DECISION SUMMARY: Section 50.640, RSMo 1986, limits Commission review to determine whether a court's budget request is "economically reasonable, i.e., is the amount requested economically reasonable when compared to the other economic factors included in the statute for the commission's consideration?" The circuit court's budget request for security system is reasonable and the county is required to fund the request.

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