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M r M the budget to see if -there was any possible way any additional cuts could be made. Administrator Wright confirmed that staff went back and looked at the, proposed budget very hard, taking into consideration what was considered to be a very important need and that is the morale of our general employees. The Administrator pointed out that through the whole budget process, no formal consideration -has been given to any type salary increase although there has been some increase in life insurance. He; therefore, asked that the Commis- sioners give consideration to adding a 2h% pool of money to the payrolls of all agencies funded out of the taxing units, the Constitutional Officers as well, and wished to request that this be applied on a merit basis for those employees directly under his responsibility since he felt it is extremely important to reward those who do a good job. Administrator Wright felt that by making use of the additional $400,000 taxing ability that has come to light, it is possible to fund a 2h% pay raise and, by tightening our belts, still carry the county next year in pretty good shape. He suggested reducing the published amount in the two major funds, the General Fund and the MSTU, by another $115,000, which would put our expenditures in the major funds approximately $43,000 below last year. In the ensuing discussion about basing this on the merit system, it was noted that the Administrator can control this only in his own bailiwick. Chairman Bird asked, in the event the Board should feel that 2% rather 22% was the maximum we could go with, whether it would be staff's recommendation to take the extra -1/2% and beef up contingencies. OMB Director Barton informed the Board that the 1/2% would amount to about $20,000 for the General Fund and Book SEP 21198 -