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SUBJECT ANIMAL CONTROL FISCAL YEAR 2007 BUDGET PAGE2 Reference Question #2 -HIHS received absolutely no notice of change of significant budgetary submission dates. This resulted in HPD unilaterally cutting critical budget line items, such as bulletproof vests, salaries and wages. Ms. Morgan claims that "HIHS received absolutely no notice of change of significant budgetary submission data", but in preparation of the Fiscal Year 2005-06 budget, both the Police Department and the Purchasing Division believed that a new contract would be in place for FY OS-06, thus, there was no need for negotiations with HIHS prior to May 2005, which was explained to Ms. Morgan several times. In preparation of the 2006-07 budget, the Police Department realized it could not negotiate with the Hawaii Island Humane Society (HIHS), for a contract amount that exceeded the budget appropriation. Thus, the Department notified Ms. Morgan of our need for a proposal that represented HIHS' needs, explained the applicable deadlines and attempted to obtain the necessary funding within the established County budgetary guidelines. "Exhibit A" represents the proposal that the Department obtained from Morgan with the related justifications for increase. It should be noted that no where in this submission is there any mention of bulletproof vests and staff informs me that this is the first time any mention has been made about protective equipment. For FY06-07, the Department submitted to the County Budget Office a budget request totaling $1,103,415 for Animal Control. The request consisted of a 5% across the board increase, which the Department believed would suffice for inflationary increases, which is how the amount contained in the FY06-07 budget was calculated [FY06 budget $995,697(which includes the $3,313 additional appropriation) + 5% increase = $1,045,482]. $57,933 was submitted in the form of Supplemental Budget Requests for (4) new items. The new items included: 1. Animal Control Officer $19,800 2. Half-time Clean and Feed Personnel $10,133 3. Network Copier $18,000 4. Increase of Spay/Neuter Program $10,000 The $70,000 budget cut that Ms. Morgan referred to during her testimony before Council, consisted of the above four new item requests that the Department submitted to the Budget Office and the ADA ramp which is discussed below. The items included in the FY 2007 budget submittal to the Budget Office and manner in which the submittal occurred was explained to Ms. Morgan and members of the HIHS Board by Departmental staff.