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Commissioner Fletcher asked if we are showing the Sales <br />Tax as revenue in this budget. <br />Finance Director Barton confirmed that the 1.6 million <br />is included in the budget as presented, and, in his opinion, <br />that is a higher figure than we will be allowed to have. He <br />noted that 400 of these funds are earmarked for tax <br />rollback, and the 60% remaining may be used for any other <br />legal purpose. <br />Commissioner Fletcher commented that after rollback, <br />this gives us about one million to put where we choose, and <br />apparently Finance chose to put it in the operating budgets <br />for the General Fund and MSTU, or 27% countywide and 73% for <br />the unincorporated area residents. He asked if it would be <br />legal to earmark the one million for the next three years <br />into the Jail account. <br />Mr. Barton stated this could be done, and Attorney <br />Brandenburg noted -it has been suggested that the Sales Tax <br />revenues be used for non -reoccurring expenses. <br />In further discussion, it was noted that the Tentative <br />Budget is estimated to be about 2.6 million over our <br />revenues, and if the one million Sales Tax funds were pulled <br />out, there would be a 3.6 million difference. <br />Commissioner Fletcher commented that the Constitutional <br />Officers have been placed ahead of the County Commission <br />departments on the schedule of budget hearings, and he would <br />prefer that the County Commission operations be heard first. <br />Finance Director Barton explained that the staff merely <br />scheduled this to try to move it along in the most expedi- <br />tious manner and it could be rearranged in any way the Board <br />desired. He noted there may be some agencies the Board may <br />not wish to fund at all and possibly these could be taken <br />off the list. <br />57 640Kr <br />J U L 14 1982 <br />