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Commissioner Gordon asked where to look for a list of new positions for each department. Paul Laughton said this can be found in the budget summary on the list of positions on page 40. Chair Jacobs asked if the department had budgeted for run-offs for the sheriff's position. Tracy Reams said yes. She said that was budgeted for this current fiscal year, and the funding will be rolled over to cover the run-off. Chair Jacobs asked if there was a post election summary of ballots cast, changes in laws, and the number of residents without valid identification. Tracy Reams said yes, and she will provide this. Commissioner Price asked about the capital outlay. Darryl Butts said the large portion is replacing 35 laptops that were grant funded, as well as 10 printers and a call system for one stop voting. Tracy Reams said the replacement laptops were to replace older laptops purchased with state funded money in 2008. Tracy Reams referred to the staff addition. She said she would like the Board to be aware that she has three people on her staff who could retire today based on age and years of service. She said the additional staff person would be a benefit to not only her office but to the County as a whole. Commissioner Rich asked if any of the potential retirees are in positions that would be hard to replace. Tracy Reams said yes. • Child Support Enforcement, Pg. 91 Tonya Walton said Child Support Services has a cost increase of approximately $1,700. She said the key budget expense drivers are Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) and operational increases. Janet Sparks said the cost allocation has just come in, and because of the roll forward, there will be a substantial increase of 1.469 percent, which will be a $400,000 increase. She said there will be a 66 percent reimbursement from the state. Cooperative Extension, Pg. 94 Darrell Butts said the 2014-15 budget has a net change, which is a County decrease of just under $45,000. He said this is due to an expenditure decrease of approximately $30,000 and a revenue increase of$15,000. He said the driver was the transfer of a position to economic development and the elimination of a County operations support staff position. Commissioner Gordon asked about the new cooperative extension position and why it was not on the list. Paul Laughton said that was done this fiscal year. • County Attorney's Office, Pg. 99-John Roberts Tonya Walton said this 2014-15 budget has seen a net County increase of$14,600. She said this is mostly due to cost of living adjustment, as well as a slight operations increase. John Roberts said the operations increase is for digitizing contracts. He said he had originally asked for $20,000 for staff salary adjustments, but Human Resources has analyzed the positions and says only one position was in need of a salary adjustment. Tonya Walton said there are monies in non-departmental for this and not in his budget. • Health Department, Pg. 305