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"II.. '.>. () TUESDAY APRIL 14, 1981 (11) Social Services. The two budget accounts submitted by the Social Services Board were reviewed in detail by my office, but unchanged. (12) Education. The various accounts submitted by the School Board were reviewed in detail by my office, but unchanged. (13) Constitutional Officers - Treasurer. The Treasurer has submitted a request to the Compensation Board for an additional clerk. The outcome of this request is unknown and the additional position is not reflected in the budget. (14) Constitutional Officers - Sheriff. The Sheriff has submitted a request to the Compensation Board for an additional deputy in the Jail. The outcome of this request is also unknown, but the additional position is reflected in the budget. (15) Constitutional Officers - Clerk of Circuit Court. The Clerk is proposing that the local supplement to his salary be increased from $3,600 annually to $5,600, the first such increase since 1974. (16) Regional Library. The total contribution to the Regional Library, $143,966, is proposed to be paid from Revenue Sharing funds. Electric Fund (1) Generation. This account is up 38.2% over the current budget, reflecting the sizeable increase in our purchased power cost. In addition, $35,000 is budgeted for substantive repair to erosion on the top part of our hydroelectric dam--work which has already been delayed too long. (2) Construction. This account is substantially higher than the current budget, by $194,898 or 51%. This is primarily due, however, to including $180,000 to pay R. W. Beck for engineering work on Phase III-A of the Ridgeway Hydro project. (3) Transfers/Other Funds. This account is reduced by $96,266 from the current budget, reflecting: (a) A reduction of $16,266 in the transfer to the General Fund. (b) A reduction of $100,000 in the amount previously viewed as an allowance for depreciation. However, it is proposed that the $100,000 budgeted actually be "expended" or transferred to a specific reserve for depreciation. Water Fund The total of all Water Fund expenditures is increasing by only $42,670, or 5.7% over the current budget. There is no budgetary provlslon, however, for the City's share of the UDAG project, which amount will have to be specially appropriated from the Water Fund surplus during the coming year when the project is completed and final overall costs are determined. Sewer Fund No provision is made in the proposed budget to cover the City's share of the "interim improvements" to the wastewater treatment plant. Design work is proceeding and at a point during FY81-82, when contract costs are determined, special appropriation will have to be made from the Sewer Fund surplus to fund these improvements. (1) Wastewater Plant. It will cost $305,984 more to operate our wastewater plant next year than is currently budgeted. However, the current budget is badly understated and it is more meaningful to see that the FY81-82 proposed budget is 26.5% greater that the projected estimate of cost for this year. This is so, in part, because: