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Boa 9 PALL -3 t 4 budget workshops are also held in the month of July in order to set our millage rate by the end of July as required by state law. The state's revenues come out at the end of June in a book they date June 1st, which we usually receive in August. 600 of the budget gets pulled together at the last moment in June and July. The Board then sets the tentative millage rate which is sent out in the TRIM notices, with the final budget workshop being held in September. Director Baird then opened a discussion on the optional sales tax. We have a positive variance of $338,135 in the optional sales tax compared to what we had originally estimated. There have been several uses suggested such as the north county land acquisition, estimated to be $1,200,000 to $1,500,000 for a site for recreation. Another thing is the library computer system which we have budgeted „ at $,,150,000 in optional sales tax. We now know the. system will be more in the neighborhood of $230,000 or $250,000. When the departments submitted their requests for the 5 year plan and optional ..sales tax, we had asked them to be extremely conservative because we had more requests for funds than we had funds available. The 'library estimated the cost without replacing their data communications link and we now find the new software will not work without a new data communications link, which is about $50,000. They had also looked at not replacing their PCs which are now obsolete with the new technology. They have old 1991 286s which are also obsolete and cannot accommodate the new software programs, such as Windows and CD ROM. Commissioner Eggert then questioned the Irene Grant from which the library only gets $20,000 for telephone lines or linkage to Irene, not to be used for any equipment. Director Baird stated the library money would be needed to move forward on that project and felt that it would take at least $80,000. He continued that the PEP reefs could utilize the optional sales tax and advised that no contingencies were included in the budget this year, but will be included in future years. It is very important that we set aside something for contingencies as we do not know what is going to happen in the future. Commissioner Bird questioned the item under ESD for the northwest station at $100,000. He noticed that in one of the other budgets, it was listed at $700,000 and wondered if the $100,000 was for equipment. FEBRUARY 14, 1995 44 L