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a COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT THE GUIDELINES ACTUALLY GIVE $.5% AS A GENERAL INCREASE PLUS 2,5% OVERALL FOR MERIT, WHICH TOTALS llo, NOT 11.5%, AND THE SHERIFF AGREED HE WOULD CORRECT THE REGULAR RISK CATEGORY TO 11%. COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED ON THE SHERIFF PREFERRING APPARENTLY TO GIVE AN INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD RATHER THAN 5.57 AND SOME AMOUNT BETWEEN 0-5%. THE SHERIFF NOTED THAT HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT'WHO HAD A PERSONNEL CHART AND HAD A STEP INCREASE SYSTEM WITH A COMPLETE SURVEY OF EVERY MAN AND EVERY JOB IN AUGUST OF EACH YEAR. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGREED THAT THE WAY THE SHERIFF USED TO PREPARE HIS BUDGET IS HOW WE WERE TOLD WE SHOULD START DOING IT, AND COMMISSIONER LYONS THANKED THE SHERIFF FOR GOING ALONG WITH THE BOARDS REQUEST AND AGREEING TO 11% FOR HIS REGULAR RISK EMPLOYEES, COMMISSIONER LYONS THEN BROUGHT UP THE PROBLEM OF TRYING TO REDUCE AUTO EXPENSES, WHICH HE DID NOT FEEL HAS EVER REALLY BEEN ADDRESSED. HE FELT THAT THE SHERIFF HAD JUST SAID THAT HIS SUGGESTIONS WERE NOT FEASIBLE. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE AUTO EXPENSES CUT BACK 10% OR ABOUT $30,000 OVER LAST YEAR AND HE BELIEVED THE SHERIFF COULD DO THIS WITH HIS INGENUITY. SHERIFF .JOYCE COMMENTED THAT THEY HAD TO ASK FOR A $51,000 BUDGET SUPPLEMENT THE OTHER DAY; HE IS TALKING ABOUT INCREASING HIS BUDGET $615,000 AND COMMISSIONER LYONS IS ASKING HIM TO CUT BACK $30,000. THE SHERIFF STATED UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT HE CANNOT DO IT; HE SPENDS THEIR MONEY CAREFULLY AND HE CANNOT CUT HIS BUDGET $30,000 FOR THE NEXT SHERIFF TO WORRY WITH NEXT YEAR. COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT HE IS ONLY TALKING ABOUT 1% OF THE BUDGET, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE APPRECIATES WHAT COMMISSIONER LYONS IS TRYING TO DO, BUT HE COULD NOT SUPPORT THAT. COMMISSIONER Loy COMMENTED THAT IN HER EXPERIENCE WITH THE'SHERIFF, SHE HAS FOUND THAT HIS BUDGET PROBABLY COMES AS CLOSE TO WHAT HE BUDGETED ON A YEAR ROUND BASIS OF ANY OF THE OFFICIALS. 74 ®cox .44 PAGE 169. JUL 3 01980 I