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Comm. Minutes Special Meeting--September 10, 1991 SPECIAL MEETING OF CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SEPTEMBER 10, 1991 735 MEETING TO ORDER Chairman Gene Shannon called the meeting to order at 3:30 PM with the following members present: Don Eckert, Gene Shannon, Sharon "Pepper" Toussaint and Alon Wieland. Steve Risher arrived later. BUDGET MEETING, Sheriff Department budget reviewed Sheriff Donald Rudnick, Glenn Ellingsberg and Jim Thoreson presented the 1992 budget request for the Cass County Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff went through his budget, line item by line item, indicating where he thought items could be reduced. The Auditor will make the changes accordingly. Items requiring further discussion were as follows: Regional Training Center: Full 1991 budgeted amount was not spent because there was a fund balance of about $35,000 last year. The Sheriff said $8,500 is needed from Cass County for 1992. A suggestion was made to cut that amount in half for 1992, but Mr. Wieland asked the Sheriff to obtain a copy of their budget first. Office Equipment: Replacement of copy machine, budgeted at $7,000. be transferred to the correctional department. Present copier will Cellular phone: Mr. Shannon asked why the department needs cellular phones with all the radio equipment they have, and he said the Commission may need to establish a policy on this because of large monthly bills. Mr. Ellingsberg said the department has two cellular phones, one shared by the civil division and investigations, and the other one was purchased through the State Division of Emergency Management. The Sheriff said cellular phones ease the pressure on dispatch. Education/Seminars: The Sheriff plans to re-evaluate Network (LETN) to see if the programming for 1992. the Law Enforcement Television department should continue the Crime Prevention: Budget request was reduced and Commissioners "Crime Stoppers" budget. requested a copy of Vehicles: Budget request for 1992 is $174,500 for ten replacement vehicles, to include six marked vehicles, three unmarked vehicles and one van. Mr. Shannon proposed saving money by reducing the number of vehicles in the fleet. Mrs. Toussaint asked how many there are in the fleet, and Mr. Ellingsberg said there are 30.