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for this program. She is asking to hire a senior for two hours per day that would assist this program • Animal Services (including Fee Schedule change requests) Paul Laughton made reference to page 43 and said that the total expenditure budget is $1.7 million, which is an increase of$52,000. There are a few operational increases. The increase in revenue is $24,000, which is due mostly to the success of web licensing. There are several proposed new fees (page 328). Commissioner Jacobs expressed concern about quarantine costs going up 50%. He suggested having some kind of discounted rate for people that have to quarantine their animals for an extended period of time. Bob Marotto said that a six-month quarantine (exposure to raccoon or fox) would never be done in the County's facility. If an individual wishes to do that, it has to be done with a private veterinarian clinic. The $15 fee for a rabies quarantine is only for 10-11 days for a dog or cat that has bitten a person. Commissioner Hemminger asked about making donations on-line and Bob Marotto said that it can be done in conjunction with the web licensing process. • Asset Management Services Paul Laughton said that this is on page 53. The total expenditure budget is $4.2 million. The budget has been decreased by $2.2 million, most of which is due to moving risk management bonds and insurance and worker's compensation to Financial Services effective July 1St. There is an increase in $70,000 for increased gas and diesel costs. There is a reduction in utilities of$94,000. The capital outlay of$31,500 is building improvements for the most part. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to page 56 and said that they used to get an annual report on vehicles for various issues. Pam Jones said that the County Commissioners got a report last fall and another one is coming up this fall. Frank Clifton said that since Pam Jones is retiring, her position is not being filled directly, but her operations will be distributed to other staff. • Cooperative Extension Paul Laughton made reference to page 70. Total expenditures are approximately $395,000, which is an increase of$5,000. There is also additional revenue of$5,000 that was generated by class fees, etc. • DEAPR-Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (including Fee Schedule change requests) Lisa Henty made reference to page 87 and said that the total expenditure budget is $2.9 million, which is an increase of$40,000. There are some increases in the parks division. Approximately $19,000 is set aside to improve lighting and field irrigation at the West Ten Soccer Complex. There is allocation for $16,000 for a grasshopper mower. The Forest Service allocation request is on page 179, and this year the request is $78,170. This is an increase of$13,000, which is to help fund a new heavy duty vehicle. There are also some fee schedule changes. Dave Stancil made reference to page 87 and said that there is about $400,000 in offsetting revenues, so the net County costs are about $2.5 million. There is now online registration for parks and recreation and this has helped tremendously.