FINANCE COMMITTEE
Laura Stanek, Chairman                                   Larry Bargy Jerroll Drenth
Monday, October 8, 2007
The meeting came to order at 9:00 a.m. in the County Clerk’s office.
Present:            Laura Stanek, Larry Bargy, Jerroll Drenth
Also present:    Jack White
1.	It was moved by Drenth, seconded by Bargy it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners the claims and accounts totaling $101,221.72 be approved and paid.  All voted yes.
2.	It was moved by Bargy, seconded by Drenth it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners the 2007 Delinquent Tax Payment be created (Fund #516.207).  All voted yes.
3.	Blair Coutant, David Schultz, and Mike Paradis from Meadowbrook and the Meadowbrook Board presented a proposed 2008 Meadowbrook budget including a millage revenue of 0.80 mills.
	It was moved by Drenth, seconded by Bargy it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners that the 2008 millage for Meadowbrook Medical Care Facility be set at 0.80.  All voted yes.
4.	It was moved by Bargy, seconded by Drenth it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners that the 2008 millage for Commission on Aging be set at 0.3803.  All voted yes.
5.	The Administration Committee made the following recommendations to the Finance Committee:
	1.	the Veterans Counselors’ hours be increased by up to six hours per week.
	2.	$5,372.04 be paid to the Retirement System to cover Tom Sandeen’s retirement from December, 2085 to September, 1986.
	3.	Mathew Goodhue from Common sense Computing be hire to configure the two servers at a rate of $80 per hour, not to exceed 12 hours.
	4.	the contract amount for Trimble Consulting be increased by $20,000.
	5.	the 2007 budget for a laptop computer for the Coordinator/Planners office be increased by $2,600.
	6.	an actuarial report be obtained from the Retirement system to determine the increased cost for adding a 5% pension adjustment for Antrim County employees who retired after 1991.
	It was moved by Bargy, seconded by Drenth it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners that the 2007 Veterans’ Counselor’s budget be increased by $800 to cover the cost of increasing her hours by up to 6 additional hours per week, to be used only if necessary, beginning Monday, October 8, 2007.  All voted yes.
	It was moved by Bargy, seconded by Drenth it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners that $5,372.04 be allocated to pay the employer portion for Thomas Sandeen for the period between December 1985 and September 1986.  All voted yes.
	It was moved by Drenth, seconded by Bargy it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners that the Board contract with Mathew Goodhue from Common Sense Computing to configure the two servers at a rate of $80 per hour, not to exceed 12 hours.  All voted yes.
	It was moved by Drenth, seconded by Bargy it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners that the Trimble Consulting contract amount be increased by $20,000.  All voted yes.
	It was moved by Drenth, seconded by Bargy it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners a laptop computer be purchased from the 2007 budget for the Coordinator/Planner’s office at a cost not to exceed $2,600.  All voted yes.
	It was moved by Drenth, seconded by Bargy it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners an acturial report be obtained from the Retirement system at a cost of $740 to determine the cost of a 5% pension adjustment for Antrim County employees who retired after 1991. All voted yes.
6.	It was moved by Bargy, seconded by Drenth it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners that $7,400 be transferred from the Capital Outlay Reserve Fund to the General Fund for replacement of the boiler in the 1905 Courthouse. All voted yes.
7.	Sheriff Terry Johnson requested an increase in the 2008 budget for the Dr. contract for the Jail.
	It was moved by Drenth, seconded by Bargy it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners that the cost for the Dr. contract at the Jail for 2008 be increased to $15,700.  All voted yes.
The meeting adjourned at 12:00 Noon.