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M lines to serve the Jail's fire needs and other needs in that area, but Chairman Scurlock stated that he is not talking just about oversizing charges. He would like to see Directors Baird, Pinto and Davis get together on this and come up with a reasonable number, which would be a part of the project. Director Baird stated that he left out both the 911 income and expense from the Sheriff's Building because he did not know as yet whether the revenues would exceed the costs and was reluctant to make any projections on revenues. Commissioner Lyons understood that the architect for the Sheriff's Building has shown only a room for the 911 system, and we will go ahead and get the necessary engineering out of the funds that come from the 911 charge on the phones to design and construct that portion of the Sheriff's Building. However, we don't know yet what those revenues will be. Director Dean explained that the design of the 911 center is part of the architect's contact, but the architect does not have the expertise in house, as far as the interior design and location of equipment. He suggested retaining a consultant to design the 911 system. Commissioner Bird asked if only the Sheriff's employees would be assigned to that duty or would other agencies have some representation on the system, such as the fire department, ambulance squad, etc. Director Dean stated that their concept at the present time is that the Sheriff's Dept. will operate the 911 and central dispatch, and Commissioner Lyons advised that they would come back to the Board on this. Chairman Scurlock wanted to discuss the Budget Office itself and how we want to handle it in the future. There has been two suggestions: 1) Hire an internal auditor, or 2) have the Budget Office report directly to the Board of County Commissioners. 11 BOOK 64 FAGE 65 I