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serving as back-up. “They got along this far with none—two is a big jump,” Baldwin said, noting that the country’s economy is in bad shape.
“A lot of people are lucky to have jobs at all,” agreed H.B. Wood.
Baldwin said he could understand the deputies all wanting new cars. “I’d like to have one myself,” he said.
Cox reported that supplying the third car would make a difference in cost of only $2,000.
Supervisor Latham agreed with Sheriff Buntin that sharing two cars between three deputies who are spread all over the county would be complicated.
"I think we’re trying to be penny wise and pound foolish if we go with two cars,” Gilkey agreed.
Baldwin dropped his opposition to make buying three cars a 4-1 de^ sion with Wood alone voting against the motion.
The supervisors followed up the car vote with unanimous agreement to set the tax rate for 1980-81 at $4.40 per $100 of assessed value. To balance revenue with expenditures, they agreed to take $14,000 more from surplus, leaving the balance at $66,000.
If revenue sharing comes in as expected, the balance in the county’s cushion will rise to $100,000 by the beginning of the year, according to Cox.
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