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SEP 91987 BOOK 69 PAGE 319 Chairman Scurlock wondered since we did not anticipate this money coming in, whether there would be any ability of using it to reduce the proposed budget for next year. N OMB Director Joe Baird stated that would not be possible .10 because of the unanticipated increase involved in the purchase of the Howell -Chapman property which cost us approximately $350,000 more than we expected. Chairman Scurlock asked where we would have found the money for the Howell -Chapman property if we did not receive this excess from the Sheriff's Dept., and OMB Director Joe Baird stated that we would have had to put a freeze on everything. Chairman Scurlock felt we still should put a freeze on everything, and Director Baird stated that is still the case. What they had planned to do is book accounts and put accounts payable into the following year to make up the $350,000. However, with the Sheriff's excess monies, it will not be necessary to do the book entry situation. Chairman Scurlock still wanted to use this money to reduce the budget, and Director Baird recalled that at the preliminary budget hearing, the Board requested the County Administrator to decrease the budget by $200,000, and that decrease is reflected in the notice that appeared in the local newspapers for tomorrow night's final budget meeting. Director Baird stressed that when he considers the cash forward account, he phones each constitu- tional officer and asks them what they intend to turn back at the end of the fiscal year, and the Sheriff had indicated he would be returning $250,000. That was the figure considered rather than the $425,000. Commissioner Eggert did not want to play games with the budget and let the people think feel they are getting a decrease in the budget when they really are not. Chairman Scurlock stressed that all year long the Board hears more and more requests for increased law enforcement, but when the bills come due, some people object to the cost. He 58 M M M