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Commission Minutes--September 29, 1997 1719 MOTION, passed Mr. Meyer moved and Mr. Koenig seconded to fund the Sheriff's Department line item for mobile data terminal switch at $50,480. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. State's Attorney John Goff, State's Attorney, discussed his letter to the Commission dated September 26, 1997, regarding an asset forfeiture policy being developed by his office which provides that the State's Attorney's Office would receive 20% of the distribution of forfeited assets. He suggested the asset forfeiture funds be used primarily for local matching dollars for future drug grants to continue the drug prosecutor program. Mr. Koenig suggested adding $5,000 in revenue for this purpose in the 1998 budget, and Mr. Goff said that would be a reasonable projection. MOTION, passed Mr. Koenig moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to create an asset forfeiture fund with anticipated revenue of $5,000 to be dedicated to the Cass County State's Attorney's Office. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. Regional Child Support Enforcement Unit Kathy Ziegelmann, Regional Child Support Enforcement Director, discussed proposed computer conversion of child support cases, however, she does not recommend putting money in the 1998 budget because she does not believe the conversion can be accomplished in the next year. Mr. Meyer asked how much money the conversion will cost, and Mrs. Ziegelmann said she intends to discuss the use of overtime and compensatory time with her staff in order to accomplish the conversion goal. Kathy Hogan, Social Services Director, said she favors late conversion for Cass County, as in the past, rather than early conversion as proposed this time. Data Processing Coordinator, Mike Steiner, said he was told about 2 years ago that Cass County would be responsible for writing the program and doing the conversion. He asked for that information in writing and did not receive it. Mr. Wieiand asked him to inform the Commission when they receive something in writing, and the Commission Chair or the Social Services Board Chair may prepare a written response. Mr. Wieland asked Mrs. Ziegelmann to continue monitoring the situation and request Commission assistance as needed. Data Processing Mr. Wieland discussed the request for one additional full-time staff member in the Data Processing Department with Mike Steiner, and they agreed to reduce the position to half-time. MOTION, passed Mrs. Schneider moved and Mrs. Quick seconded to reduce the B21 new employee request in the Data Processing budget from full-time to half- time for 1998. Mr, Koenig was concerned about the level of service to other county departments, and Mr. Steiner said half-time is better than nothing but he is concerned about recruitment. On roll call vote, the motion carried with four members voting "Aye" and Mr. Koenig opposing,