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$o 43 p- 'Am 859 COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED WHO OWNS THE BUILDING NOW, AND SHERIFF .JOYCE STATED THAT HE PERSONALLY OWNS IT. HE BUILT IT AND USED IT FOR I1 YEARS IN HIS OPERATION AT NO EXPENSE TO THE COUNTY; HE FIGURES THAT A STEEL BUILDING DID NOT DEPRECIATE ANY; AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE HE IS REALLY ASKING WHAT IT IS WORTH. HE EXPLAINED THAT HE ORIGINALLY BUILT IT AS A UTILITY SHED FOR HIS HOUSE, BUT SOLD THE HOUSE AND BROUGHT THIS BUILDING TO THE JAIL WHEN HE MOVED. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THIS IS THE AUTOMOBILE MAINTE- NANCE SHED, AND SHERIFF .JOYCE STATED THAT THE GARAGE WAS BUILT MOSTLY OUT OF THE PLYWOOD THEY GOT FROM A RAID ON AIA. THE BUILDING TO WHICH HE IS REFERRING IS A STEEL BUILDING WITH A STEEL ROOF, AND IT IS THE SAME GAUGE AS THE COUNTY BARN. IT HOUSES ALL THEIR MAINTE- NANCE TOOLS AND STORAGE, AND HE DOUBTED IT COULD BE REPLACED FOR UNDER $1,200 OR $1,400. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR TO PURCHASE THE STEEL BUILDING OFFERED BY SHERIFF JOYCE FOR $750.00. VICE CHAIRMAN LOY REQUESTED THAT THE SHERIFF REVIEW HIS PROPOSED 1980-81 BUDGET. SHERIFF JOYCE STARTED WITH SALARIES, NOTING THAT THE SHERIFF S SALARY IS SET BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND HE HAD JUST BEEN NOTIFIED THAT AS OF OCTOBER IST, IT WILL BE $29,620 INSTEAD OF THE $27,825 SET OUT, THE SHERIFF THEN WENT ON TO REVIEW IN DE- TAIL THE SALARIES FOR THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES, EXPLAINING THAT THEY HAVE TWO TYPES OF EMPLOYEES - SPECIAL RISK AND REGULAR RISK - AND THAT THEY HAVE TWO KINDS OF RETIREMENT APPLYING TO THOSE EMPLOYEES. REGULAR RISK WOULD INCLUDE SUCH JOBS AS RADIO OPERATORS, CLERK - TYPISTS, COOKS, MAINTENANCE, ETC. THE MAJOR PART OF THE SALARIES GOES FOR THE UNIFORMED DIVISION, SPECIAL RISK. THERE ARE 53 UNIFORMED DEPUTIES; 13 PEOPLE IN INVESTIGATIONS; 11 PEOPLE IN THE .JAIL DIVISION; 6 SPECIAL RISK CIVIL DEPUTIES; AND 3 PEOPLE IN THE YOUTH AID DIVISION (2 OF THOSE WERE ON THE LEAA MATCHING FUNDS UNTIL .JUNE). HE COMMENTED THAT THE FUNDS BUDGETED FOR SPECIAL DUTY OVERTIME GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND IF NOT USED.