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i 9 N . R44 1 i <br />These are some suggested cuts that would reduce the county's tax increase by <br />about one cent without .compromising school or county operations, the package of <br />benefits afforded to county employees, and the county government's strong financial <br />status with bond rating agencies: <br />Delete new Environmental Health Specialist to reduce response time for septic tank <br />permitting $55,000 <br />(pages 1.7, Appendix B -64) <br />Reduce Board of County Commissioners' Contingency Fund $75,000 <br />(page 3.2 and 11 -14) <br />Delay start of WIMP Environmental Health Educator from Oct. 1 to Jan. 1, as program <br />recommendations have yet to be finalized and additional funding could be sought from <br />OWASA to augment this effort. Could save an additional $30,000 if function is assigned <br />for this fiscal year to Health Education Project Manager. $16,000* <br />(page 1.5, Appendix B -56) <br />More accurately estimate scope of Innovation and Efficiency effort $35,000 <br />(page 1.9, Appendix B -57) <br />Eliminate all but intern support for study of county space needs $20,000 <br />(page 1.10 and 11 -18) <br />Reduce cost of living increase for staff from 2.5 percent to 2.0 percent in keeping with 1.6 <br />percent rise in Consumer Price Index $118,000* <br />* Reduction to 2.25 percent yields savings of $59,000 <br />(page 1.9, Appendix A -3) <br />Split cost of report on student generation rates and impact, fees with apartment <br />association, while retaining control of peramaters of study $23,000* <br />* Delay of funding for a year or acceptance of full cost from outside saves $46,000 <br />(page 11 -14) <br />Convert straight appropriation to Red Cross capital campaign to a matching fund, the <br />county matching individual donors 1:1 to reach a targeted contribution $7,500* <br />* If this were applied to similar capital commitments to ArtsCenter, Day Care and <br />YMCA, another $20,000 could be saved. In future years, commitment to continue <br />funding could be made dependent on BOCC approval of criteria and application form for <br />contributions to outside agency capital projects. <br />(page 11 -11) <br />Increase Board of Elections pay by 100 percent, not 200 percent $2,000 <br />