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E71 <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT THE CAR SHOULD STAY IN <br />THE BUDGET FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS <br />WERE IN AGREEMENT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT THE PRESS SHOULD ISSUE <br />A STATEMENT THAT THIS PROPOSED BUDGET IS WHAT THE BOARD HAS <br />ACCOMPLISHED IN ALL OF THEIR DELIBERATIONS, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL <br />MONTHS, AND THIS BUDGET HAS BEEN FUNDED WITHOUT USING THE 5% <br />INCREASE WHICH WAS ALLOWED UNDER THE NEW STATE STATUTES. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT IT IS ACTUALLY BELOW THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE <br />REQUIRED LAST YEAR, AND FELT IT IS A CREDIT TO THE BOARD, THAT <br />IT WILL RESULT IN A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN OUR MILLAGE. LAST <br />YEAR S MILLAGE WAS 4.72165 AND THIS YEAR IT IS 3.678, WHICH IS <br />A 22% REDUCTION FOR THE GENERAL FUND. <br />FINANCE OFFICER BARTON STATED THAT THIS EQUATES TO LAST <br />YEAR'S ROAD & BRIDGE AND FINE & FORFEITURE FUNDS AND THAT PARTIC- <br />ULAR MILLAGE IS ON A COUNTY -WIDE BASIS. HE CONTINUED THAT THE <br />MUNICIPAL SERVICE FUND IS SET UP TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THOSE <br />PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND WE WILL BE ASSESSING <br />A MILLAGE FOR FIRE SERVICE OF .67425, OR TWO-THIRDS OF A MILL. <br />THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, <br />SECONDED, AND CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 6:00 O'CLOCK P.M. <br />ATTEST: <br />JLLL o Q <br />G <br />CLERK CHAIRMAN <br />SEP 121979 <br />7 <br />BOOK �, F��,E 51 <br />i <br />