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4 1 Commissioner Rich asked if any additional funding is being spent on security. 2 Mark Chilton said no. 3 Commissioner Price asked if there is a back-up with the State server. 4 Mark Chilton said copies of their records are provided to the State but there is a much 5 longer lag time. 6 Jim Northup said there is a multi-layer approach to securing all the electronic 7 documents. 8 9 County Attorney, Pg. 112 10 Christal Sandifer, Budget Management Analyst, reviewed the following information: 11 Budget Highlights 12 • The FY15-16 Manager's Recommended Budget includes: 13 • Estimated County-wide savings of$35,000 annually, due to the implementation of the 14 electronic signature and routing program for county contracts. 15 • Operations Decrease: ($11,003) across several accounts to better reflect expected need 16 17 Commissioner Jacobs asked if there is work still to be done on the living wage issue. 18 John Roberts, County Attorney, said it was given to the former Assistant County 19 Manager Cheryl Young for some further research and he believed it should be ready early in 20 the fall. 21 22 Tax Administration, Pg. 420 23 Darrell Butts reviewed the following information: 24 The FY15-16 Manager Recommended Budget includes 2.0 FTE (1.0 FTE Revenue 25 Technician I and 1.0 FTE Revenue Technician 11) in the Collector/Revenue division. The 26 total cost for these positions is $68,185, including $14,006 in operating expenses and 27 onetime start-up costs. These positions will be responsible for handling all EMS billing, 28 as the Tax Administration department is bringing that function back "in-house" (the 29 service is currently performed by an outside contractor). The positions are 30 recommended to start on December 1, 2015; this date will give the Tax Administration 31 office some time to train the new employees before taking over EMS billing (which will 32 begin on January 1, 2016). 33 The FY15-16 Manager Recommended Budget includes an increase in the Collection 34 Charges and Collections Fees revenue accounts. These revenue accounts were greatly 35 affected by the changes in RMV billing due to HB1779 during the FY14-15 budget cycle, 36 but it appears that the decrease in revenues was not as drastic as originally thought. 37 38 Dwane Brinson, Tax Administrator, said under the Personnel line item he had requested 39 one extra position that was not funded. He said this proposed position would have handled the 40 tax assistance programs. 41 Bonnie Hammersley said there was no funding source for this position and that it was a 42 communications position not operational. 43 Commissioner Rich asked if there is a total number of tax assistant programs. 44 Dwane Brinson said there are close to 90 different ways that a tax bill can be reduced. 45 He said these programs are located in the State statutes. 46 Commissioner Pelissier asked if there are pros and cons to bringing the EMS billing 47 back in house. 48 Dwane Brinson said about 5 years ago the Board of County Commissioners wanted to 49 outsource this for about a year but it has gone on a long time. He said the main issue is 50 customer service with the outside vendors. He said he felt a better job could be done in house.