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JUL 101984 Boar 57 578 <br />would work in the jail - no division heads or department <br />heads, etc. <br />Commissioner Bird felt the biggest impact would be on <br />the County Attorney and the Administrator noted that is <br />something that we are just shifting. <br />Chairman Scurlock believed it is a great advantage to <br />have your own staff attorney monitoring this operation, and <br />pointed out that if we do take it over, we still have the <br />option to go with a for-profit or not-for-profit corporation <br />as the next step. <br />Chairman Scurlock asked if anyone in the audience <br />wished to speak. <br />Tom Williams wished some clarification as to the <br />shifting of funds. He wished to know if the Board is saying <br />that when they take over, they will totally delete the jail <br />portion from the Sheriff's budget, which would mean that he <br />would have to come back with a completely revised budget. <br />Administrator Wright explained that the Sheriff submits <br />a budget in three phases, i.e., law enforcement, corrections <br />and civil. Each is a separate book by itself, and the <br />correctional phase would be completely deleted. <br />Chairman Scurlock inquired if the Clerk had any further <br />comments, and Finance Director Fry again emphasized that <br />this will be an additional workload on the Clerk's Office as <br />they will have all the additional bills to process for the <br />jail; the payroll, however, doesn't really present any <br />problem as it is automated right now; it will just increase <br />the total number. <br />Chairman Scurlock noted that could happen twice because <br />the South County Fire District, which entails another three <br />million dollars, may come over in the next year or so also. <br />Clerk Freda Wright brought up the ever present problem <br />of insufficient space in the Finance Department, and the <br />Chairman agreed that is a valid concern. <br />8 <br />M <br />