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9:05 A.M. Held a Board of Equalization meeting 9:12 a.m. Adjourned the Board of Equalization meeting and returned to the regular meeting. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION —Chairman Lancaster called for public participation and no one responded. 13 FACILITIES - FEDERAL BUILDING UPDATE-The ceiling is complete and the doors and hardware will be installed today. They are touching up the paint and the carpet and base boards are in. They will need to order the furniture and other than that it will be done by the end of the week. Mr. Humphrey suggested that the committee could do a walk through. He did do a walk through with Craig Thurston. Discussion was held and Arnold suggested that the board would have time to take a tour today. There is time before the next scheduled item. Chairman Lancaster called for a break and the board toured the Federal Building. She also suggested holding an open house once the renovations are finished. Recessed the regular meeting to tour the Federal Building 9:45 returned to the meeting 6. 9:45 AM — PUBLIC HEARING — HALL COUNTY BUDGET—Quandt made a motion and Lanfear seconded to open the public hearing for the Hall County budget. Arnold, Bredthauer, Lanfear, Lancaster, Quandt, Richardson and Schuppan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. Chairman Lancaster called for public participation and no one responded and no members of the public were present. Lanfear made a motion and Quandt seconded to close the public hearing for the Hall County Budget. Arnold, Bredthauer, Lanfear, Lancaster, Quandt, Richardson and Schuppan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 6a) DISCUSS &APPROVE 1% ADDITIONAL ALLOWABLE INCREASE—Richardson made a motion and Arnold seconded to approve the 1% additional allowable increase. Richardson stated that it is important to keep in mind that Brad Fegley has been our account for 20 years plus and he advises to approve this additional 1% and Stacey also explained it. Also NACO and the State Auditor's Office advise to approve. Lanfear expressed concern that this is a non-issue because at the last budget meeting 2 board members stated they would not to approve this. It was discussed thoroughly. Schuppan noted that this will lower our spending authority. Stacey Ruzicka explained that this allows for future spending and does not change our current budget. It is unused budget authority. This needs to be voted on today and she recommended doing so. She noted pages 6 and 7 in the budget. The information has been advertised correctly. This only allows the county to use the dollars in the future if necessary. 3