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Commission Minutes—August 15, 2012 4043 3. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Mr. Berndt said his budget includes the County Administrator Operations; Buildings and Grounds; Courthouse; Jail; Annex; and Risk Management. The proposed budget for 2013 is slightly less than last year's request with the exception of Buildings and Grounds due to the request for a new staff member and equipment replacement. Mr. Berndt said no major capital improvements are planned for 2013. Maintenance staff will begin upgrading the kitchen in the Annex basement within the next few weeks, a project that is covered in the 2012 budget. MOTION, passed Mr. Vanyo moved and Mr. Pawluk seconded to approve the 2013 preliminary budget for the County Administrator as presented. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mr. Berndt said the only increases in the 2013 Commission budget are inflationary and the budget does not include any other major increases. MOTION, passed Mr. Pawluk moved and Mr. Vanyo seconded to approve the 2013 preliminary budget for the Commission as presented. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 4. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Terry Schmaltz, Information Technology (IT) Director, was present and provided a power point presentation outlining requests for 2013. He thanked the Commission for their support and expressed appreciation for the updates and space the West Addition will provide. The budget includes one new employee, a Network Specialist II position. Also included in the 2013 budget is laptop replacement; cyclical computer replacement; and the Microsoft License is scheduled to be renewed in 2013. A Gartner Metrics study conducted on IT staffing showed that Cass County does lag in IT personnel in comparison to national and statewide statistics. Mr. Schmaltz would like to implement desktop virtualization which would allow staff to have consistent applications throughout the Cass County network. MOTION, passed Mrs. Sorum moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to approve the 2013 preliminary budget for IT as presented. Discussion: Mr. Vanyo asked if IT has a method they use to track response time for service calls. Mr. Schmaltz said they are working on a tracking system, however; time for development of a tracking system and the actual tracking has been limited due to the workload. Mr. Vanyo asked Mr. Schmaltz develop a plan and to have the ability to provide this information for future reference. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 5. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT Sheriff Paul Laney, Chief Deputy Jim Thoreson, and Captain Mike Argall as well as other Command Staff were present. The sheriff provided an overview of the major budget requests for each division of their department. Sheriff Laney thanked the Commission for their support, stating they believe in effectiveness.