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LET IT Bt: REl1EHBERED, that the Board of County Commissioners
in nnd for the County of Collier, and also acting as the Governing
Board(s) of such special districts as have been created according
to lRW ann having conducted business herein, melon this date at
11 : 00 A. M. in BUDGET WORKSHOP SESS ION in Building "F" 0 f the
Courthouse Complex with the following members present:
CHAIPJ1AN: John A. Pistor
VICE-CHAIRMAN: David C. Brown
C. R. "Russ" Wimer
Thoma. P. Archer
Clifford C. Wenzel
ALSO PRESENT: William J. Reagan, Clerk; Harold L. Hall,
Chief Deputy Clerk/Fiscal Officer; Debbie Pantano, Deputy Clerk;
C. William Norman, County Manager; Aubrey Rogers, Sheriff; Deputy
Chief Raymond Barnett, Sheriff's Department; and William l1cNulty,
Director of Communications - Sheriff's Department.
DISCUSSION RE 911 SYSTEM - ACTION TO BE TAKEn AT A LATER DATE
Chairman Pis tor noted the Sheriff had requested the Board
give hiQ guidance as to how the 911 system should be budgeted,
for example, budget it under the General Fund and allow tha
Sheriff's Department to operate it. He also noted that two
additional people are required to handle the amount of incoming
calls.
Sheriff Aubrey Rogers commented that even thou~h the system
is set up in the Sheriff's Department, a great deal of expense is
contributed to the fire districts; for example, a computer
program was set up to determine which district to contact given
any particular address.
Commissioner Wenzel commented that the independent fire
districts should pay for their portion of the expense incurred in
operating the 911 system. He suggested that the Chairman direct
the County Hanager to look into the matter of breaking down the
expenses and attribute it to the various fire departments.
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County Manager Norman commented that a major problem in the
911 system is that there are no clear guidelines as to the respon-
sibility of the day-to-day administration of the program.
At this point in the meeting, Commissioner Wimer left at
11: 15 A.H.
New equipment was discussed. 11r. Hall noted that the item
budgeted for a video terminal in the amount of $2,000 would be
budgeted under the Criminal Justice Information Sy~tem and does
not need to be included in the 911 system budget.
Chairman Pis tor requested the $500 budgetAd for "Printing"
and $100 for "Xerox" charges be deleted from the budget. He
noted this would make the total budget amount to $84,463.
Commissioner Brown moved, seconded by Commissioner Wenzel,
that the 911 system be operated out of the Sheriff's Department
and be budgeted out of the General Fund. The motion carried
unanimously 4/0, Commissioner Wimer being absent at the time of
the vote.
DISCUSSION RE GENERAL GOVE&~NT BUDGET
Fiscal Officer Harold Hall noted that the General Government
Budget will be separated into three budgets this coming y~ar; the
Board of County Commissioner's budget, Clerk of the Board, and
the remainder will be "Other General Government." He stated the
three budgets will total $1,829,531 compared to the single budget
of the previous year of $1,493,455. Mr. Hall noted the main
increase is due to the uniform wage adjustment as well as the
total cost of Workmen's Compensation which is shown in this
budget. He further stated that "Data Processing" is also included
in the General Government Budget, something which has previously
always been treated as a separate department. Mr. Hall went on
to identify some minor line-item changes in the proposed budget.
Cor.1missioner Archer requested that a meeting be held wi~_h
the Data Processing Committee to determine if some of the costs
can be allocated back to the departments which are benefiting
from the use of the computers.
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The self-insurance program was discussed. It was determined
that a person would be needed to supervise the operation of such
a progra~. Commissioner Archer suggested looking within the
County for such a person, such as an Assistant County Manager,
for example. He further suggested that such a person will come
under the County Manager's budget and that he should be the one
to recommend someone for the position.
At this point, Commissioner Wimer returned to the meeting at
12:15 P.M.
Mr. Horman commented that he prepared a breakdown of the
responsibilities and various departments which come under the
position of County Manager and stated that as a "preliminary
interim organization proposal" he is requesting the creation of
an Assistant County Manager position for the purpose of coordina-
tion purposes needed to generate "horsepower" to accomplish the
basic mission of the County Hanager's office. He said that he
'~ould eventually reorganize all of the departments presently
under him into five major departments with one responsible person
over each.
Chairman Pis tor noted that merit increases for department
heads will be held in the Contingency Fund and considered in
December.
Clerk William Reagan commented that he had tried to co-
operate with the Board in holding down his budget and noted that
the pay grade for his Chief Deputy Clerk had risen only 5~
compared to the proposed increases for the Board's directors. ~e
requested that if the directors do get the proposed increase that
the Board consider the same type of increase for the Chief Deputy
Clerk/Fiscal Officer. Commissioner Archer moved, seconded by
Commissioner Brown, that the same increase proposed for the
Board's directors be considered for the Fiscal Officer at the
time the Clerk's budget comes up for final vote. Motion carried
unanimously 5/0.
The Chair directed the meeting be adjourned. Time: 12:35
P.M.
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