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TO: DATE: SUBJECT: FROM: Members of the Board of County Commissioners October 4, 1989 BUDGET AMENDMENT 001 MISCELLANEOUS FUNDS CONSENT AGENDA Joseph A. Baird OMB Director DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS The attached budget amendment appropriates funding for the following: 1. The Board of County Commissioners < approved a budget amendment on October 3, 1989 to purchase a single channel dispatch system for all the county fire districts. The allocation of the cost will be as follows: North County Fire District South County Fire District 911 TOTAL $16,316.00 37,418.00 12.518.00 $66,252.00 A. North County Fire District will be eliminating the Wabasso Fire Department which had a budget of $21,700 for 89/90 fiscal year. We will be utilizing $16,316.00 and the remaining $4,384 will be put into contingencies. B. SouthCounty Fire District will transfer $37,418.00 from contingencies which has a balance of $77,695.00. C. The consolidation of the dispatch system will mean we will not have to purchase a $30,000 logging recorder multi -channel. We will use $12,518.00 of the savings and the remaining $17,482.00 will be transferred into contingencies. 2. In the meeting of September 26, 1989, the Board of County Commissioners approved funding of $24,526.00 from General Fund Contingency for Substance Abuse for Pregnant Women. At the meeting of October 3, 1989, the Board of County Commissioners approved the purchase of a $350.00 answering machine for the Clerk -of the Court with funding to be from the Court Facilities Fund. ', JJECOMNENDATION 'Staff recommends the Board of County Commissioners approve, budget amendment 001. Commis-sioner Scurlock commented that he voted against the Budget Amendment for purchase of an answering machine for the Clerk for $350 when it came before the Board before. Now we have a corrected Budget Amendment reducing the $350 to $60 for the same item; he felt that is asinine and he will not vote for that 'OCT 10 1989 8 Bov gl