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2005/2006 and 2006/2007 dollars, when the Department was being impacted by upward crime trends in today's economy. Commissioner Solari outlined his reasons for supporting Commissioner O'Bryan's suggestion to fund ten of the twenty vacancies in Corrections. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Solari, SECONDED by Commissioner O'Bryan: (1) to fund ten (10) of the twenty (20) Corrections Officer vacancies, bringing down to thirty-one (3 1) the total vacancies in the Sheriff's Department, and (2) to fund the two call taker positions from the 911 surtax. Further deliberations between Commissioners and staff ensued on proposed adjustments to the Sheriff's budget. Administrator Baird announced that Director Brown would recalculate the Sheriff's budget based on the elimination of ten Corrections officer vacancies for $600,000, funding of $80,000 for two call taker vacancies from the 911 surcharge funds, and $242,871 paid by the Sheriff (for their New World System) to the County, which would increase the Sheriff's budget by about $922,000, and that an additional $700,000 would be added from the fund reserves. Vice Chairman Flescher declared that although it would be great to save the $600,000 resulting from the elimination of ten Corrections Officer positions, he did not feel that this was the right place to save that money. Although endorsing Commissioner O'Bryan's idea to eliminate ten Corrections Officer positions, Chairman Davis and Commissioner Wheeler assured Sheriff Loar that they would support the additional ten positions, should that become necessary. July 23, 2009 20