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Chairman Scurlock noted that he asked for this item to be pulled off the Consent Agenda because he has problems with using Cash Carry Forward and contingency. We had a lot of criticism this year about building up our reserves. OMB Director Baird explained that we had a higher cash forward than anticipated in Road & Bridge, and in governmental accounting, cash forward is a revenue item. The Chairman believed it is also used as a contingency item. OMB Baird agreed that on occasion it is, but he wished to point out that we have used up all the contingency in Road & Bridge on the salary adjustment. Chairman Scurlock noted that when you look at the number of people Director Davis has been trying to hire for R&B but hasn't been able to, you are talking 17-18 positions and even as high as 23 at one point, and when you have five months of 17 positions that have not been filled, you are talking over $300,000. The Chairman stressed that he is not being critical of Director Davis, but we have had these questions raised by the public regarding our reserve for contingencies. OMB Director Baird advised that he will bring an analysis back to the Board on all of our contingency funds. He believed a tot of the publicity we received on this was unfair. For instance, in the General Fund we are down to $360,000 out of the 1.2 million, or 22% left of what we had budgeted and the Sheriff is now looking for $170,000 out of that remainder. Director Baird continued that he is also doing a survey of the counties and cities in the state to prove that we do not have an excessively high contingency reserve, and he will bring all this information back to the Board and make a presentation. Chairman Scurlock did believe we will have a higher than anticipated cash carry forward, which actually is a pool of money available. For example, although he believed R&B is doing an excellent job on their estimating, the bids have been coming in a �R 11988 36 BOOK 71 ou 1:34