <br />ING FUNDS. <br />4 <br />a� 31 Pn,E <br />