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8 <br /> Travis Myren said in the past, $9,000 was requested every other year for temporary <br /> personnel to update the Jury Master List, but the court system is requesting to change the <br /> funding scheme to $4,500 every year instead. <br /> Slide #10 <br /> Public Safety <br /> Criminal Justice Resource Department — page 114 <br /> • Total Recommended Expenditure Budget- $-895,442 <br /> - Offset by$637.226 in ABC Board Revwme <br /> N►1 County cask o($M,216 <br /> Recommended Budget Cho ngee <br /> - Tmneban:541,758fiuwmARRAiudingtoGemral Fund for half time(0.5FTE) <br /> Ad tielra"Asswant and Grant Compkwe pomon <br /> - IncreaeeDrug Court CeeeManager from 0.5 FTEto 1.0 FTE-$25.262 <br /> - Increase rGvmxre fivm ABC Baal-$17S,99B <br /> w Increask-cost ofatxls"pas@ans <br /> - Lacatt Remmry Counell Gem-5^� $15D,D00 -U;=— <br /> 10 rnrcritCh COUNTY <br /> Travis Myren said transitioning recurring costs from ARPA funds to other sources will be <br /> a recurring theme across the budget work sessions. <br /> Travis Myren said increasing the Drug Court Case Manager position from half to full <br /> time will allow the position to serve forty people. <br /> Chair Price asked if the county's request was fully funded regarding the ABC Board <br /> revenues. <br /> Travis Myren said yes. <br /> Chair Price asked if benefits are included already for the proposed full time Drug Court <br /> Case Manager. <br /> Caitlin Fenhagen, Criminal Justice Resources Director said yes that the amount covers <br /> the difference in salary. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked why the recommended budget is more than the requested <br /> budget for this Department, plus others that will be discussed later. <br /> Travis Myren said travel and training was restored across all departments to pre- <br /> pandemic levels even if the department did not request it, which accounts for the difference in <br /> most cases. <br /> Commissioner Hamilton asked what it would look like if departments were given half or <br /> one-third of their FY 2019-2020 travel and training budgets. She said she assumes there are <br /> more virtual trainings than before and indicated it may have an impact on what is needed. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said staff considered returning travel and training to 75% or 50% of <br /> the pre-pandemic levels, but when reviewing the proposed costs of travel or registration, even <br /> for virtual trainings, all costs have increased. She said some departments requested more <br /> travel and training than they had previously, but she is only recommending what each <br />