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Commission Minutes--August 12, 2005 2946 MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to approve the 2006 preliminary budget for Information Technology in the amount of $1,079,928. Discussion: Mr. Pawluk still has concerns with the GIS Technician position being shared with West Fargo and said if the county only needs a half-time person to hire one. Mr. Schmaltz said the county would be hard-pressed to hire a half-time GIS position. Mr. Montplaisir said the employee will be paid by Cass County and West Fargo will be billed for half the costs. Mr. Schmaltz said the position will be under his supervision. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. The board took a break at 10:05 AM and reconvened at 10:20 with all members present. 6. STATE'S ATTORNEY Birch Burdick, State's Attorney, was present. He said revenues are reduced by $8,400 for the prosecutor grant and by $2,000 for the victim witness grant because of a reduction in federal grant funds. The budget includes a request for a secretarial position in the A 13 pay grade to assist the administrative staff. Mr. Vanyo asked about increases in support staff in recent years. Mr. Burdick said two legal secretaries have been added over the last two years. Mr. Burdick discussed a new line item for defense attorney fees for civil commitment/sex offender cases. He budgeted $10,000, which is a rough estimate and is difficult to forecast. He said this should not be included in their budget, but is shown here for initial purposes. Mr. Montplaisir suggested the line item be moved under commission projects, where other similar fees are included. MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mrs. Sorum seconded to move $10,000 for defense attorney fees for civil commitments/sex offender cases to the County Commission project line item in the Commission budget. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mrs. Sorum seconded to approve the 2006 preliminary budget for the State's Attorney's Office in the amount of $1,505,676. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. MOTION, passed Mr. Bennett moved and Mr. Pawluk seconded to approve the 2006 preliminary budget for the Victim Witness Program in the amount of $106,224. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. MOTION, passed Mr. Pawluk moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to approve the 2006 preliminary budget for the Coroner in the amount of $85,000. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. MOTION, passed Mrs. Sorum moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to approve the 2006 preliminary budget for the Asset Forfeiture Fund in the amount of $10,000. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.