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17 1 Darryl Butts reviewed the budget highlights listed above. 2 AMS Director Jeff Thompson said the department is holding the line on personnel and 3 maintaining high quality of service through increased productivity. He said this is achieved 4 through increased training. 5 Jeff Thompson recognized the staff members responsible for keeping costs down and 6 the budget on track. He pointed out information on page 59 regarding the efficiency of 7 maintenance staff management. He said there are forecast increases in energy, and much of 8 this is related to heating and cooling, so the geothermal systems will help to offset this. 9 Chair Jacobs asked about the video recording in the parking deck and questioned if this 10 is live. 11 Jeff Thompson said this will tie into an existing system, which has a 2 week running loop 12 on a digital recorder. This will allow any suspicious events to be recorded and placed on a disk. 13 14 15 Child Support Enforcement 16 Page 84 17 18 Budget Highlights 19 2013-14 Revenues: Revenues will decrease by $195,000 due to reduced expenditure 20 reimbursements (cost allocation plan) and State incentive payments. Unemployment, 21 underemployment and an expected reduction in unemployment benefits will continue to 22 effect collections, next year. 23 24 Tonya Walton said the expenditure budget for this year totals $905,000, which is a 25 $1300 decrease. She said the $195,000 revenue loss equates to a 13% decrease. She said 26 $150,000 of that is due to a change in the cost allocation plan. This means there are reduced 27 reimbursements for incurred costs. She said there are losses in incentive payments. She said 28 that operations remain relatively flat. 29 Child Support Director Janet Sparks said that what this department does is more 30 important than ever in this tough economic environment. She appreciates the support of the 31 Board. 32 Commissioner McKee expressed his appreciation for staff efforts to take care of the 33 children in Orange County. 34 Commissioner Price asked about the $2500 in capital outlay. 35 Janet Sparks said this was for additional furnishings for the west campus; however this 36 has been removed from the budget, as it was already purchased using this year's budget. 37 Chair Jacobs asked about the rent amount in the Sawyer building. 38 Tonya Walton said this was about $50,000/year. 39 Chair Jacobs said that by moving out the department saved money on rent and freed up 40 space for another business to move in downtown. 41 Tonya Walton said she was reluctant to make the move, but that the parking deck has 42 made it much easier. 43 44 Cooperative Extension 45 Page 87 46 47 Budget Highlights 48 The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes $5,500 in Capital Outlay for 49 the replacement of a refrigerator ($1,000) and the replacement of a color work group 50 printer ($4,500).