ࡱ> 463_ bjbj 2&bbNN $.7999999$d]]r77`wLEf#0_,]]N n: FULTON COUNTY COUNCIL 2011 BUDGET HEARING September 22, 2010, 8:00 A.M., D.S.T., in Assembly Room of the Fulton County Office Building. Hearing reconvened: President James Widman reconvened the budget hearing. Members present at this meeting were Jim Widman, Dave Helt, Sonja Easterday, Earl Gaerte, Kathy Siders, Chris Sailors and Gary Sriver. Also present were Auditor Judy Reed and 1st Deputy Auditor Penny Shireman. Probation: Andy Holland reported the only changes he had to his budgets were adding $9,100 to PERF and a 3 percent increase in secretary salaries. Holland said he is using the minimum amount of county general funds as he can and is using funds from the adult user fees surplus instead. Recorder: Cathy Ginther said she decreased her county general budget by a total of $974. Ginther reported the changes to her budget. Plan Commission: Casi Cowles said they had an increase of less than $2000 to her budget. Cowles went over the changes to her budget. Veterans: Bernie Holloway said he would like to raise the pay of the drivers from $9.09 to $9.45 per hour. Holloway said there was an increase in the phone budget for the Internet. Public Defender: Karen Fowler reported that most of the accounts have a 3 percent increase. The two larger increases are the investigator expert witness fund and the telephone fund. Highway: Dave Tofson said they asked for a 3 percent increase in wages. Tofson said he would like to utilize money in an investment for road services. Tofson said the radio system would need to be updated by 2012. Jail: Sheriff Walker Conley discussed the Jail budget. Conley said his total budget increase was $10,962. Conley reported the inspector said the jail was in extraordinary shape compared to other jails of the same age and gave only two recommendations. Sheriff: Sheriff Walker Conley reviewed the Sheriff budget. There was a total increase of $31,804. Conley said the radios in all but two of the vehicles have been updated to comply with the narrow band. He said the big expense now would be getting the portables updated. The Council gave him permission to begin purchasing some of the portables this year. There was a discussion on signing the reassessment contract and the shortage of funding for the reassessment budget. Dave Helt noted the IT director salary was in both the Commissioner and the Council budgets. There was a discussion on whose budget the IT director should be paid out of and who he should report to. There was a discussion on employee evaluations. Commissioners: Building and other insurance was increased due to the new Highway building. The Council decided to take out $10,000 budgeted for legal/law suit. Fringe/health/dental was increased by $80,000 due to the new EMA department. The Council decided to leave $1,000 in the state institute fund and pay expenses from other funding if needed. Chris Sailors made the motion to recess for lunch at 12:10 p.m. Dave Helt seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0. Jim Widman reconvened the budget hearings at 1:50 p.m. The Council came up with the following recommendations to lower the budget amount: $300,000 - Pay out of LOIT fund (Sheriff budget) $126,735 - No salary increases $ 23,700 - Capital outlay - pay out of cum cap $ 53,550 - Maintenance equipment fund another way $ 23,025 - Cut all mileage $ 32,900 Cut all supplies in half $ 50,000 - Building & other ins. (Commissioners budget) $ 99,000 - State Institutions (Commissioners budget) $ 10,000 - Legal/Lawsuit (Commissioners budget) $ 27,000 - Utilities (Courthouse) $ 28,000 - Utilities (Annex) $ 4,500 - Training (Sheriff) $600,000 - Rainy Day fund $1,378,410 There was a discussion on salary adjustments and the job matrix. The Council decided to meet with Kent Irwin on October 1 at 9:00 a.m., if possible, to determine salaries before the final adoption of the budget on October 19. The Council decided to submit the budget as is and then adjust the budget according to the amount the state says we need to cut. The board did a quick review of the non-county general budgets. This concluded the business conducted. Earl Gaerte moved to recess the budget hearing at 4:00 p.m. Kathy Siders seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0. FULTON COUNTY COUNCIL ________________________________________________ Jim Widman, President ________________________________________________ Gary Sriver, Member ________________________________________________ Dave Helt, Member ________________________________________________ Christopher Sailors, Member ________________________________________________ Sonja Easterday, Member ________________________________________________ Earl Gaerte, Member ________________________________________________ Kathy Siders, Member Attest: _________________________________________ Judith A. 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