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right. It is a difficult budgetary situation. The Board is <br />given a lot of authority, but no authority in a sense because the <br />Sheriff stands for election just as the Commissioners do. In <br />fact, Chairman Wheeler suggested a couple of alternatives we may <br />look at, and the Board even authorized a certification process <br />for the Sheriff hoping for more professionalism and better <br />°standards and with the hope that a better way of doing things <br />might come out of that. Actually though, we went from a re- <br />quested 50% budget increase down to about 180, which it appears <br />the Sheriff will not appeal. <br />Commissioner Scurlock believed everyone realizes the signif- <br />icant law enforcement problem we have in this whole country, and <br />many basic services such as Spouse Abuse, Transportation for the <br />Elderly, etc., are being harmed because of the criminal element <br />we have to deal with. In fairness to the Sheriff, Commissioner <br />Scurlock pointed out that he went from a small town operation 8 <br />years ago to a very sophisticated organization, and we still <br />haven't made a dent in the crime problem. He certainly under- <br />stood Mr. Banek's problem with trying to find the dollars in his <br />pocket for all this, and he did not know the answer except that <br />the Board did the best they -could. <br />Mr. Banek thanked Commissioner Scurlock for his explanation, <br />and stated he would sleep better tonight for being able to get <br />his 24 worth off his chest, but commented that he is going to <br />have to charge a lot more if someone wants him to paint their <br />house. <br />Commissioner Scurlock next addressed Mr. Banek's reference <br />s <br />to the Polo Club, and pointed out that our taxes would be a lot <br />higher if we did not have the highly assessed value in that <br />development for a tax base. He noted that someone from that <br />development came to the Commission complaining that his taxes are <br />too high because he doesn't get the services - he pays for his <br />own security - has private roads, etc. Commissioner Scurlock <br />further pointed out that 15% of our revenue comes from the Town <br />�1 1t1II (p' 1 1 pQ rr''rr /gy p/y [ V, �.� <br />