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HAS APPLIED FOR GRANTS. HUBERT T. POOLE, DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING, INC., APPEARED10 FURTHER DISCUSS THE COUNCILS BUDGET FOR 1974-75. THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING AND MR. POOLE WAS REQUESTED TO PREPARE A 12 MONTH BUDGET FOR 1975-76 AND ALSO TO PROVIDE THE PRESENT BUDGET BEING USED. THE BOARD DISCUSSED THIS BUDGET AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF MR. POOLE NEEDED A COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 1975. MR. POOLE STATED THAT HE DID NOT NEED A COMMITMENT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1, 1975. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER ''IoDTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, TO CONSIDER THE BUDGET FOR THE INDIAN RIVER COUNCIL ON AGING,ALONG WITH ALL OTHER BUDGET MATERIAL AT REGULAR BUDGET SESSION TIME. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE FEELS THE PROGRAM IS A NEEDED ONE, BUT UNTIL HE SEES THE WHOLE PICTURE, HE CANNOT TELL IF THE COUNTY CAN AFFORD IT. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED IT IS NOT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED BUT IT IS TAKING A SOCIAL FUNCTION NOW FUNDED, IN PART, BY THE STATE WHICH WILL BECOME A COUNTY FUNCTION WHEN THE STATE DOES NOT FUND IT ANY LONGER. HE ASKED HOW DO YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PROGRAMS FOR THE BLACKS, CHILDREN AND THE AGED. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS HANDLED AT BUDGET SESSION TIME. HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AUSTERITY IN THE BUDGET. ST. LUCIE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DOES NOT SUB- SIDIZE THEIR COUNCIL ON AGING, IT IS DONE BY LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SALARIES NOT INCREASED SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER MASSEY, STATED THAT WE HELP THE YOUTH AND THE MISGUIDED, WE SHOULD NOT HESITATE TO HELP THE AGED. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE MOTION. THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AND THE MOTION WAS PASSED. 6 Jai 4 1975 900 23 FADE 06