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Commissioner Gordon said that it has been mentioned to have longer times for not <br />filling positions In terms of County operations it did have an impact last year on County <br />operations She said that although it saves money there could be some adverse affects on <br />County operations <br />Frank Clifton said that this will have an impact on County services but he wants to bring <br />a balanced budget He said that some services he brings back will be reduced or deleted As <br />they reduce staffing when the Board of County Commissioners gives the staff items to do at a <br />Board meeting the list will get longer but it will take longer to do this He wants to mitigate as <br />much as possible the affects to County services <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that he does not want to take away jobs from people that <br />work for the County He said that he would hope that the Manager will help the County <br />Commissioners provide a good level of service <br />3 Budget Related Staffing Discussion <br />Frank Clifton spoke about the functions of County government He said that in the <br />departments there is some duplication of services Roughly half of the budget goes to <br />education and the only place to substantially reduce County operations is through personnel <br />costs <br />He made reference to the attachment with the vacancy report Approximately 90 <br />vacant positions equate to about 33 million He said that there is going to be a push for <br />Emergency Services employees He said that the reality is that there will have to be a <br />reduction in about 80100 positions He said that if the Board of County Commissioners is <br />committed to bringing a balanced budget without a tax increase then he will shoot for 100 <br />vacant positions to be deleted There will be some moving around of administrative staff to fill <br />some of the vacant positions without changing the salaries If someone does not want to <br />move then they will have to leave He said that all departments will be involved He said that <br />Orange County is not having as tough a time as some other counties <br />Commissioner Yuhasz said that the 5 million has to come out of the County side of the <br />budget and he does not like this He wants to look at both the County side and the education <br />side <br />Frank Clifton said that he based this on the County side because he does not see the <br />Countys total budget changing but a shift in expenses The reality is unless there is an <br />agreement reached between the school boards the total County budget will not change <br />except where the money is spent and how it is spent <br />Chair Foushee said that yesterday there was a school collaboration meeting and the <br />revenues will be the same this year as last year If there are more students then there is <br />already a reduction She said that there should be an understanding that this will stretch <br />across the entire County <br />Commissioner Yuhasz said that this is a reduction of services to the public and no one <br />entity should bear it all <br />Commissioner Nelson said that he is supportive of this item and the previous item but <br />he is concerned about the loss of institutional memory However with the reorganizations <br />there have been more efficiencies He is still supportive of no tax increase <br />Commissioner Pelissier echoed Commissioner Nelsonscomments She appreciates <br />the approach of the Manager because she was afraid that they were going to have to lay off <br />staff She likes the team approach to this situation <br />Frank Clifton said that it is also his intent in the budget process to create an opportunity <br />to set aside some money and give conetime incentive payment to employees if certain goals <br />are achieved to show appreciation