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SER 21 1983 4 FACE? F $15,000 for the MSTU, and the Administrator stated that it would be his recommendation to leave it in contingencies. Commissioner Scurlock emphasized that it must be realized that the total wage package includes the tremendous increase in the cost of health care. He felt it had been agreed that the county is not capable of continuing to pick up these increases. Administrator Wright concurred that is a valid point, but he would like to address it next year. He agreed that we cannot continue to keep pace. The fact that we have a very small contingency fund for a 10 million dollar budget was stressed, especially when you take into account that the Mental Health Funds of $133,850 are being held in this fund. It was the general consensus that the Reserve for Contingencies will have to be used only for real emergency situations and not day to day type things, and that whatever possible should be left in the reserve account. Lengthy discussion followed as to the effect of a 2-2h% increase on each account and also how the funds generated from the additional $400,000 taxing ability were divided among the various funds. Mr. Barton stated that about $201,600 of this went to the General Fund, and a 2-2h% wage increase would represent $81,000 for the General Fund and $70,000 for the MSTU. He summarized that in the General Fund $201,000 was the gross taxes receivable advertised, and you must take the 50 off to get to your net revenue figure, leaving net dollars available of $191,000. From this you subtract the $30,000 appropriated to the Health Department, $10,000 for the Parks Department, and the $81,000 for the wage increase, which leaves $70,000. The Director stated that his.recommendation was to reduce the taxes by $55,000, leaving the difference in the Reserve for Contingencies. 0