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vacation, testifying in court, if someone leaves or if there is a serious crime which takes multiple deputies and extended time on a crime scene. Sheriff Estes said deputies need more backup, and two were shot this year. Animal control, domestic violence and serving civil processes are all provided by the Sheriff's Department. There has been a lot of turnover in the jail. The Department is trying to keep Student Resource Officers at the schools, but there are times when they are pulled if needed for response to an incident. When school is out during the summer, they are utilized and sent to training. There are two Community Resource Officers tied to the park during operational house and could be utilized in other areas when the parks are closed. The proposed budget is a 11% increase from the previous year. Adding new a new person also adds the expense of uniforms and an equipped vehicle, which is estimated at about $100,000 per person. The Sheriff's Department permits moonlighting for deputies who provide outside services to places like security to the Charter Schools. Deputies are allowed to use their County- issued vehicle and uniform for this purpose. County Staff discussing the joint City/County Departments County Manager John Crumpton said in Community Development, the requested budget is $560,574 and considering salary adjustments he felt increase was minimal. The Inspections department gave an estimate on cost share, but the County hasn't had to pay the cost share in years. There is no real impact to the department reflected in the budget. The big increase is for 911 in dispatching for flipping calls to the Sheriff's Department. Lee County's cost share increased from 24.5% to 29.7% Call volume in unincorporated areas drove the increase. A new position has been proposed in GIS Strategic Services, which has not been considered in many years. ADJOURNMENT Motion: Motion to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m. Mover: Dr. Andre Knecht For: 5 - Dr. Andre Knecht, Robert Reives, Cameron Sharpe, Kirk Smith, Bill Carver Absent: 2 - Arianna Lavallee, Mark Lovick Motion Result: Passed NORTH CAROLINA, LEE COUNTY Presented for registration on this (3 da ,, y7/1)rEe_,‘ of /k/ 20, 22 at 2 : 30 AM. recorded in Book 3q Page (1 Kir D. Smi , Ch rman Pamela G. Britt, Register of Deeds Chair, Lee County Board of Commissioners . CO iii.\> �F ��, ? . TTEST: ! / I ,.-1 qk , �iL 4IALi� ��11,i‘lii.J , I;`IE: r nifer G:m. e l ` '.'�i(i_ , Clerk to the Board ,t \ „i 7. ll- 1 te vi 1. 4