MINUTES OF THE INFORMAL MEETING OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
DECEMBER 3, 2008
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Conservation Director Harry Graves: Fiscal Year 2010 County Budget...................................... 1
Conservation (24)....................................................................................................... 1
Special Resource Enhancement (32)............................................................................ 6
Conservation Trust (82).............................................................................................. 6
Conservation Building Construction (85)....................................................................... 7
County Attorney Janet Lyness: Fiscal Year 2010 County Budget............................................. 10
Courthouse Centenary Fund (61)............................................................................... 10
Prosecutor Forfeiture Proceeds (69).......................................................................... 11
Court Services (28)................................................................................................... 11
County Attorney (02)................................................................................................ 11
Social Services Coordinator: Fiscal Year 2010 County Budget................................................. 14
Department of Human Services (45).......................................................................... 14
Juvenile Justice (27).................................................................................................. 18
Juvenile Crime Prevention (54).................................................................................. 18
Discussion: Fiscal Year 2010 County Budget.......................................................................... 20
Chairperson Sullivan called the Johnson County Board of Supervisors to order in the Johnson County Administration Building at 1:02 p.m. Members present were: Pat Harney, Larry Meyers, Terrence Neuzil, and Rod Sullivan. Members absent were: Sally Stutsman.
Conservation Director Harry Graves said site preparations are underway for the Conservation maintenance facilities building. He said he currently is working with land owners on the proposed extension trail from Tiffin to Kent Park along the Clear Creek Valley. Hopefully property can be acquired. Conservation can then seek grant funding. The destination is Kent Park, but then continues across county lines to the Amana Colonies. Neuzil asked what the names of the new Conservation facilities will be. Graves said the bonds are called the Conservation Headquarters and the Conservation Maintenance Facility, but they will call the second building the Operations Center. The process for land acquisition has been started with the land owners.
Graves said right now dialogue is underway with the Nature Conservancy regarding the transfer of the Williams Prairie. The Williams Prairie is a 20 acre pasture with 330 different species of plants. It has never been plowed. The prairie has been in possession of the Nature Conservancy since the early 1970s. The State Preserves Board designated Williams Prairie a preserve. The Nature Conservancy requires people to be red card certified to conduct controlled burns on this property. As a result, they do not have personnel to maintain the land and the land is languishing. The prairie is about six miles from Kent Park. Conservation can do something with it. Harney asked if the prairie is State owned. Graves said no, it belongs to the Nature Conservancy. Properties can be publicly or privately owned and be designated a State Preserve. Conservation has been interested in the property for some time and is working through the legal requirements.
Graves said there are a couple of land trades being postponed with Robert Latinsky and the Paul Olean Farm Trust that is adjoined to the Hills Access. Some of these properties were farmed in the past, unknowingly, by the landowners. Graves said Latinsky was ill last year and his property was inundated for most of the summer. Dialogue has not been resumed with him. A proposal has been made to the Paul Olean Farm Trust for the trade of a missing link. There is about an acre of river frontage that belongs to the Olean farm the County would like to trade 7/10ths of an acre of land for. Graves said the $20 million Conservation bond issue passed.
Graves said per the Board’s instructions for the Fiscal Year 2010 Department 24’s budget only increases occur in fuel, postage, steps and Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA). He said Conservation can live within the FY09 funding level. The following personnel information was provided by the Human Resources (HR). The increase in HR area is 4% over the previous year. That includes all salaries for fulltime Conservation staff.
Graves said that stationary, periodicals, advertising, and printing amounts stay the same. The printing budget has increased over the years due to a hardcopy newsletter, but there is an email version as well. R. Sullivan asked if the hardcopy says where to sign up to get the newsletter online. Graves said it will in the December addition, which should be coming out next week, as it was only available on the website previously. Postage has increased to $6,100 as postage rates are likely to increase. The Conservation Connection is the biggest consumer of postage, but it uses a bulk rate.
Graves said film processing is a budget line item, but the department does not process film anymore. He said staff transportation remains at $200. Staff meals and lodging remains at $1,200. Johnson County Conservation Board member’s meals and lodging increased to the same amount. There is now more Conservation Board member involvement and Conservation Board Member Amy Bouska is now on the Board of Directors of the Iowa Association of County Conservation Board. He said Conservation Board mileage remains at $600, their telephone at $3,500, and their cell phones at $5,000. Staff registration fees have increased to $3,000. This is for training for personnel development, and interest for this is growing, which indicates an increase in commitment amongst staff to do their jobs better. The Conservation Board’s registration item increased to $800, to reflect increased involvement and interest. Office equipment services increased to $1,600. Dues and membership increased to $1,800 in response to increases. All technology hardware purchases have been taken care of. This is typically handled as a building cost. Office equipment has increased to $12,000 and audio visual equipment is reduced to $200.
Graves said the 6110 budget series covers field items. It includes fish food in the summer and bird feed in the winter, although it is augmented with donations. Conservation will likely feed ground nesting game birds like pheasants this winter as well. Monsanto is providing dry screenage from their plant at Lone Tree. This is dispensed in feeders made out of carwash detergent barrels. Pesticides have increased to $15,000. If pesticides are not oil based, they are petroleum derivatives and their prices have increased.
Graves said that Conservation has made substantial inroads on invasive species control. Conservation hired Pheasant Forever to use their large brush cutter to cut out invasive species that a tractor brush cutter cannot get rid of. Conservation has cut everything possible using their equipment. This machine can cut out large diameter species and treat it with herbicide. Then ultimately handle it with a brush cutter or fire. Many of these areas that have been colonized so heavily particularly with Autumn Olive and Honeysuckles were originally hill prairies. If fire is reintroduced and light is allowed in, the native plant community will return. As a result the initial cost here has increased. The agreement with Williams Prairie is still being worked out, but would require some similar work. Eventually this number will come down with the decreased need. He said chemicals are needed to take care of invasive species.
Graves said fertilizer remains at $400. Nursery supply remains at $3,500, $1,500 of which will be used to plant potted trees at River Junction like those planted this year at the Hills access. Prior to that project the campground is almost completely populated by the Ash Species, green Ash particularly. When the Emerald Ash Borer (a beetle that attacks Ash trees) arrives in Iowa those will die out. Neuzil asked if that Borer is affecting other states. Graves said definitely, once those beetles get in they destroy Ash trees. Areas in Michigan and Indiana are absolutely decimated. The Borers are known to be 90 miles west of Chicago now, so it is only a matter of time until they get here. The inadvertent transportation of infested firewood has been one of the ways it spreads. The extension service and the forest service has spent a lot of time warning against importing firewood from other states and some has been intercepted. Over winter the young bore their way into the trees, eat their way out in the spring, ruining the circulatory system of the trees. Ash trees have been in decline for about 15 years, but they are 20% of the trees in Iowa. In order to give some diversity to the area Conservation planted Oaks, Kentucky Coffee Trees, and Tulip Trees. The River Junction access is similar so the $1,500 where many soft Maples and Cottonwoods are in decline.
Graves said asphalt patching remains at $600. Concrete remains at $8,000, this will be used in a continuing program of relining decaying road culverts in Kent Park. In addition concrete floors in three shelters have been targeted for repair. All of these shelters are 30 years or older. Road and parking lot material has increased to $3,000. This includes the materials necessary to maintain a parking lot. Sign material is reduced to $1,500. He said Conservation is using more metallic signs produced by Prison Industries. Construction material has increased to $32,000, including material replacement of the main water plant building at Kent Park. That building will be demolished and the floor of it will become a parking lot. The south fifth of the building is the water tank. The valves, floor and walls on that portion will be replaced and will be heated by a common geothermal system that will be shared with the maintenance facility and office. Electrical supplies remain at $1,900. Custodial supplies remains at $6,000. Shipment shop supply remains at $2,500. Fixture material is $22,000, which includes materials for the Conservation facility. Plumbing parts remain at $5,000. A septic system failed at one of the ranger residences so that line item will probably be exceeded this year. Heating parts remain at $800. He hopes the system will last one more year in the current building.
Graves said fuel costs increased to $36,000, but at the present there is no way to forecast what fuel costs will be once this goes into effect. Motor vehicle equipment and fluids stayed at $4,000. Equipment parts remain at $16,500, which will include repairs to a tractor. Hand tools remain at $1,000, and machine tools remains at $2,000. Safety supplies remain at $3,000. The Code of Iowa provides up to $300 per person for park maintenance staff as a uniform allowance. $2,400 of that is for eight full time field employees and $600 is for the entire group of seasonal employees. The seasonal employees receive a pocket tee-shirt, which is more cost effective. The Professional services item was reduced to $7,000, which includes design fees for metro water system testing, and pesticide applicator certification. Lab service drug testing remains at $500. All of the field people are tested. Natural gas and LP purchases have not decreased for a long time. The use of the new building will dramatically reduce the amount of natural gas needed. Propane is still used at the youth group camp, in the education center and the shower house. Meyers asked if the new building would be completed by the FY10 heating season. Graves said yes. Conservation should be in there well before the next heating season.
Graves said electricity to Kent Park, Scott Church, and Hills has increased to $14,000 in response to increasing camp usage at Kent Park and Hills Access and also because the heat pumps are operated with electricity. Contract repairs for motor vehicles is set at $5,500, because without a computer many vehicles cannot be fixed so many items need to be taken to the dealer. Contract repair for specialized park maintenance has increased to $15,000; this includes the specialized brush cutting equipment. Heating repairs remain at $700. Plumbing repair remains at $2,000. Electric repair remains at $1,000. Law enforcement service equipment remains at $300. Equipment rental remains at $3,500. Pest control, which includes the aerial deer survey, remains at $500. Conservation worked out an agreement last year with the Department of Natural Resources to alternate funding the survey. This is Conservation’s year to pay.
Septic tank service remains at $3,500. Landfill fees have increased to $3,000. Included in the landfill line item is dumpsters, Conservation has two dumpsters in the campground. Graves has a proposal to eliminate the garbage cans in the picnic areas at Kent Park and change to a dumpster. It is part of Conservation’s mission as an education agency to educate people on issues like trash. They want to institute a ‘take it in, take it out’ policy on litter, but will continue to offer the dumpsters in heavy areas. Agricultural and horticultural equipment is reduced to $10,000; that includes the purchase of a new trailer for hauling mowing equipment and two new power pull saws and two trimmers. Motor vehicles are set at $25,000 and this is for the scheduled replacement of a 1997 pickup. He said with the Boards help, a schedule was set to maintain the turnover of equipment. Neuzil asked if that was the oldest vehicle. Graves said yes. This year the vehicle Graves drives will replace a ranger vehicle and a hybrid will be purchased for him, which will count towards another Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) point on the building project.
Graves said the recreation services line item is $350; this includes sand for the beach. This item was arbitrarily removed from the FY09 budget by the Auditors Office. Study material is reduced to $2,000 until the expansion of the education center is untaken. Uniform purchase for one intern remains at $400. Professional fees for environmental services remain at $300. In summary Conservation made every effort to make certain it could operate under the existing non-personal numbers for Department 24. The increase is $6,490; which is 2.034% over the previous year. The salaries as proposed are approximately a 4% increase from FY09. Personnel constitute 76.64% of the Conservation budget, which is down 11% from when he started.
Neuzil said Conservation is following the vehicle replacement schedule and asked if where they were with technology. Graves said the Wifi system was added in FY09 and are now on Information Technology’s (IT) replacement schedule. Neuzil asked if office equipment was incorporated in that bond. Graves said it is incorporated in this budget. The bond is to build the building. Neuzil said when the Board bonded for the Health and Human Services Building (HHS) it included the tables and chairs, etc. Graves doubts there will be funding available to do that. That is why it was budgeted. Meyers said Graves letter reads fixture material is set at $22,000, which includes $20,000 of fixtures for the new conservation maintenance facility and asked if that is for electrical fixtures Graves said no, it is for an electric hoist for the shop service area. Meyers asked if it was stand alone equipment or integrated in the building. Graves said it is stand alone. Harney asked if the received revenues could be used for some of the equipment. Graves said received revenues go into the Trust Account which allows for development in the parks and land acquisition. Harney asked if the monies from the beach and those areas could be used. Graves said that Conservation does not have revenues from the beach because the last year they did, it made a one dollar profit. It was closed part of the time because there were not enough available life guards. It was his understanding that Johnson County was the last county in the state to have a life guarded beach. He said now it is a free beach. Harney asked if there were camping fees. Graves said the camping fees go to the trust account. Meyers clarified there was a total increase of $6,490. Graves said $6,000 of that is fuel and $490 of it is postage. Meyers asked all of the increases were found to have an offset somewhere in the budget. Graves said yes.
Graves said Department 32 is the Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) account. The numbers in the REAP account and the Trust account were in the FY09 budget for the Kent Park campground upgrade. Last year the Iowa State University College of Design created a design concept. However, they failed to complete anything substantial because they were not provided enough detail. He said last month Shoemaker & Haaland Professional Engineers was contracted for that redesign. He said some work may be done in FY09 but he also budgeted in 2010 because the camping season is coming about the same time construction season starts. He said whatever money is used will be deducted from the next year. He said that takes care of the $60,000 for the campground upgrade.
Graves said $100,000 is proposed for land acquisition and/or trails. As mentioned earlier a proposed extended trail in the Clear Creek Valley from Ireland Avenue to Kent Park appears to be getting started. Right now Conservation is looking at the delineation of that project because it will involve a considerable amount of work to meet the Corps of Engineer’s requirements as the route is in the Clear Creek floodway. A representative from the Corps of Engineers toured the property and said the work can be completed under a nation-wide permit. It will not require a special Corps of Engineers permit, which is a very involved process
Graves said $30,000 is proposed for the construction of a new concrete block double vault latrine to replace two antiquated outhouses at Hills Access. The Hills Access went from no mans land to one of the most popular recreation areas in the County when electricity was added to the camp ground. Two new electric camp sites were also added. The campground is full most of the year. There is a need to replace those bathrooms. He said he held off on the bathrooms hoping the City of Hills would put in a municipal water supply. He spoke with the Hills Mayor but it will not be anytime soon. Concrete block pit vault latrines will be put in. Conservation will seek funding from the Water Trails Access Grant Program. The Iowa River is designated as a water trail from Sturgis Ferry down into Louisa County, with access points in the Hills Access and River Junction. The only other ramp is at Fredonia, 22 miles south of River Junction. He said Louisa County hopes to put a ramp in halfway between, but the floods this past summer have delayed those efforts. A playground was purchased on sale for the Hill Access to be installed next spring. Then the recreation areas will be in good shape, but there will be more work in the habitat areas on the east and north sides of the river. The linkage with the missing part of the river bank needs to be fixed. There is also an erosion problem that Conservation is working with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to resolve. However, the cold hard fact is the river there has been channeled and the river knows where it wants to go. It looks like it is returning to its former path.
Graves said Department 82 is the Conservation Trust Account. There are numbers is this budget he has no control over, including the other half of the Kent Park upgrade. He hopes to have a design completed and to apply for Land and Water Conservation Fund Grants. The work would commence at the end of the 2009 camping season. $50,000 is budgeted for the geothermal system, which is the common utility heating system for the Water Plant and the two new buildings at Kent Park. $100,000 is budgeted for an extension in long range strategic planning.
Graves said $30,000 is proposed as an increased amount for asphalt seal coating. Asphalt and tar are all oil related products. All of the roads in Kent Park are seal coated and Conservation has been able to keep up the maintenance of those roads so far. $50,000 is proposed for the Wetlands Reserve Program for the Cedar River Crossing. He said he wanted to take the Board on a tour of this area. This property was acquired from the previous owners who had put it in the Wetlands Reserve Protection (WRP) Program. Once land is in the WRP Program it is eligible for upgrading funds when they are available. Graves said he applied about three years ago and funding was made available. The problem is this land is on the Cedar River, which has a high water table. The wetland design is completed. Graves said this morning he received a call saying the engineering designs are ready. The construction is budgeted for FY10. Although it was originally budgeted for FY09, he does not believe Conservation will be able to begin during the spring. R. Sullivan asked if Graves is planning on removing the chunks from the Sutliff Bridge at the Iowa River Crossing. Graves said Conservation will retrieve those planks as soon as weather permits.
Graves said Department 85 is for building construction. At the point the budget was completed, $723 had been spent and in November another $9,500 was spent. He said Department 85 splits into 45% for the office and 54.5% for the maintenance facility. Currently there is a balance of $1,199,133.36. He plans to bid for these buildings in March 2009.
Graves said there has been a lot of confusion regarding the Conservation Bond. The Conservation Board has no plans to request $20 million in the first year. For the first year the Conservation Board would propose $250,000 for the protection of watersheds and drinking water sources through the acquisition of riparian corridors. $210,000 would be budgeted for the protection of green space by acquiring lands to buffer existing Conservation areas. Neuzil asked what is riparian. Graves replied it means long streams or rivers. He said $289,995 would be budgeted to acquire land for hiking, walking, and bicycle trails. He said a million dollars seemed to be a concern so this is not a million dollar budget. $250,000 would be budgeted to acquire lands for wildlife habitat. The total is $999,995. He asked the Board to understand Conservation is dealing with willing sellers.
Neuzil asked if the $1 million Bond is being coordinated with Budget Coordinator Rich Claiborne. R. Sullivan asked if Graves has been in contact with the Auditor’s Office about how to keep this budget separate from the Conservation budget. Claiborne said he has a spreadsheet that tracks all bonding for the County. He said he will keep track of it. Neuzil said people will want to know where this money is going. Graves said of course. It is his understanding no bonds will be sold until the money is requisitioned by the Conservation Board. He said that is contingent on the ability to negotiate purchases with willing sellers. Neuzil asked when Conservation will receive the money. Graves said it is his understanding that the levy would start at the beginning of the fiscal year and be on the first tax bills in September. The Assessors would start levying and the Treasurer would start collecting the taxes. R. Sullivan said it would be factored into mortgage payments as of July 1, 2009. Graves said right, it is prorated in the mortgage payment. Meyers clarified September 2010 and March 2011. Graves said yes. Neuzil asked when Conservation gets the money in hand. Graves said Conservation does not receive the money until the Conservation Board requisitions it. He said it was a myth Conservation would hide the money, but there is no where to put it. R. Sullivan asked if the money sits in the General Fund until Conservation is ready to spend it. Graves said that is his understanding, and the interest from that money would inure to the General Fund as well.
Neuzil asked if the Board approves the financial breakdown of the budget. Graves said it is his understanding everything he puts before the Board for their approval. Neuzil said the Board cannot tweak the Conservation Bond. Graves said no. He said the Conservation Board and the Board work closely together because both entities are responsible to the taxpayers. There will not be anything done the Board is not aware of and he does not understand why people portray it so. R. Sullivan said there was a law suit in few years over whether the board of supervisors could tell the conservation board who they could or could not hire. It opened the question of how much control the board of supervisors has. Graves said it has been tested whether the Board of Supervisors could deny a Conservation Board claim. He said that has happened, but the Board has the bottom line so if the Conservation Board requisitions money it has to have been budgeted in advance.
Graves said he sits on the Bike Trail Committee and last time the Conservation Board met with the Board they discussed trail maintenance. He said there is only 1.84 miles of county trail, which is trail in the rural areas. It is the Dubuque Street Trail from Butler Bridge to West Overlook. R. Sullivan said the trail was completed in 1995. Graves said for the past 14 years there has been no maintenance as no one was responsible for it. He was requested to submit a maintenance budget for the trail, so he sent out a Request for Quote (RFQ) after consulting the chairs of the Trails Committee and the Board as to what maintenance should be completed. Graves said the bottom line is $13,995. The idea is to maintain it as a bicycle trail twelve months a year. Graves said the RFQ was sent to five firms, but Quality Care was the only one to respond. The trigger for snow removal is a half inch and will cost $90 an hour with a rotary brush. Graves said the Trails Committee decided the trail needs no maintenance until the trail is extended to North Liberty. He said there were no complaints about the winter condition of the trail until last winter, which had extreme conditions. Graves said the Trails Committee’s opinion is the money could be better spent.
Harney agreed saying to try removal one year after the trail is connected to North Liberty to see what usage it gets in the winter to see if it is in the County’s best interest to keep it clear. Graves said it is a tall order to keep a trail clear for bicycles and does not believe it warrants the expense. Neuzil said the County could be caught out because when applying for grants it was said these were year round bicycle trails. He said as far as budgeting this year he is in agreement to hold off and commit to fund trails in the future. He asked where Conservation wants to go in terms of trail funding. He said he would like trails money to be under one department, so it may make sense to move it all under the Conservation budget. Graves said the sentiment of the Trails Committee is if an extension to North Liberty is going to be added, the County will have to do it themselves. He said it literally is not a glitzy enough trail to garner grant funding. The Conservation Board’s first priority would be to create an extension to Kent Park, which is addressed in the bond funding.
Meyers said the Board spoke with legislators about trail grants and Neuzil pointed out some of the trails were earmarked. He thought there was some interest in looking into the issue. Neuzil said he did too. R. Sullivan said he had a strong feeling either there will not be earmarks or Johnson County will have one. Graves said he thinks that is the only way the County will get trail funding. He said that is the attraction of the extension to the Amana Colonies, which crosses into US Representative Leonard Boswell's district. He said there was a meeting with the Amana Trails Group regarding possibly extending a trail to the county line. It was mentioned to Boswell in a conversation prematurely, but at least it is on his radar. Meyers said Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development had some interest in the same issue. Graves said right, the group became more interested in water trails of late because funding is more readily available. He said the trail route to the Amana Colonies would be to the confluence of Clear Creek to the Rhine Creek and would then follow the Rhine Creek from Oxford to the Amanda Colonies. R. Sullivan said this is going to require coordination between the Conservation Board and Trails Committee meeting jointly to talk about priorities. Graves said absolutely. He said another possible use of funds is to connect Solon to Ely by trail.
Neuzil asked Claiborne which line item dollars for trails is under. Claiborne said there is $100,000 in Capital Expenditures and $500,000 out of Rural Basic but the Board said of that amount $100,000 would be set aside. Neuzil said he thinks it would be nice to have a trails line item or a trails department. R. Sullivan said there is a line item, but it is not under a parent department. Neuzil clarified $200,000 out of the Rural Fund and $200,000 out of the General Fund over two fiscal years. He said if the Board could remain consistent it would save another $100,000 and $100,000, which increases the trail budget to $600,000 in FY10. Graves said if grant funds are not available, when the County funding reaches $600,000 they should work with County Engineer Greg Parker to extend the trail. Neuzil asked if the Trails Committee recommended when this project should be funded or if the trail should be built and then budgeted for. Graves said the Committee's thought was to let the funds accrue to $600,000, which would be close to the $787,000 estimated and including in-kind service. He said he would build the trail first because it has been operated without maintenance for a decade. Neuzil clarified the question is should the Board be saving for this now or not. Graves clarified Neuzil meant maintenance and said the big hurdle will be raising the money to build the trail.
Harney said East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG) would have about $300,000 available in 2012. Graves said it is extended far out. Harney asked why there were three visits to the trail for $525. Graves said it is for inspections, to sweep off grass and seasonal leaves, and those types of things spending a couple of hours per visit in the spring, summer, and fall. Graves said the Quality Care expense is extreme. Harney said the issue is when a hard rain brings gravel from the quarry across the bridge. Graves said Parker would prefer to maintain the bridge as it is County road. Harney said there is gravel washing onto the trail up to the reservoir. Graves said maybe that's something that can be done by working with the landowners. Neuzil said there is also going to be a section of trail that will need to be maintained on Oakdale Boulevard that is being built. R. Sullivan said no, Parker told him that Coralville already has equipment so Secondary Roads will negotiate the care of that. Neuzil said he thinks some money should be set aside for minimal maintenance. Meyers said he remembers hearing about the trail maintenance for Cedar Rapids, which may be about $4,000 a mile. Graves said thought it was $1,000 to $1,500, but either is a tremendous amount of money. Meyers said it is less than the Quality Care quote.
Neuzil proposed including $2,500 for minimal maintenance on the existing trail and to see all of the trail money under one line item. Claiborne said when the County set up savings for trails, they were told they could not transfer money from the Rural Fund to the General Basic. He said when the County pays the bills it will have to be paid from that Rural Fund. Neuzil said he want to make sure Secondary Roads knows there is $200,000 designated to trails rather than roads. He said he does not think that is clear right now. Harney said he thinks it should be kept separate and it is up to Claiborne to set up the line items appropriately. Harney said he would like to put aside $3,000. R. Sullivan clarified, put away $103,000. Neuzil said right. Graves asked how the Board would like him to use that money. R. Sullivan said to hold off until the Board talks with the Trails Committee. Graves said it is important to remember the work would be done through a private contractor. Neuzil said eventually there could be an employee designated for trails. Graves agreed if the County is able to build the extensions they desire.
County Attorney Janet Lyness said there was no change to the Centenary Fund. She said the big revenue is $6 in interest. This budget is for what is needed at the Courthouse. She said they made $8 this year.
Lyness said the request for this budget also has not changed and is used for equipment purchases. Promoting the drug court may also come from this budget. Stationary, form costs, and printing is included. Revenues are estimated at $11,000, but she hopes they will exceed that. This department receives a fairly small percentage of what is forfeited. R. Sullivan said it is impossible to predict. She said when items such as a car are forfeited, if an agency can use it, they do not sell it for proceed. She said in FY09 her office received a big forfeit, which increased the revenue, but there may not be another. She said she is not requesting any budget change and does not expect any change in revenue.
Lyness said Court Services has no change requested. She is increasing spending on periodicals, books, and court research by $6,000, but is decreasing court reporting for investigations and prosecutions, and court costs for prosecutions accordingly. Costs for the Westlaw court system databases have increased. R. Sullivan said historically expenses from updating the code books were large, but now databases have replaced them. Lyness said the Attorney’s Office no longer needs those updates. They have drastically decreased the expenditures for books and periodical subscriptions in the past year. However, Westlaw has increased considerably so the line item is increasing to pay for those resources. Overall it has not changed the requested amount. She said the revenue was not changed either, although there was an increase for fee reimbursements for service of notice but it's hard to predict especially given the economy.
Lyness said most of Department 02 is the same. The one area where additional money is requested is in the legal services administration item for the Westlaw database. By the end of September, half of the FY09 budget in that area had been spent. She said there was $21,000 allocated and almost $10,000 had been spent by September. Neuzil said there are things besides fuel and postage that are uncontrollable. She said it is really hard to predict the cost for expert witnesses, and the cost for bringing witnesses in from out of state, which is difficult to predict because no one knows which cases will go to trial. She said they got lucky last year because they hired a medical expert to review medical reports which could have cost $5,000 but there were problems with that expert so that amount was not charged. She said they can live within the FY09 budget; things might need to be tweaked as the year passes but the main increase is for Westlaw and legal documents.
Lyness said on the revenue side, her office has gotten less reimbursement for child support recovery. Every month it seems to be less than anticipated. $10,000 was taken out of the State of Iowa reimbursement for child support recovery. She said the amount expected from delinquent collections has increased by $6,000. She said the revenues from those collections go into the General Fund. There was a $4,000 increase in revenues for copying expected after changing the rate from $.15 a page per copy to $.25 per page. This will help pay for last year's new copier and help offset the decrease expected from child support recovery.
Lyness said the total increase in the budget is $10,000 mainly due to the cost of Westlaw access. Now the courts expect responses to cases decided the day before and the only way to do that is with Westlaw. She said there is a technology request for five new desktop licenses for Paper Clip so staff can relay scanned documents. She said they have been working hard on getting a lot of the juvenile documents scanned and the older court documents. Her office saves in storage costs by scanning instead. It is also very helpful to be able to find the information quickly rather than staff retrieving paper copies from Secondary Roads.
Lyness said the $5,435 is the share of the cost for the project manager for the County Attorneys Case Management Software Project. She said that is what it costs and a little over a quarter of the counties are now involved as well as the Attorney General's Office. She said Information Services has been extremely helpful getting ProLaw to work. R. Sullivan asked if she foresees the cost decreasing if other counties join. County Attorney Managing Secretary Danelle Essing said as other counties go through their budget process the Project Board is looking at how to make it fair cost structure so the smaller counties with one or two licenses are paying a reasonable fee, participating in the project, and supporting the project manager fee and programming needs. She said they want a fee structure that is fair to both small and large county users. She said that usually involves a flat participation fee. Essing said this will be an ongoing process and said the $5,435 is based on last year’s costs. She said it was exciting to get a $6,200 reimbursement from the project because additional counties and users were added this year. Lyness said the license for each of their 39 users is $125 per license, which amounts to $4,875.
Lyness said she hesitated asking for more personnel but decided to request a dual purpose legal assistant. She said this person’s time would be split: 50% as a case expediter and 50% in collections. The total cost is the $57,956.36, which was based on the FY09 salary rates. She said there would be a percentage increase if there is a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) increase because it is a collective bargaining position. The salary at this point would be $37,627.20 and benefits of $17,464.16, a laptop computer and office exchange at $2,500, and then another ProLaw license at $365. She said the basis for this request was last year’s request for a case expediter. At the time, the Public Defender’s Office was not enthusiastic, but she thinks it is a good way to decrease the jail costs of housing inmates outside of Johnson County. If there is someone who’s sole purpose is to look into who is in the jail, who can be released quickly, who should work with court administration to set it sooner and other things to move some things along. She said she meets regularly with Captain Dave Wagner, Johnson County Department of Correctional Services Supervisor Geri Allen, and Jail Alternatives/Mobile Crisis Team Member Jessica Peckover to review people who are in jail on probation. This is time consuming. If there was someone dedicated everyday the numbers in jail could be decreased. If the cost for housing an inmate out of County is $55-$60 a day, it won't take many days of shortened jail time to pay for this position.
Lyness said the other part of this position focuses on collections. The legislature increased the percentage the County can retain when collecting on delinquent fines from 35% to 40% of whatever is collected for attorney’s fees, court costs, and fines. The County does not receive any victim restitution or surcharges but that increase is substantial. She said also working on collection in her office are a secretary that spends most of the day, an Assistant County Attorney workings part-time and a legal assistant who spends about a quarter to a third of his time. She said collections are something where the County can do a lot more. Lyness said the State is changing how soon after sentencing the County can start to look at a case from six to three months. It is a lot easier to find people three months after a sentence then at six months after. She said if the County can collect over $400,000 in past due financial obligations the State is entitled to, the County can also receive an additional 40% of that remaining 60% for the County and an additional 20% to the County Attorney’s Office directly. Last year there was a Statewide threshold met, so the County received funds. She said her office has been working with Blackhawk County who has three full-time collections workers who bring in well over $400,000 a year. R. Sullivan said the Blackhawk County Attorney presented on this at ISAC to the Supervisors. She agreed, saying half this salary could easily be repaid and believes it could be much more.
Neuzil asked Lyness if she put those revenues in the budget proposal. She said no, she included an additional $6,000 possible, but if this additional person was granted it would be at least $20,000 more. Meyers asked if that amount would be able to be quantified by the end of the year. Lyness said she thought so by comparing it to past collected and tracking their case load collects. Meyers said it is certainly easier to justify a position if that person will pay for themselves. He said it would be more difficult to quantify the expediter portion. Lyness said they could try to track days saved. She said both the Scott County Case Expediter and the Scott County Attorney said it makes such a difference in terms of their population and moving things along quickly. Neuzil asked where Lyness would locate this individual. Lyness said she honestly does not know. Neuzil clarified this person would be at the Courthouse not the Jail. Lyness said they could spend some of their time there, but there is not more space at the Sheriff’s Office. She said she is anticipating this person may be at the Jail on a regular basis, but will need to be based in the Attorney’s Office for collections.
Lyness said another positive change in the legislature this year is the Attorney’s Office gained access to Workforce Development’s databases. There will be a dedicated computer. Meyers asked how access to Workforce Development will help. Lyness said the Attorney’s Office can now check to see whether people delinquent are working, where and how much they make. That way repayment can be negotiated or the office can garnish their wages. Neuzil said it would be good to get a better picture of what this position will bring into the County. He said the Board needs to justify any positions added to other departments. Lyness said it will be difficult to quantify the case expediter, but it will have an impact. Neuzil said if the County can use it as a potential jail alternative that would be nice. Neuzil clarified there is no vehicle requests for the Attorney’s Office or additional technology expenses. Essing said this year wireless hubs were installed at the Courthouse for each of the six areas discussed. She said they are not running yet, but there is no anticipated additional cost for the system.
Recessed at 2:45 p.m.; reconvened at 2:51p.m.
Social Services Coordinator Amy Correia said this includes the budget items for the Department of Human Services (DHS) as well as County Social Services (CSS) and General Assistance (GA). She said currently DHS is at two locations, Governor Street and Eastdale. She said when that change happened at Eastdale the Auditor’s office created new budget lines just for the Eastdale location. There are line items for both locations to track expenses for a local administrative expense report in order to get reimbursed for about 40% of County spending. What Human Services Accountant Kathy Lynch does at the Governor location is estimate percent of expended effort for DHS versus CSS based on number of employees. She said with the move to the new building DHS will be on the first floor and County Social Services will be on the second. She said she wanted to merge all of the DHS lines, including the income maintenance and child welfare portions, and take out all of the expenses for County Social Services so that it is clean for auditing purposes and for reporting to the Federal Government to be reimbursed for the cost to support DHS. She said what she needs to do then with this budget is make that change and show how those lines are going to look.
Correia said the DHS operating cost is $104,400. The main things missing from this department are the overhead costs like rent, gas, electricity, water, and the janitorial service and supplies. Harney asked if the money State agencies return to the County falls under this amount or if it is separate. Correia said this $104,400 is for the DHS operating non-overhead costs. This includes things like postage, cell phones, publications, minor small equipment, the answering service and those sorts of things. She said they can all be put in the local administrative expense report. She said the overhead costs will come out of a different budget item after the move to the new building. She said she had already talked to Board of Supervisors Executive Assistant Mike Sullivan, Claiborne, and Facilities Manager David Kempf about developing a process to track of the costs for the DHS side and then billing for reimbursement direct to the department. She said the County cannot charge rent to DHS to be reimbursed, but she believes the County can invoice for the depreciation cost of the building. She said that is what they did for Eastdale. All of those costs are not reflected in this budget, nor are the revenues that would be coming back for those items.
Correia said the big increase in this section is for postage. She said it is not an actual increase because the Eastdale postage line was added. She said in past budgets postage for Mental Health/Disability Services (MH/DS) were coming out of the DHS budget, but after the move everyone will take care of their own departmental costs.
Correia said the next section is the operating expenses for CSS. She said some of the current lines reflect expenses at Eastdale. She proposed to the Auditor’s Office those lines end in CSS with some new lines added or recycled to indicate the supported area. There are a lot of decreases in this budget because many items have been moved to the DHS budget. One large increase is in mileage. She said her personal mileage comes out of this budget because it is not usually GA related. It includes mileage for the Community Project Specialist LaTasha Massey when it cannot be reimbursed through other grants. She said much of Massey’s mileage does get reimbursed through the Community Partnership Grant but not all of it. Cell phone service was also added for four County employees. There is the expectation they have the ability to be reached on their cell phones and are receiving work related calls only. She said there is a safety issue being out in the community and doing home visits. Harney asked if the cell phone policy is compatible with what the County has. Correia said right now there is no cell phone reimbursement. The plan is not for County owned cell phones but to do the reimbursement.
Neuzil asked how that would work. Correia said she talked with County Assessor Bill Greazel because the County pay’s for DHS and is then reimbursed for a percentage of the costs. She said it is a County cell phone plan not available for personal use. R. Sullivan said that is why for the most part County policy is that people will be reimbursed up to $40. Neuzil clarified it is a stipend rather than turning in the bill. R. Sullivan said its taxable income. Correia said employees must show they have a plan that costs at least the amount of the reimbursement. Neuzil asked if employees are always on call then. Correia said yes. R. Sullivan said none of the three County options is perfect for employees, but he believes her choice is the best. Correia said the other issue for her employees is that they are working in the community and there is a danger corresponding with that. M. Sullivan said there is also a HIPAA privacy issue with calls becoming public record. Neuzil clarified the employee may have to show a bill if there is a request. M. Sullivan said there is a form to be completed once a year and submitted to the Auditors Office. Then employees submit a normal claim with a copy of the bill, but the calls are not needed. Neuzil asked if it has to be $40. M. Sullivan said it is up to $40 or the cost of the plan.
Correia said they added additional registration fees for conferences because it is not realistic to go to a conference on $200 for registration. She said the subtotal for CSS operating budget is just under $30,000. Correia said the next section is non-reimbursed services. These dollars help fund the short term County daycare for school age children, a respite care program for children two and under at United Action for Youth (UAY). Additionally this provides funding to support of families involved in the child welfare system. Neuzil asked if these were GA. Neuzil asked if these are mandated services. Correia said no. Neuzil asked if this is going up at all. Correia said no. Neuzil asked if the cost is increasing. Correia said no, mileage is increasing for the daycare visits and family team meetings that are not in the office. Neuzil said it increases a lot. Correia said she will go back and look at that one specifically. She said there is a large increase because the character of two positions is changing to work mostly out of the office. Neuzil said there is a point where it is more beneficial to have a car for the department than reimbursing for high mileage. Correia said she considered looking into the cost of leasing but she hadn’t gotten to that point yet.
Correia said the other service costs the $12,500 decrease for transportation. The counseling line increased by $10,000 because mental health care for children has been identified as a need for the community. Neuzil said he didn’t realize this was an additional $70,000 beyond the salaries. He said the total cost is about $200,000 for that program. Correia said probably. R. Sullivan said the daycare expense is not really salary. He said $50,000 of this money is direct service money that will be reimbursed. Neuzil said it is non-mandated expenses. Harney asked where the $10,000 increase in counseling services comes from. Correia proposed instigating the wrap around fund for children’s mental health needs. CSS will be getting about $12,000 from Linn County. This would potentially match those dollars to spread them further. She said there is a need for children and families with a serious emotional disturbance to access small amounts of funds for things like non-insured therapy services or respite care not covered by other sources. Neuzil asked about the eligibility requirements to receive these dollars. Correia said essentially they cannot be eligible for or receive Medicaid or Hawkeye or have insurance but have a high co-pay they cannot afford. There is income eligibility requirements. Neuzil said he wants this funding to be of last resort. Correia said absolutely. Neuzil said he would hate to keep adding to the non-mandated services because of the current financial status. Correia said there are no additional funds requested, but rather she is moving funds around. Neuzil said he does not see it that way. Correia said it does not increase on the service side; it increases in mileage and the staff development.
Neuzil asked why daycare services went up in the last couple of years. Correia said DHS had unexpended funds because the actual FY08 did not reach the FY08 budgeted amount. Neuzil asked why it increased to $29,000 the next year. Correia said it was budgeted at $29,000 in FY08, but it was not expended at 100%. R. Sullivan said the actual was $7,887. Neuzil asked why it was only expended at $7,887 one year, but was still budgeted for at the $29,000 amount. Correia said the amount budgeted is historical. There had been $100,000 in that line with $75,000 paid to Home Ties as a block grant yearly. Last year that was moved because it was operating like a block grant. The other dollars are budgeted for daycare. There may have been a prior use for those dollars in the past. DHS created the short-term childcare for school age children and are still trying to get the word out. Up to $10,000 has been budgeted for UAY for their Respite Care Program. UAY bills DHS each month based on service used. She said DHS maintains the level that had been budgeted for in the past years, because there is the potential and need for daycare; it just didn’t get expended last year. It is not a grant.
Neuzil said there are changes in the numbers he is not sure on. Correia using transportation as an example, FY08 was actual usage, FY09 was budgeted historically at $22,000, but FY10 is budgeted at the FY08 actual level of $10,000. She said the decrease is due to a change in reimbursements possible. Neuzil asked how counseling service went from $252 in FY08, FY09 $3,000 was requested, and this year $13,000 is request. Correia said the goal is to create a substantial wraparound fund for families with children with severe emotional disturbances. DHS is getting some grant funding now and there is the potential for additional Decat funding as well. This would be the County’s match as counseling has been an identified need in the community.
Neuzil asked about the primary treatment line item. Correia said these are dollars the County has historically provided for families and children involved in the child welfare system that have identified needs where there is no other funding source. Neuzil said he is questioning that this budget is over historical spending. He said the Board has been trying to get departments not to do that. Claiborne said over the entire budget, DHS is actually decreasing by $200,000. He said Correia is moving money around between the line items, but has an overall decrease. R. Sullivan said comparing the re-estimation of 2009 to the 2010 budget there are three numbers that change. R. Sullivan said he thinks Correia has explained why they moved.
Correia said there are no changes in the GA because there were several changes made last year. She said GA has supported two individuals with brain injuries at Chatham Oaks who were not eligible for MH/DS. Correia said DHS worked with one individual for several months to leave Chatham Oaks. Correia said the individual still needed support, so is now in the assisted living facility at Jefferson Point in North Liberty. That individual received Section 8 so DHS is only now assisting with job placement. Neuzil asked if it is down to two. Correia replied one. She said $17,000 has been subtracted from the item because the largest expense is the Chatham Oaks cost. Correia said the increase in the free tax preparation should be in grant funding. That increase is offset by revenue. Overall there is a negative change of $208,000 overall in expenditures. The decreases due to the building costs and overhead equal $238,000. However, there are increases due to grants of $49,000. Those expenditures are offset 100% by grants. There is an overall decrease of costs other than the overhead cost of $19,000. Neuzil said a lot of that is because of the brand new building. Correia said the $19,000 is decreases in costs that are not related to building costs. Building costs are the $238,000 decrease. There are also increases that are only spent when offset by grants. The overall decrease for this budget, that is not overhead, is $19,000.
Neuzil asked if Correia anticipates revenue coming back from the FY09 budget. He said he is asking because $75,000 went to flood relief, which was good, but it is frustrating to other departments when someone has an extra $75,000 sitting there. He asked if there an extra $75,000 for FY09. Correia said no. Neuzil clarified Correia does not anticipate an extra $75,000 this year unlike last year. Correia said she budgeted this year for a full years worth of rent and overhead cost. She said she didn't know how those dollars will transfer. She said that is what DHS was told to do. Neuzil said the point is he doesn't want extra money being spent; he wants it back in the General Fund. Correia said that is what generally happens. Neuzil said he is afraid if the budget flat lines and they have to choose between cutting employees and non-mandated services, it is an easy choice. He does not want to be tied into programs that may be great but are not mandated. Correia said there are no technology requests. In FY09 there are two computers and a copier DHS will purchase. She said all staff is currently served with technology and there is no new staff. There are no capital expenditures.
Correia said Juvenile Court Services comes from the Supplemental Fund. This budget decreased by $115,000. Juvenile Court Services is moving from a rented space into the new building, which is a decrease in overhead cost of $40,000. Neuzil asked if Correia has oversight of Juvenile Court Services department. Correia said yes. The other overall decreases and other costs equal $75,000. Correia said she tried to look at actual costs from FY08. Some of the major changes were in attorney fees for juveniles, which increased in FY09. This is paid to the State and in 2007 DHS paid for two years. This year will cost about $69,000. She set aside $86,000 just in case the fee increases in FY10. She said the shelter costs have been trending downward, but she wanted to be careful not to decrease it too much because it is unpredictable. The County is responsible for the difference between what the State will pay and the actual cost of used shelter beds. She increased the detention item based on the contract rate increase with Linn County, which is paid in advance. The inmate medical was taken out as well as the expert witnesses as the State is required to pay those costs. The Sheriff’s Office is reimbursed for serving notices. That amount increased in FY08 so it was increased for FY10 as well. Neuzil asked if the employees were paid for. Correia said they are all State employees. Neuzil asked what the County is mandated to cover. Correia said all of these items. She said they are required to pay for detention, the attorney's fees, and serving notices.
Neuzil said it would be nice for Claiborne to officially track the savings from the new building. He said it will be helpful particularly as it gets closer to the opening because there are some people who argue about what the County spent on it. It would be nice to be able to give a real number of savings. Correia said there is $40,000 saved in this department. Neuzil said it has been taken from this department but someone still has to pay for heat, water, and electric. It would be nice to know the overall savings. Claiborne asked if there is a way to bill for rent and pull money from the General Supplement Fund and put it back in the General Basic Fund. Correia said that is a question she had for Claiborne. Neuzil said what’s happening is quite a few expenses are going to be incurred out of the General Fund that used to be in the General Supplemental Fund. Claiborne said this might be a question for Lyness.
Correia said Juvenile Delinquency Prevention comes out of the General Fund. There are two line items that are 100% reimbursed through Decat grants. The Youth Homes reimbursement is currently mixed with two different grants the County has with Decat. One comes from the General Fund, and the other is this grant source. FY10 only reflects the Decat contract that is 100% reimbursed by a grant. It amounts to $13,000 for the Detention Alternative Program. Correia said Four Oaks Functional Family Therapy is 100% reimbursed through a contract with Decat budgeted at $108,000. These are programs that if the County does not get the contract DHS does not pay for the service. Neuzil asked if she is anticipating Decat will still be strong in FY10. Correia said these two programs are not funded with State allocated dollars, but are transferred from Juvenile Court Services. Juvenile Court Services has not made any indication there will not be dollars for these services. Neuzil asked if Four Oaks knows. Correia said they are very familiar, this is done every year and there is a Memorandum of Understanding.
Correia said that the Consortium for Youth Employment proposal is $20,000 of that expenditure line and the remainder of the $44,000 are grant dollars from other sources. For FY09 there is funding from the City of Iowa City, Decat, and possibly a Community Foundation Application. Correia said she will be requesting funds from all of the cities. Neuzil asked if everyone is increasing. Correia said the dollar amount included is her request level. The program is based on per youth costs. The more money available the more youth can be served. She said she included what she will request, but if they receive less funds the program will serve less kids. She said there is a consortium with the County, Goodwill, UAY and the Neighborhood Centers. Each year what funding is received determines how many kids can be enrolled in the program.
Correia said $4,500 is for the Scholarship and Activity Fund. Claiborne said last year he asked Eide Bailey about the scholarship fund. Eide Bailey said the County is recapturing Mid-Eastern Council on Chemical Abuse funding, which is a new thing. Eide Bailey said the County could capture some of Department 54, but Correia did an analysis that showed no dollars were available. Correia said when Claiborne and she met with Eide Bailey there were only specific uses available under the Code. Claiborne said Department 54 had none. Correia said the intention is there would be money put into prevention before kids get into trouble that would offset the costs in Department 27 later. She said it is hard to make a direct correlation. Correia said they do serve kids in the Consortium for Youth Employment that is involved with Juvenile Court on Juvenile probation. So maybe a portion of that could be billed. R. Sullivan said the problem is DHS does not know who the kids will be. Correia said DHS set aside a number of spaces. R. Sullivan said those specific slots can be taken. Correia said DHS could say half of the County money will be for Juvenile Probation slots. R. Sullivan said that would then move $10,000 to the General Supplemental. Correia said Claiborne could make the change now. Claiborne asked for a figure by email.
Correia said a Competitive Grant Program was created with $200,000. It is not new money. It took money that had been divided amongst the different programs receiving funding historically. Since it is a competitive grant, all of that money is now in one line. It will be decided in March through an RFP who will get the funding. R. Sullivan said it could be an application from a group of agencies. Correia said yes, with one fiscal agent. R. Sullivan said funding could go to someone not on the current list. Correia agreed. R. Sullivan said it was limited to Johnson County. Correia said yes, the agency has to be located and serving residents in the county.
Correia said most of the State and Federal dollars are not coming through anymore. The big change is $224,000, but essentially support from the General Fund for FY09 is $228,494. She said the budget presented to the Board has $224,500 supported from the General Fund. The remainder of the $390,056 is all grant reimbursed. If $10,000 is moved into the Supplemental it will be $214,000. Neuzil clarified the $200,000 comes out of the General Fund. Correia said yes, the $224,500: $200,000 for the Competitive Grant, $20,000 for Youth Employment, and $4,500 for the Scholarship and Activity Fund. Neuzil said even if its dollars that goes towards kids potentially that could fall under General Supplemental, it has to come from the General Fund. Correia said she thinks the County can move $10,000 from Youth Employment. Neuzil said DHS would have to be able to track it. Correia said she can do an assessment of how many Juvenile Probation kids were serviced in FY08.
Claiborne said the running tally sheet will be updated for the December 8, 2008 meeting. He said the December 1, 2008 meeting needs to be rescheduled. R. Sullivan asked if Claiborne wanted to reschedule extras days before the end of the process. R. Sullivan asked Claiborne to squeeze those department onto a day when there is not much scheduled. R. Sullivan said they would try to work them in. R. Sullivan said he noticed under personnel on the running tally sheet there are two paramedics but actually Ambulance Director Steve Spenler asked for two paramedics and one part-time paramedic. M. Sullivan said Spenler wanted to add some additional FTE's to that part-time slot. He said it was going to go to 60%. R. Sullivan said he wrote down the number $15,000. He said it should be there.
Neuzil said for the next meeting under Conservation follow up on creating one line item for Rural Fund and one line item for General Fund for trails. Under County Attorney, someone was going to find out the actual savings for the legal assistant. Under Social Services, Correia was going to check on the mileage reimbursement. Also, Claiborne is to track savings for the new building and check if rent dollars for Juvenile Crime would be paid from the General or Supplemental Funds. Claiborne said the questions from the November 17, 2008 have been updated. R. Sullivan said it would be helpful to go through those questions at the end of each session so the Board knows they are there.
Adjourned at 3:51 p.m.
By Jessica Hulen, Recording Secretary