HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0119 (2)MAY '2 � 1993 102
A $5 daily fee is collected from the State for Jail Fees if
the inmate is convicted. Health and Social services fees are
projected by the departments.
Commissioner Madison brought to the attention of the board
that there are some dentists who have said they would volunteer to
come to the health department and work free of charge for indigent
children, provided they had a place to work at the health
department. The service would be given to those children who are
qualified for Medicaid through DSS.
Commissioner Madison raised a question about Child Day Care.
Commissioner Stewart said there are different kinds of day care
services in the Child Care line item of the DSS budget. The monies
are all lumped together in this line item, but it covers many
different types of programs.
Mrs. Blumenstein explained the 911 Repayment to the General
Fund for the amount borrowed from the General Fund in the 92-93
fiscal year which was to be repaid to the General Fund when that
amount was collected through the telephone billing system. Mrs.
Blumenstein said the telephone bill rate would be lowered to 73
cents in January 1994. This is in accordance with the agreement.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BUDGET: The board discussed the County
Commissioners budget. The increase in travel is projected to
reflect all five commissioners attending the conferences slated for
attendance as well as the clerk's training and development, and
travel money. The board, by consensus, agreed to drop the training
and Development to $7,500.
ADMINISTRATION: The board members discussed the telephones
listed in this budget. It was agreed that the telephone in the
Commissioners' Conference Room could be an extension from another
line, and did not necessarily have to be a separate line, which
would create a saving. Overall, the budget was dropped to
$176,320.
PERSONNEL: The board briefly discussed this budget and, by
consensus, left it at its present funding level.
ELECTIONS: The board discussed the number of elections to be
held and also the GIS terminal. Mrs. Blumenstein elaborated on the
contract requirement for this, which consequently will require an
additional expenditure of approximately $11,000. A question was
asked if the Elections office could use a hard copy of the
information rather than having a terminal in the office. Following
more discussion, Mr. Mashburn said he would discuss this with Mrs.
MCDaniels, the head of the department.
FINANCE: Mrs. Blumenstein discussed the Finance budget with
the board. She pointed out that the additional funding in the
Training and Development line item was in order for her to attend
the City/County Administration Course at the Institute of
Government, which is held over a period of several months. She
will be attending from noon on Thursday until Saturday noon. Mr.
Mashburn was in agreement that Mrs. Blumenstein should attend.
DATA PROCESSING: There are three employees in this
department. Mrs. Blumenstein said she has encouraged all of the
three employees to become more familiar with PC's, since there are
a lot more of these in the county system now. The PC's give access
to the mainframe computer. One of the employees is now working with
the health department with its new computer because of receiving
advanced training in this area.
LEGAL: The legal budget was discussed. The county attorney's
retainer fee is $600 monthly. This covers meeting attendance at
all regular meetings of the board. The labor attorney's retainer
is also in this budget.
Mr. Mashburn said there may be a need to consider a staff