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2 <br /> Services, but not beyond that. This leaves us in the implementation of the <br /> "Massif Plan" with: <br /> 1) No renovation of Old Courthouse (5116,600) and consequently no new <br /> district courtroom or elevator. <br /> 2) No renovation of New Courthouse ($74,500). No elevator and no place <br /> for Data Processing since th6 district courtroom remains. <br /> 3) No minor renovations and painting to Health, Agriculture, and Library <br /> ($10,000). <br /> If any funds remain from other project contingencies items 2 & 3 above <br /> excluding elevator might be squeezed in. <br /> All of this depends on the jail bids coming in within budget. For that <br /> reason, there should be no decision on current allocations of any county funds <br /> until those bids are in and accepted. Only the chart above should be considered <br /> since Grady Brown is under way and the next priority is the jail. <br /> Other Capital Projects <br /> To fund the balance of the "Massif Plan" or any other capital projects <br /> including the schools` to any extent would impact on future budgets of the <br /> county and would, at best, be limited. I will review below several of these <br /> possibilities. <br /> Other Current Resources <br /> There are three existing sources of additional county funds during the <br /> current fiscal year: 1) unappropriated fund balance, 2) excess revenues <br /> over estimates, and 3) amounts available from under expenditures. I do not <br /> recommend going to these sources for several reasons. First, the total of <br /> these is what becomes next years1fund balance available for appropriation. <br /> If this total is not approximately $900,000 next June 30, one effect will be <br /> that additional funds must be raised to maintain the exssting level of resources. <br /> The chart below indicates the % of variation from budget over the last five <br /> years for Revenues and Expenditures. <br /> % of Revenues % of Expenditures <br /> Year In Excess of Budget Under Budget <br /> 1974.75 5.7 7.0 <br /> 1975.76 14.5 6,8 <br /> 1976-77 5.6 5.3 <br /> 1977-78 4.6 4,4 <br /> 1978-79 6.2 1.2 <br /> If we repeated our lowest percentages in 1979-80 we would not achieve that <br /> $900,000 mentioned above. If you do utilize any of these sources without <br /> other actions, then you should recognize that you are making decisions for <br /> next year's budget. <br />