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Commission Minutes-September 11, 2002 2506 Senior Citizens Mr. Montplaisir said the board must deduct $20,000 from the Fargo and rural senior citizen budget requests to equal one mill plus the State amount. MOTION, passed Mrs. Schneider moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to reduce the senior citizen budget requests by $20,000, to the amount of one mill plus the State amount. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. MOTION, passed Mrs. Sorum moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to approve a split of 80% for the Fargo senior citizens and 20% for the rural senior citizens on the $7,283 increase over the current year's budget. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Job Development No changes were made at this time, however, funding for the pilot skills development project at the Skills and Technology Center may need to be revisited. Emerqency Fund Mr. Montplaisir estimated a balance of $400,000 in the emergency fund at the end of this year and said the budget amount could be reduced, if the board is comfortable with that. MOTION, passed Mrs. Sorum moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to reduce the emergency fund levy to one-quarter of a mill. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. ~Need and Vector _Control In the Vector Control budget, Mrs. Schneider asked if the chemical line item could be decreased with the purchase of a mosquito sound kill machine. Darwin Heinrichs said he ran short of funds for chemicals this year, and he is also not sum how well the new sound kill machine will work or if it will be available yet next year. County Park No changes were made. 911 Service Fund Mr. Montplaisir said the budget amount covers telephone landlines and wireless fees. Debt Service This budget is for special assessment funds from subdivisions, according to the Auditor. Capital Pmiects Mr. Montplaisir said the budget includes replacement of the Weed and Vector Control building, with the inclusion of a sign shop and storage space for the Road Department. He said another way to fund this would be a lease purchase, and the costs could be divided among the Road Department at .21 mills, Vector Control at .11 mills and Weed Control at .34 mills for the first year of the lease. In this way, each entity would pay its own portion of the lease for the new building, and the money in capital projects would be preserved for a future building to the west of the courthouse in place of the old jail.