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Parks <br />Roads and Bridges <br />Telecommunications <br />Tax Collector <br />- $123,399 <br />0 <br />$143,697 <br />- $90,000 <br />0.00% <br />100.00% <br />13.96% reduction <br />0.00% <br />Administrator Baird revealed that departmental expenses were $5,950,903, a decrease of <br />14.04%, and at the request of Commissioner Wheeler, he explained the $90,000 allocation for <br />the Tax Collector. <br />Administrator Baird told the Board that the transfer out of the Transportation Budget was <br />$6,007,749, a decrease of 7.26%; and the transfer out of Law Enforcement (Sheriff's office) was <br />$15,192,361, a .11% decrease from last year. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan asked if there were any Code Enforcement Officer positions lost. <br />Budget Director Jason Brown informed him that there was a decrease of one position, but the <br />number of Code Enforcement Officers had stayed the same. <br />TRANSPORTATION FUND <br />Administrator Baird acknowledged that this is not a taxing budget; and that it receives <br />about 70% of its revenue from transfers of the General Fund and MSTU. He noted that the <br />Transportation proposed budget is $16,306,066, a decrease of 7.10%. He announced that <br />staffing reductions account for a savings of $1,411,871; gas taxes account for $80,252, a <br />decrease of 3.2%; fuel cost increased by $288,776, or 58.8%; and the OPEB expense was <br />$205,637. He specified that several of the positions eliminated were in the field and were <br />already vacant. <br />There was a brief discussion regarding the positions that were eliminated and the <br />impacted services. <br />July 16, 2008 5 <br />