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Schuppan stated that he has had an issue with Stuhr Museum; the original agreement was to provide maintenance to the buildings. We will have to cut dollars from the budget. He is not in favor of adding a new tax. Lancaster noted that the county uses the dollars from the inheritance fund to keep the property tax rate down. The loss of the inheritance tax dollars will put a tremendous strain on the county budget. Schuppan stated that he would like to impose a county sales tax across the entire county and that would lower the levy considerably but they would have to go to the legislature to support this. Quandt stated that he was here 15 years ago and John Wagoner used to say "a tax is a tax ". If the state abolishes one tax we may need to initiate another tax. McFarland stated that a sales tax is a fair tax. Arnold stated that a county wide sales tax would make more sense but the legislation would have to be changed and cities have more lobbyists than counties. The county only has 2 functions the park and the museum that we are not required to do but they are an important part of the county and they are important to the public. Lancaster noted that in 1964 the people voted on the Stuhr Museum issue and we have addressed the percentage rate that they receive from the tax rate it was 3% and now it is 2.23 %. This will always be discussed. 13. JUVENILE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS A) DISCUSS NEWSPAPER AD FOR JUVENILE SERVICES DIRECTOR. Mr. Ziola stated that the committee used the ad for county treasurer as an example and made changes. They did recommend running the ad March 17, 18, 24 and 25 with the material due by Thursday March 29 at 5:00 p.m. and they suggested meeting on Friday March 30 to review the applications. Then they suggested that the finalists could be interviewed on April 10 B) DISCUSS AND ACCEPT JOB DESCRIPTION FOR JUVENILE SERVICES DIRECTOR. Mr. Ziola has worked on the job description and contacted Douglas and Lancaster counties but they did not have a job description for that position. He suggested using the job description and it could be changed in the future if necessary. The committee also met last week regarding the grant administration and the compensation. Robyn Hassel has been taking care of the grant administration at this time. According to the budget and payroll information it is $76.92 per pay period for the grant administration. It is only fair that Robyn should receive the compensation for the grant administration. C) DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON TIMELINE, HIRING PROCESS AND SALARY /HOURLY POSITION REGARDING JUVENILE SERVICES DIRECTOR - Ziola stated that discussion was held regarding the salary and the issue came up regarding the hiring of the county treasurer that the applicants did not want their names to be public. Everything is public record but this may be an exception because it is an employee and an appointed position not an elected official. The application could be kept confidential except for the 4 finalists. Arnold stated that he appreciates all of the work that the committee has done and agrees that 5