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Jim Wadsworth, Sebastian, believed that cuts should be made in Personnel which shows an increase over last year's budget of $43,075. (Administrator Balczun explained that the principal cause for that I ncrease is due to the fact that the County now has a professional, fully -trained Personnel Director. We have enormous retention difficulties here, and we are hoping the new director will,resolve these problems. He pointed out that the Personnel Director also handles a substantial portion of employee insurance matters. Mr. Wadsworth still felt there could be a reduction in Personnel, and continued to suggest places where cuts could be made, such as Refuse, Animal Control, and Clerk to the Board. OMB Director Joe Baird explained that the increase in Refuse is tc cover the transfer stations where people dump free and it is transferred to the Landfill, and Chairman Scurlock pointed out that 'if we were to eliminate one Animal Control Officer, it would barely affect the millage rate. He also pointed out that we are in the process of developing a new system that would charge for dumpi',ng at the transfer stations. ,Director Baird explained that the Clerk to the Board budget includes Data Processing, Finance, and Recording Secretary Departments, and noted that the major portion of the increase in the Clerk's budget is due to capital items such as the computer system. ,Chairman Scurlock pointed out that in any event the Clerk has the option to go to Tallahassee for final approval of her budget. He noted that the Clerk was the only constitutional officer who chose to send a representative to tonight's meeting. Don Hylton, Data Processing Manager, noted that he was here on his own and had not been sent by the Clerk. He explained that the Clerk has had a total of 57 employees for the past 3 years and there has been no increase there; the increase is for the highispeed printer for month-end reports. 15 SEP 2 687 BOOK 69 PAcE 246 d I