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However, she assured the supervisors that replacements can be found for herself as social services director and for the social worker who is leaving this June, plus a new social worker if that position is retained in the 1988-89 budget.
And giving the board guidance on where the budget might be cut without repercussions, she noted that administrative costs could be reduced by as much as $8,000 to reflect the savings expected in replacing veterans with less experienced workers. In addition, she acknowledged that the line item for sick leave could be dropped by $3,000, which had been included to pay for her accumulated leave when she intended to retire next July. (To administrative assistant John McCarthy’s question, Mrs. Kreitler noted that the current welfare budget will have sufficient funds to cover that accumulated leave.)
Chairman Gilkey advised consulting accountant Wally Cox to determine the amount of local money involved in the salary savings for the replacement personnel and the sick leave deletion before reducing the proposed budget at all. Otherwise, he said, “I feel comfortable with her budget as presented.”
There were no dissenting remarks from the other members — Mr. Massie, Charles Estes and Ellis Bingham — present at Thursday’s work session.
The Social Services budget was the final departmental request reviewed by the Board of Supervisors in work sessions stretching over the past month and a half. The proposed county budget now stands at $6.5 million, and will be advertised with a tax rate of 52 cents per $100 of assessed real estate value.
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