From: Jon Ozmint
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:14 AM
To: Aaron Joyner; Ann Shawkat; Arthur Jordan; Bernice Wiggleton; Bertie Blanding; Bruce Rivers; Doris Edwards; Florence Mauney; Fred Thompson; Gary Lane; George Dodkin; James Parker; Jeanne McKay; Jerry Washington; John Barkley; John Brooks; John Pate; Larry Cartledge; Laura Caldwell; Linda Bradshaw; Margaret Bell; Phyllis Hopkins; Ralph Hunter; Richard Cannon; Richard Cothran; Robin Chavis; Roland McFadden; Scott Lewis; Stanley Leaks; Stephen Claytor; Tessie Smith; Tony Burton; William Jordan; Daniel Murphy; David Tatarsky; Donna Hodges; Gerri Miro; Jimmy Sligh; John Solomon; Josh Gelinas; Marsha Kjoller; Robert Ward; Anna Moak; Barbara Grissom; Blake Taylor; Bob Petersen; Colie Rushton; Debbie Barnwell; Dennis Patterson; Gary Boyd; Gayle Brazell; Isaiah Gray; Jan Wresics; Jannita Gaston; Joel Anderson; John Harmon; Kathy Thompson; Martha Roof; Melanie Davis; Michael Beinor; Patricia Thrailkill; Randy Reagan; Rose Mayer; Russell Rush; Tom McQueen; Trevis Shealy; William Akerman; David Dunlap; Elaine Pinson; Elaine Robinson; Glenn Stone; John McCall; Kenneth Weedon; Mildred Hudson; Raymond Reed; Robert Mauney; Sandra Barrett; Wayne Mccabe; Cecilia Reynolds; Donald Beckwith; Edsel Taylor; Gregory Knowlin; Levern Cohen; Robert Bollinger; Tim Riley; Bernard Mckie; Catherine Kendall; Judy Anderson; Leroy Cartledge; McKither Bodison; Michael McCall; Robert Stevenson; Tony Padula; Willie Eagleton
Subject: Week of March 1, 2010

Good Morning,

I just want to pass on some good news and some expected news.

Last Tuesday, the B&C Board voted 5 to 0 allow us to run a $29 million deficit. Actually, when the Board allows deficit spending, it is somewhat of a complement to the efficiency of an agency; when the Board is presented with a deficit request, it has the option of approving the deficit, directing specific cuts, or ultimately taking over the operation of the agency and making cuts.

Consistent with the Board staff recommendations and the findings of countless reviews, the Board reached the conclusion that further cuts cannot be made safely at SCDC. We all appreciate their decision.

This means that there should be no further furlough days, this fiscal year.

The expected news: Next fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2020, we will have to implement at least five days of furlough, again. How many and how has yet to be determined, as the state budget writing process is still in the early stages.

Keep up the good work and make every dollar count.