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Comm. Ninutes--February 19, 1991 630 13. 14. AUDITOR'S OFFICE SPACE RECONFIGURATION, Bids to be solicited and money to be allocated for project County Auditor, Michael Montplaisir, said the main reason for the reconfiguration of the Auditor's Office and relocating the Tax Director's Office is so the taxpayer would have one centralized area to go instead of two. Also, he said the Auditor's Office would benefit from the Tax Director's expertise. Mr. Montplaisir said the project would involve demolishing his office and reconfiguring the work space to create three offices, He stressed this project would not combine these two offices, but just relocate the Tax Director's Office. Mr. Frank Klein, Director of Tax Equalization, said the County would be able to better serve the public by relocating his office so all the tax-related offices would be in one area. There was discussion on how to fund the remodeling and reconfiguration. Mr. Wieland mentioned using money from the line item budgeted for the Jail Resolution ($70,000) or from the Contingency Fund. Not all of the money from the Jail line item will be needed due to the renovation of the Jail. Chairman Gene Shannon said use of the space freed up when' the Tax Director relocates is to be determined by the Commission. He also asked Ms. Bonnie Johnson, County Coordinator, if this relocation was one of the Cass County Model Project's recommendations and Ms. Johnson agreed it was included in the Model. MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Wie]and seconded to allocate up to $30,000 available to County Auditor and Director of Equalization to remodel and furnish space presently occupied by County Auditor; and to authorize County Auditor and Director of Equalization to solicit bids for remodeling of space presently occupied by County Auditor. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. DATA PROCESSING STAFFING REQUEST, Deferred until March 4th meetin~ Mr. Mike Steiner, Data Processing Coordinator, was present to request authorization to hire one additional full-time staff member. He had distributed a list of the work load to the Commissioners. Chairman Shannon said the work load is not prioritized and he believes the County should be considering two or three temporary full-time employees in order to complete new programming development more quickly. At the same time, it may keep the County from having to add any new permanent positions. He requested a detailed work plan from Mr, Steiner which would prioritize each task. Mr. Risher asked that this request be deferred until the next Commission meeting. He and Mr. Steiner will set up a meeting with the department heads and bring back a detailed and prioritized work plan for 1991 for the Data Processing Department.