FINANCE COMMITTEE

 

Laura Stanek, Chairman          

Larry Bargy

Robert McLeod

 

 

 

 

Monday, April 07, 2003

 

 

 

 

                   The meeting came to order at 9:00 a.m. in the County Clerk’s office.

 

Present:

 

Laura Stanek, Larry Bargy.

Absent:

 

Robert McLeod

Also present:

 

Jack White, Laura Sexton.

 

                   The meeting convened at 9:00 a.m.

 

                   Terry Johnson, Sheriff, informed the committee about a $12,000 donation for the Animal Shelter from a Charlevoix resident.

 

                   Sheriff Johnson also requested purchase of monitoring cameras for the Jail.  The purchase would be made from Fund #267 - Jail Inmate Proceeds.  The cost would be $5,689.

 

                   1.    It was moved by Bargy, seconded by Stanek that it be recommended to the Board of Commissioners monitoring cameras be purchased from MidState Security at a cost of $5,689 to be paid from Fund #267, Jail Inmate Proceeds Fund.  All voted yes.

 

                   Sheriff Johnson explained that the software for the Jail Reporting system would not longer operate on the DOS system and required that a new Windows based program be installed.  He quotes of both $135,000 and $15,000.  There will demonstrations of both systems on April 30.

 

                   Howard Yamaguchi, Associate Planner, requested that a grant be submitted to Coastal Zone Management Grant for construction of an Internet Web site to provide the public access to GIS data.  The local share would be $5,000 for a P.C. to be installed at the LIAA site.

 

                   2.  The Finance Committee noted that there is $5,000 available in the Grant Match Fund but the Finance Committee has no recommendation.

 

                   Request from the Health Department for $2,125 for tuberculosis services to migrant farm workers.

 

                   3.  It was moved by Bargy, seconded by Stanek that it be recommended $2,125 be paid from Special Projects for tuberculosis services to migrant farm workers.  All voted yes.

 

                   There was discussion of Funds #464, Elk Rapids Fish Park Fund, #244, EDC Revolving Fund, and Fund #144, Gas & Oil Royalties Fund.

 

The meeting adjourned at 11:30.