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Commissioner Halkiotis asked Geof Gledhill to find out how many counties have this kind of <br />proposed combination of a staff attorney and a county attorney that is voted on every year by <br />the Board of County Commissioners. <br />c. Animal Services <br />John Link said that everybody is working hard to make sure that the transition by July 1St is as <br />smooth as possible. APS has been cooperative with the staff. The equipment is arriving and <br />the recruitment process for staff is underway. <br />Chair Jacobs asked about the issue of animals and whose possession on July 1St. John Link <br />made reference to page two, and said that there is going to be a letter of understanding <br />regarding the disposition of animals July 1St. The County Attorney is working on this. He said <br />that Joe Pulcinello has been working with APS, and the understanding is that animals in the <br />shelter an July 1St will be the retained by the County. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked about the timing of the decision between the Animal Services <br />Bureau versus a department. Elaine Holmes said that this information was in Tuesday night's <br />packet and she has extra copies. Commissioner Gordon clarified that she was asking about <br />when the Board intended to decide this issue. <br />John Link said that the staff has focused their energy on the transition of the animal shelter from <br />APS to the County. They will come back in August to confirm the governance model. <br />d. EMS Transition <br />Rod Visser said that this budget includes the final phase of the transition from the Rescue <br />Squad providing EMS ambulance transportation to the County doing it. There was a phased in <br />approach to hiring the permanent positions. This budget would add the eight positions to the 17 <br />EMT Basic positions that already exist. This would close out the transition. <br />Chair Jacobs said that he talked to people at the rescue squad, and they would like to meet with <br />the Board regarding financial concerns and direction of the organization. They were told that <br />they could never apply for funds as an outside agency. <br />6. Review "bv exception" County department budgets <br />General Services -Board of Election, Information/Technology, Land Records, Register of <br />Deeds, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Building and Grounds, Motor Pool, Sanitation, Efland <br />Sewer Fund: <br />Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to page 4-13 and asked about the Tax Assessor. The <br />County is up for reevaluation next year. He asked if this was the reason for the $200,040+ <br />Manager's recommendation for 2004-05 for personnel. Donna Dean said that there has been a <br />change in the percentage of the time that some employees are charged to the general fund or <br />the reevaluation fund. There should be an appropriate decrease in the reevaluation fund. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that a farmer member of the Innovation and Efficiency Committee <br />called him about this issue. He suggested that in the future, this exchange of funds should be <br />explained so there are no misunderstandings. <br />