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Paul Laughton said that the three main things impacting the Personnel Services section of the budget include increase in health insurance of 7% (effective January 1St through December 31 St), retirement increase of 6.96%, and the 401(k) that was put in again starting January 1St. These three areas impact the General Fund about $1.2 million. • Tax Administration- Paul Laughton reviewed the highlights on page 36-1. The total budget is $2.3 million, which is an increase of $115,000 for next year. The budget includes funding a new position, Business Personal Property Appraiser effective July 1St. There is some revenue recovery expected. There is a reduction in overtime of about $15,000. There is an increase in Personnel Services. There is also an increase of $15,000 in contract services in the Revaluation Fund for appraiser contractors. The County transfer to the Revaluation Fund has increased $100,000 for next year. Commissioner Yuhasz said that last year the County contracted for some business property listings. He asked how this works with the business personal property. Tax Administrator Jenks Crayton said that the outsourcing of these business personal abstracts was necessitated by a lack of staff to do it in house. Once the new appraiser is on staff and fully trained, the contract will be dropped. Commissioner Yuhasz asked if the PIMS system was fully implemented now. Jenks Crayton said that software conversions are difficult and there were three systems transitioning at the same time. Clarence Grier said that more money might have to be put into Contract Services as they move through the revaluation process. • Register of Deeds Paul Laughton said that this was on page 31-1. Total expenditures are about $870,000, which is a decrease of $38,000. The non-permanent personnel were eliminated for a savings of $12,000. Register of Deeds Deborah Brooks thanked the Board and staff for their support. • Animal Services (including Fee Schedule change requests) Paul Laughton said that this was on page 4-1 and also Appendix B for fee changes. Total expenditures are $1.6 million, which is an increase of $60,000. There is a reduction in overtime of $2,700 based on the trend of reduction to on-call services. Revenues are increasing $10,000. The department is requesting a fund balance appropriation of about $8,000 to cover animal kind and litter control expenses. Animal Services Director Bob Marotto said that the staff did a tremendous job last year considering the budget. He thinks that quality services have been sustained. He recognized the staff. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the inoperable reclaimed water system and asked if this has been a problem since the building opened. Bob Marotto said that it was successful until the fall of 2010. There was some corrosion of copper piping, so the reclaimed water was discontinued. Since then, they have been working on solving this problem. • Asset Management Services (including Fee Schedule change request)