The Howard County Council met,
The meeting was called to order by
Sheriff Department Major Steve Rogers and conducted by President Richard
Miller.
The minutes of the
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The Auditor’s transactions in Transfer Resolution No. 2003-HCC-05 on page
3, item 1, received a favorable vote count of 3 to 2 at the meeting, however,
according to statute, this count is not sufficient for approval. Approval requires a majority of favorable
votes of the entire body (all 7 members).
Since the transfers could not be approved, this also changes and
disallows the transactions for the Auditor on Amended Salary Ordinance No.
2003-HCC-15, page 4. All other
transactions stand as reported.
A motion
was made by Mr. Singer, seconded by Mr. Papacek and carried to adopt the
minutes with the above noted amendments.
IN THE MATTER OF SPECIAL COUNCIL
RECOGNITION OF MILITARY SERVICE:
Mr. Papacek made a motion to issue a
proclamation that the County Council, together with
IN THE MATTER OF
Ms. Nicole Scott, Vice President of
Howard Community Hospital Behavioral Health Services, gave a presentation on
their renovation project. Howard County
Community Foundation awarded the former First National Bank Building on
Howard Community plans to relocate
all out-patient behavioral health services to the new facility. The education services and 24-hour care will
remain at the hospital. The new facility
will be open Monday through Friday from
The tentative move-in date is
scheduled for December 2003. Ms. Scott
briefly described an overview of the type of programs offered and patients that
will be treated. Since the facility is
licensed by the State of
IN THE MATTER OF
Director Glen Boise presented the
following issues for Council information and approval:
1. Informational Meeting: Mr. Boise asked the Council to consider
setting a special meeting on
Mr. Papacek
made a motion to set a Special Meeting for the Commissioners on
2.
Council Appointments to Steering
Committee: Mr. Boise reminded
the Council that at the previous meeting he had requested each Council member
to appoint someone to serve on a Comprehensive Plan Committee. The Committee will meet once each month for
approximately one year.
3.
Public Workshops: Public opinions are encouraged at workshops
scheduled on April 15th and 17th, 2003 at school
libraries throughout the county.
IN THE MATTER OF ORDINANCE NO. 2003-HCC-14 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS:
Ordinance
No. 2003-HCC-14 was read in full for the first time by
APPROPRIATION ADDITIONS
REQUESTED:
REQUESTED: APPROVED:
001
011
2370 Printer & Copier Supplies $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00
3212 Postage $ 13,000.00 $ 13,000.00
3512 GIS
Project $ 20,000.00 $ 20,000.00
3570 Printing $ 1,200.00 $ 1,200.00
Total
Reassessment Fund: $ 36,700.00 $ 36,700.00
When the budgets were prepared in
July 2002, County Assessor Ann Harrigan anticipated that the reassessment would
be finished by the end of 2002. The
Mr. Papacek made a motion to
appropriate $36,700.00 to the line items listed above. Mr. Shearer seconded the motion, which
carried.
Major
Rogers explained the money in Line Item 4710 would be used to purchase an aluminum insert for the new prisoner transport van. The insert has three (3) separate compartments,
having the ability to transport up to three classifications of prisoners. This
could reduce the number of officers needed to transport prisoners. The insert is sealed so that the compartments
can be easily washed out with a hose, and can be removed and installed in
future vans.
Regarding Line Item 4715, the software will allow CISCO to communicate with the NEC Livescan fingerprint machine to eliminate duplication of information and work effort when a prisoner is photographed and fingerprinted. This would reduce the amount of time an inmate has to be out of confinement. The software is a one-time expenditure of $10,000, which had been adjusted down from $12,000 due to an earlier interface purchase.
IN THE MATTER OF RESOLUTION NO. 2003-HCC-05-- TRANSFERS:
Resolution
No. 2003-HCC-05 addressing requested transfers was presented and read in full
for Council information and review. The
following actions were taken:
001
002 HOWARD COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE:
1113 First Deputy Auditor 1117 Part-time $
2,238.00 $ 2,238.00
2371 Other Supplies 1117 Part-time $
9,500.00 $ 9,500.00
2371 Other Supplies 1118 Overtime $ 500.00 $ 500.00
Prior to
the meeting the Council members received copies of a letter from
The above
listed transfers were changed slightly to cover overtime, if needed, in the
next few weeks to process assessed values in order to expedite the spring
tax-rate and billing process. The
remainder of the money will be used to pay part-time personnel when needed
until the end of the year 2003. In
addition to the Mapping Project and various other large tasks, another set of
assessed values will follow behind the first set. However, there is one pregnancy in progress
and one or two pending surgeries. No
increases will be given to any part-time hourly rates this year.
Mrs. Lake
attended the State Auditor’s Advisory Meeting on Tuesday, March 18th,
and discovered that Howard County ranks third or fourth in the State in
completing the reassessment on time. She
commended the efforts the departments and all personnel involved in the
dedication and teamwork on the reassessment project.
Mr. Papacek
made approve the above listed transfers as presented by the Howard County Auditor. Mr. Ortman seconded the motion, and it
carried.
IN THE MATTER OF SALARY ORDINANCE NO.
2003-HCC-15 – AMENDING THE EXISTING SALARY ORDINANCE FOR 2003:
A motion was made by Mr.
Papacek, seconded by Mr. Ortman, and carried to approve Amended Salary Ordinance
2003-HCC-15 as read. The amended
salaries, any changed position titles and all other pertinent information is
shown as follows:
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POSITIONS/ REQUEST: APPROVED: YTD:
SALARY
001
002 HOWARD COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE:
1113 First
Deputy Auditor 2 @$28,465 -$ 2,238.00 -$ 2,238.00 $
54,692.00
1117 Part-time $18,000 +$11,738.00 +$11,738.00 $ 39,738.00
1118 Overtime -0- +$ 500.00 +$ 500.00 $ 500.00
IN THE MATTER OF
IN THE MATTER OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR ISSUES:
Personnel
Administrator Wanda McKillip presented the following issues for Council
information:
1.
Healthy Habits for Life:
2.
Appointments:
Mrs. McKillip distributed an updated list of appointments serving on
committees to the Council members.
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County Council Minutes, March 25th, 2003