BOARD01326

• Board Meeting Date: 12/13/1967
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

MR. NELSON:
I MR. STAPLETON:
MR. D. MILLER:
MR. STAPLETON:

MR. SPARKS:

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MR. STAPLETON:

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Bill Nelson fram Grand Juncti'On. Would you
stand, Mr. Nelsan."

"Thank you."

"And Mr. Miller fram Greeley."

"Thank y'Ou."

"I haven't seen any members of the legisla-
ture, sa with that m'O'Od in mind we'll consider
the budget! Larry has sent out copies of the
budget t'O the B'Oard members and I am sure y'Ou
have all looked it over carefully. I think in
the interests of time, I'm more interested in
getting ta the Central Arizona Project and the
Closed Basin, so could y'Ou point 'Out any im-
p'Ortant aspects of the budget you'd like us t'O
c'Onsider befare we approve it, Larry."

"I think the mast imp'Ortant thing is that
we have held the budget in line with the previous
year. Actually we shaw a small reducti'On, a
three percent decrease in our budget. I think
we are 'One of the few state agencies that can
shaw such a decrease. We have been able to d'O
this far the reasan that we have a small amount
of federal funds c'Oming in. We have been able
t'O do this with'Out decreasing 'Our program at
all, with the help 'Of ab'Out $40,000 in federal
funds. We have, actually, in some respects
increased certain parts 'Of our budget. Our
salaries have gene up same, merit increases;
travel; but the g'Oing programs have been held
pretty much at the current level.

Unless there is same particular item, I
won't bother to g'O thr'Ough the budget. We
changed the f'Ormat a little bit this year at
the request 'Of Accounts and Control. We put a
little more inf'Ormation in that they requested.
If you d'On't understand it, don't blame me be-
cause I don't understand everything that is in
here either."

"As I understand it, what we w'Ould do is