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Commission Minutes-August 8, 2007 3240 MOTION, passed Mr. Vanyo moved and Mrs. Sorum seconded to approve the 2008 preliminary expenditure budget for the Commission as outlined in the budget information provided the board. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Likewise, Mrs. Johnson stated the revenue portion of the preliminary 2008 commission budget is unchanged. MOTION, passed Mr. Bennett moved and Mrs. Sorum seconded to approve the 2008 preliminary revenue budget for the Commission as included in the budget information provided the board. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Johnson discussed the county administrator budget which includes administration, personnel, risk management and buildings and grounds. She said the only change to the administrator budget is inclusion of $12,000 for an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). She recommended the commission set aside the $12,000 EAP line item until their priority list for budgeting has been established. MOTION, passed Mr. Pawluk moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to approve the 2008 preliminary budget for the County Administrator as provided in the budget information, setting aside $12,000 for an EAP until the commission priority budget list has been established. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Johnson said risk management is included as a percentage of the county administrator budget. MOTION, passed Mr. Pawluk moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to approve the 2008 preliminary budget for Risk Management as included in the budget information provided the board. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Johnson reported the maintenance department took care of building maintenance at the highway department during County Engineer, Keith Berndt's deployment. Mrs. Johnson arranged the maintenance with Mr. Berndt in an effort to make his time away less stressful. When Mr. Berndt returned, it was decided the maintenance plan had been extremely successful and routine maintenance will continue. Software for the highway department has been downloaded to the maintenance department so equipment monitoring can be done by maintenance staff from the Courthouse. Mrs. Johnson has included light ballast replacement and electrical upgrades at IT in the 2008 preliminary budget. She said the bell tower on the Courthouse needs to be tuck pointed. It has been at least 30 years since this was last done and heavy rains earlier in the year indicated a need for this project. The projected cost is $54,000 which is included in the budget. The floor in the sally port at the jail needs to have a finish applied. The proposed cost for the project is $12,000 which is also included in the budget. Mrs. Johnson has included the replacement cost for two air handlers at the Annex building. The estimated cost for each air handler is $40,000.