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Commission Minutes--August 12, 2002 2478 The City of Horace contacted the county and would like to contract for a half-time officer. Mr. Thoreson said this officer may also cover County Road 17 as well. He spoke about Brewer Lake and that the park is seeing more use on weekends. He suggested the county establish registration fees, He said if the county wants an officer to patrol this area, services would only be needed during summer months. Jail Mr. EIlingsberg said board/meals is increasing from $4.15 to $5.00 per inmate and at 250 prisoners per day, the total cost would be $456,250--up from $200,000 last year, based on 150 prisoners. He said the health inspector requires cooks to supervise trustees preparing food for all meals, including breakfast. The sheriff plans to hire part-time cooks to help. The trustee expense line item is increasing from $11,500 to $17,500, due to the need for additional trustee help at the new jail. Mr. Willis said the jail budget includes five new staff to assist with opening of the empty pod. Mr. Ellingsberg said the office telephone line item increased significantly because additional phones at the new facility. He originally budgeted for 54 phones, but recently was told by Information Services there are 64 phones, for a total of $18,740. Juvenile Detention Mr. Ellingsberg said overall this budget did not change significantly from last year, Mr. Willis said a 1½ staff position was added to help on evenings and weekends. In the past if help was needed, jail staff could be called immediately during a cdsis; however, due to the jail moving, these staff will not be available. Mr. Thoreson said the detention center is a minimum-security facility because of the building's design. Only one male and one female officer are assigned to each shift. Emergency Management Mr. EI]ingsberg discussed the emergency manager position. He said a PAQ was submitted to Fox Lawson this past year and the position was not reclassified. He feels the position should be a sergeant position and be re-graded from a C42 to a C43. He said this is not a new position and a PAQ has been done. Mrs. Johnson said re-grading positions after review by the consultant would create difficulties with the county's reclassification system. Commission County Coordinator Bonnie Johnson reviewed this budget. She said $20,000 was included for staffing studies for the comprehensive study of positions and salades done every three years. She budgeted $3,000 for legal services, but noted the county has not used money from this line item recently. The commission agreed to lower this figure to $1,0oo. Mr. Montplaisir said $20,000 was included to maintain county-owned flood lots. This increased from $10,000 last year because of the greenway project. He said the county may lease the greenway land for farming. He also noted that the county's liability insurance increased from $170,000 to $180,000 to cover the new jail. Coordinator Mrs. Johnson said this budget decreased from $161,992 in 2002 to $147,639 in 2003 because part of her salary was included in the dsk management budget in order to receive some reimbursement for that program.