I have continued my review of the proposed Knox County Budget, and hope to raise additional questions at tomorrow's meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee, 8:30 a.m. Here are some more observations.

SRF200-235pdf file, p. 55. Highway/Bridge Maintenance. A zero to $50,000 jump in "other professional services." What are we buying?

SRF pp. 50, 47, 43. We go from zero to $100,000, $120,000 and $3000 respectively for the Employee Benefits Engineering and Public Works Fund, the Highway Fundwide, and Drug Control Fundwide. What are these?

SRF p. 40. Why $50,000 more than requested in Transfers under Tourism?

SRF p. 22. Why $300,000 more than requested in Convenience Centers Building and Grounds Maintenance and $289,000 more than requested in Service Contracts?

SRF p. 21. Is the $19,000 budgeted for Workers Compensation Charges realistic? Past years have been twice that or more.

SRF p. 11. What is the $50,000 for the State General Library?

Writing of libraries, if any of the above items prove unjustified or unwise, some funds clearly needed to be shifted to schools and libraries. Library book/media acquisition budget is more than $48,000 below last year: $141,000 below two years ago.

The stormwater ordinance in our packet for tomorrow's meeting also has none of the dozen-plus suggestions I presented to make it as rigorous as that of the city. All the best, Mark Harmon