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144 Voting for: Commissioners Carpenter and Barnhart Voting against: Commissioners Payne and Hamby and Chairman Simmons Motion was made by Commissioner Hamby and seconded by Commissioner Payne to amend the previous motion to shift the requested Accounting Technician position for the Finance Department to a part-time position for 500 hours beginning January 1, 1992. Voting was as follows: Voting for: Commissioners Hamby, Payne, and Carpenter and Chairman Simmons Voting against: Commissioner Barnhart The vote on the original motion as amended to delete the full-time Accounting Technician III as recommended for the Finance Department beginning in January, 1992 and to add a part-time Accounting Technician III position beginning in January 1, 1992 for a maximum of 500 hours was as follows: Voting for: Commissioners Hamby, Payne and Carpenter and Chairman Simmons Voting against: Commissioner Barnhart UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter and unanimously carried, the Board reduced Travel (Line Item 610) for the Finance Department to $5,000.00. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Finance Department budget as amended. UPON MOTION of Chairman Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart and unanimously carried, the Board amended the Fire Marshal budget to reduce the Telephone expense (Line Item 420) to $300.00, to reduce the Equipment Maintenance account (Line Item 560) to $400.00, to delete the $3,000.00 appropriation to Pitts Volunteer Fire Department, and to reduce the Equipment and Furniture (Line Item 860) to $654.00. The Board further agreed to send a letter to Pitts Volunteer Fire Department asking that the department donate the suburban vehicle and equipment to the Fire Marshal's office. UPON MOTION of Chairman Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart and unanimously carried, the Board amended the recommended the Current and Long Range Planning budget as follows: Reduce Postage (Line Item 325) to $900.00; Reduce Equipment Maintenance (Line Item 560) to $3,000.00; and Reduce Travel (Line Item 610) to $5,000.00. In reviewing the Traffic Engineering budget, the Board discussed the engineering costs for the County. Commissioner Payne proposed that the County consider hiring an engineer to do design work, surveying, and drafting for County projects. The Board discussed the job responsibilities of an engineer and the preparation of a job description for the position. However, no formal action was taken by the Board and no changes were made to the recommended appropriation for the 1991-1992 fiscal year. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart with Commissioners Payne, Barnhart, and Hamby and Chairman Simmons voting for and Commissioner Carpenter voting against, the Board approved the Traffic Engineering budget as recommended with the following changes: Reduce Automotive Supplies (Line Item 345) to $700.00 and reduce Other Operation Cost (Line Item 355) to $5,000.00. UPON MOTION of Chairman Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Transportation Planning budget as recommended with the following amendments: Reduce Consultants (Line Item 155) to $3,000.00 and reduce Travel (Line Item 610) to $700.00. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Chairman Simmons and unanimously carried, the Board approved the recommended Zoning budget with the following changes: Reduce Office Supplies (Line Item 301) to $1,280.00; Reduce Printing and Binding (Line Item 320) to $250.00; Reduce Travel (Line Item 610) to $6,000.00; and Reduce Equipment and Furniture (Line Item 860) to -0-. The Board by consensus asked that staff look at all maintenance contracts for such equipment as personal computers and radios, determine the number of service calls on each, and delete those contracts deemed to be unnecessary. In particular, Commissioner Barnhart suggested that all service contracts be deleted for personal computers and that needed repairs be made on a time and material basis. Also, Chairman Simmons asked staff to investigate the cost efficiency of buying new, smallerCars for various departments as opposed to the current policy of using the'old law enforcement vehicles.