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Commission Minutes-October 2, 2006 3134 6. VETERANS SERVICE, Award of reco~mition presented to Jim Brent Bob Hanson, Commissioner of the State of North Dakota Veterans Affairs, was present. He acknowledged the work of Jim Brent, Cass County Veterans Service Officer, as well as the office staff, for their outstanding work in helping area veterans. He presented Mr. Brent with a certificate of recognition and appreciation for his ten years of service as the county's veteran service officer. Mr. Brent thanked Mr. Hanson for the award. 7. BUDGET FOR 2007, Final budget adopted Michael Montplaisir, County Auditor, provided an updated budget and levy summary for 2007 and said a public hearing on the county budget was held two weeks ago, on September 18th. He said the county park board met earlier today and reduced their levy by one-half of a mill. Mr. Bennett asked commissioners about budget items that need to be addressed. Mr. Wagner said Guardian and Protective Services (GaPS) requested $20,000 in general fund dollars and $10,000 from the Social Services sponsorship program. He is concerned with the amount of their requests as well as asking for funding from two different sources. He feels their program is a state responsibility. MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mr. Vanyo seconded to remove $20,000 from the general fund and retain the $10,000 sponsorship request from Guardian and Protective Services for consideration by the Social Services Board. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. The board discussed the sponsorship fund and Mr. Montplaisir said $125,000 has been allocated for 2007. MOTION, passed Mr. Vanyo moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to increase the sponsorship allocation in the Social Services budget by $5,000. Discussion: Mr. Montplaisir said the additional dollars would come from the Social Service reserves. Mr. Pawluk said GaPS received $2,000 in sponsorships in 2005 and in 2006 and questioned why the funds should come from Social Service reserves rather than the general fund. Mr. Wagner said $5,000 out of a $1 million reserve fund is minimal. Mr. Montplaisir said the Social Services Board makes the final determination on what organizations receive allocations from the sponsorship fund. On roll call vote, the motion carried with four members voting "Yes" and Mr. Pawluk voting "No." MOTION, passed Mr. Vanyo moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to approve the 2007 Cass County Budget at $52,933,258 with a tax levy of no more than 61.00 mills for the General and Special Revenue Funds of the county; no more than 2.35 mills for the Weed Control Fund; 1.00 mill for the Vector Control Fund and Red River Joint Water Resource District; % mill for the County Park Fund; 3.50 mills for Southeast Cass Water Resource District; and no more than 4.00 mills for the Rush River, Maple River and North Cass Water Resource Districts in Cass County. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.