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Budget Minutes--September 4, 1991 724 DEPARTMENT HEADS--PLEASE POST IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE FOR STAFF TO READ. BUDGET MEETING OF CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1991 MEETING TO ORDER Chairman Gene Shannon called the meeting to order at 8:00 AM with four members present as follows: Steve Risher, Sharon "Pepper" Toussaint, Alon Wieland and Gene Shannon. Don Eckert arrived about 8:20 AM after obtaining budget information from County Engineer Don Richards. PRELIMINARY BUDGET PRESENTED BY AUDITOR Auditor Michael Montplaisir presented Commissioners with a copy of the 1992 preliminary budget. He said the general and special levies under direct county control are projected to increase by 1.77 mills, but there are some options for the Commission to consider as they review departmental budgets. He hopes the final budget can be reduced to the same level as last year. The preliminary budget totals over twenty- one million dollars. JAIL FUND Mr. Montplaisir estimated that the county jail fund will exceed the 1991 budget by approximately $376,000 because of some prisoners being housed in other facilities. He said the mill levy projected for 1992 is the maximum allowed by State law. The county jail added five new staff members in 1991, with the possibility of adding three new staff members for dispatch in 1992. ROAD DEPARTMENT Mr. Eckert arrived at this time after meeting with the County Engineer to obtain budget information requested by the Auditor. He provided Commissioners with a copy of a letter from the County Engineer to the Auditor dated September 3, 1991, explaining some of the line items and those that can be eliminated from the 1992 preliminary budget at this time. A decision was made to eliminate the Engineering Technician position. Mr. Wieland said the Road Advisory Committee met with the Engineer yesterday and developed a preliminary road policy, Commissioners will be receiving. County which GENERAL FUND: New positions Departments requesting new positions are as follows: Clerk II for the Register of Deeds; two one-half time legal secretaries for Regional Child Support; one full-time investigator for both the Regional Child Support Office and the State's Attorney's Office; one legal secretary for the State's Attorney; Clerk II for the Clerk of District Court. Computer systems Funds for computer systems were decreased by $290,000; the IBM Imaging system being taken out of the budget because the Commission doesn't think the timing is right for implementation.