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S E P 10 1986 <br />BOOK <br />651 <br />r4Ui 68 <br />did not believe we <br />have had any indication that Mr. <br />Nolte <br />is <br />willing to reduce his budget as requested. The Chairman further <br />reported that he talked with the DOR about the purchase of the <br />computer by the Property Appraiser, which was done without the <br />Board being aware of it. We actually had no option, and there is <br />$35,000 in this budget for debt service for a computer that we <br />had no ability to either agree or disagree with. The DOR stated <br />that they should have notified the County that that situation did <br />exist and will do so in the future. <br />Commissioner Wodtke stated that he would like to comment on <br />the overall budget for the people who are here. He noted that <br />although 22% is quite a high increase, it would have been 45% as <br />presented to us, but during the days and weeks we spent on the <br />budget, we cut 4.5 million out of what was requested. A lot of <br />the expense this year -is in the new jail and Sheriff's complex. <br />Further, he pointed out that revenues we have depended on for <br />years may no longer be available, and our funding has been cut <br />down in many areas. Thus, the increase is not just due to <br />-raising the amounts spent on various programs, it is due to loss <br />of revenues we always have had, and he believed we may see a lot <br />more of this in the future. The law enforcement issue is <br />something we have made a commitment to. We have done a long <br />_range master plan on the capital needs for the Sheriff's <br />Department - the Judges are demanding a fifth courtroom - the <br />jails are full and will be full when we open them, and we will <br />need more drug treatment facilities. <br />Chairman Scurlock agreed that the law enforcement issue will <br />not go away overnight. He believed there are only two items we <br />are funding year that we didn't previously - the Sexual Assualt <br />Program, which is law enforlcement related, for about $12,000, <br />and the Council on Aging transportation system. In the past they <br />had received $90,000 from federal sources, and that money was <br />taken away this year. We funded about $54,000 so we can keep <br />that transportation working in some reasonable fashion. The <br />12 <br />