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• Property insurance changes <br />Staff responded to questions posed by Vice Chairman Davis regarding measures <br />taken to reduce the County's property insurance costs, and on tax savings as related to <br />Enterprise Fund operations which are privatized. <br />Vice Chairman Davis asked whether early retirements could be used as a cost - <br />savings mechanism. Administrator Baird said the County would be evaluating this, but some <br />cooperation from the State would be required. <br />Commissioner Wheeler opined that the State was using local governments as a <br />scapegoat. At his request, Director Brown would review and include information on unfunded <br />State mandates in the budget information. <br />Chairman Bowden tasked Director Brown with exploring cooperation between <br />the County and the municipalities, to see if anything could be done to reduce costs for services. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan felt that due to falling home prices, the tax assessment <br />rolls might be fairly flat for the next several years, thus the County should think in terms of <br />making changes for more than one year. <br />Commissioner Flescher offered comments about the necessity of giving the <br />taxpayers relief, no matter what the source of the current economic situation. <br />Vice Chairman Davis agreed with Commissioner Flescher and declared that we <br />needed to move forward in cutting costs. <br />February 19, 2008 25 <br />