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FEB 25 1981 ac►�K 45 P'Ar,F=865 <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL <br />FUNDS REQUESTED BY THE SHERIFF, AND FELT THERE WERE FUNDS IN THE <br />SHERIFF'S CONTINGENCY FUND THAT HE SHOULD HAVE USED. HE FIRMLY FELT <br />THAT THE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WOULD BE DURING THE BUDGET <br />HEARINGS, WHICH WILL BE STARTING IN JUNE. COMMISSIONER WODTKE <br />FY <br />APPRECIATED THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THE MATRONS BUT DID NOT KNOW <br />WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO OBTAIN THESE FUNDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE <br />BUDGET YEAR, <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER INTERJECTED BY READING A LETTER TO <br />THE BOARD CRITICIZING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT WAS SIGNED MERELY <br />"CONCERNED TAXPAYER." <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FLETCHER, SECONDED BY COM- <br />MISSIONER SCURLOCK, THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE REQUEST OF $52,490 <br />FOR THE HIRING OF SIX FEMALE OFFICERS, AS REQUESTED BY THE SHERIFF'S <br />DEPARTMENT. <br />DISCUSSION OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS REQUEST FOLLOWED AT <br />LENGTH. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SHERIFF NEEDS TO SUPPLY THE BOARD <br />WITH A BUDGET FORM; IT MUST BE SIGNED BY THE CHAIRMAN$ AND THEN IT <br />MUST BE SENT TO TALLAHASSEE. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STRESSED THAT THE BOARD DOES HAVE A <br />SIGNIFICANT LIABILITY AND COULD SEE NO RECOURSE OTHER THAN TO PROVIDE <br />THE HIRING OF THE MATRONS IN ORDER TO MEET STATE STANDARDS, BUT HE <br />ALSO FELT IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE AT BUDGET TIME. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD STATED HE WAS UNEASY ABOUT THE LACK OF <br />SCRUTINY OR SUPERVISION OF THE PRISONERS DURING THEIR CONFINEMENT, <br />AND SUGGESTED THE MATRONS MAKE VISUAL INSPECTIONS OF THE PRISONERS, <br />IF POSSIBLE. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER AMENDED HIS MOTION, AND COMMISSIONER <br />SCURLOCK SECONDED THE AMENDED MOTION AS FOLLOWS: <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FLETCHER, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, THAT THE BOARD INDICATE ITS WILLINGNESS TO <br />ACCEPT A BUDGET AMENDMENT FROM THE SHERIFF, AUTHORIZE THE SIGNATURE <br />