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Commissioner Wheeler advised that we have tried, and this year it was mentioned again both to Tallahassee and our local offic',ials. He believed that actually we are kind of a whipping boy for the state legislature. airman Scurlock confirmed that through the Association of County Commissions we have lobbyed hard in Tallahassee to bring about) these changes but have not been particularly successful. r. Moriarity asked what system other counties have. airman Scurlock believed our county is unique - most count',ies do not go into line item budgets, but go with basically a program budget. Our budget process goes into all the specifics. . Moriarity noted that if he were a Constitutional Officer, he would fight the Board tooth and nail for every penny. airman Scurlock stated that they do, and the Sheriff cut his budget $500,000 from what his first number was. Mr. Moriarity again referred to running a corporation and note that he does not believe in zero budgeting where you spend whatever surplus you have and zero out at budget time. Chairman Scurlock advised that zero budgeting has not been the attitude of this Commission, and he further noted there is a basic difference between running a corporation and government. In a corporation, you can divest yourself of the losers, but we can't' drop mental health, law enforcement, the jail, etc. Mr. Moriarity continued to ask pertinent questions re incr ase in work hours related to growth and the need to address thisl,in every area, properly allocate costs, etc., and Chairman Scurlock believed with his business background, Mr. Moriarity cowl assist the county in the budgetary process.and he would like to have him serve on the County Finance Committee. Mr. Moriarity indicated that he would be interested. He thenlreferred to the Sheriff's department, and believed it had beenlmentioned certain others in the county were picking up items in the Sheriff's budget to the amount of $30-50,000. Jft i SEP � 198 15 BOOK 69 FACE X339