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use in-house attorneys, or appropriate funds from contingency or charge it to whatever <br />department is requiring the services or causing the litigation to come about. <br />Frank Coffey, 1200 Admirals Walk, questioned staffing for the Board of County <br />Commissioners, asking where the Aides would come from, whether they were in-house and <br />reassigned, who would be responsible for the Aides; who would they report to, who would <br />evaluate them, and what were they expected to do. He was concerned with salary, and saw that <br />Commissioners were getting a big raise. <br />Chairman Wheeler explained the approved office organization, and stated that the Aides <br />would be County employees with the same rights and privileges, and were not at -will. <br />Mr. Coffey asked about the recent Cody salary study and whether it would be made <br />available to the public. Administrator Baird said they were working on it, and believed they <br />would not have funds to implement it when it is ready. <br />Mr. Coffey inferred that when there are reductions in the overall budget it is the people <br />at the bottom that are dropped off, and there was less effect on the people at the upper level. <br />Administrator Baird countered that they have eliminated senior positions as well. Mr. Coffey <br />then addressed the 7% salary increase he believed Administrator Baird and Attorney Collins <br />received. Both Attorney Collins and Administrator Baird assured Mr. Coffey that they each <br />received a 3% raise, and thought he might have calculated the COLA increase in his summation. <br />Chairman Wheeler and other Board members thanked Mr. Coffey for his consistent <br />interest in County matters and for taking the time to attend meetings. <br />Andrew Malloy, 2565 Riverview Court, representing Youth Guidance, asked that an <br />exception in budget cuts be made for Youth Guidance. They are currently staffed with three (3) <br />people and serve a population of 800 children. He said because this is a mentoring and <br />preventative program, the elimination of one (1) position, a 33% cut, would greatly affect them. <br />July 18, 2007 4 <br />