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14 rl n ON PRIVATELY OWNED RESIDENCES WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE DESTITUTE.. HE NOTED THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY PART OF THE PROGRAM THAT HASNIT BEEN INITIATED YET. VAL BRENNAN REPORTED TO THE BOARD, THAT, AS THEY HAD REQUESTED, HE HAD CONTACTED CONSULTANTS IN REGARD TO ESTABLISHINGA COUNTYWIDE STREET NUMBERING SYSTEM, HE CONTINUED THAT VERY FEW WERE INTERESTED, AND HE HAD ONLY BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN ONE FIGURE OF $6,009 FOR THIS WORK. FOR THIS AMOUNT, THEY WOULD COME IN AND LOOK AT OUR SYSTEM, ANALYZE IT AND SET UP A SYSTEM FOR US TO CARRY OUT OVER A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS. THEN THEY WOULD COME BACK, REVIEW THE ANALYSIS AND SET UP A SYSTEM BASED -ON THE EXPERIENCE. HE STATED, IN HIS OPINION, SOMEONE WAS NEEDED TO WORK ON THIS FULL TIME. HE CONTINUED THAT THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 10 REQUESTS A DAY FOR HOUSE NUMBERS, MAINLY BECAUSE THE POST OFFICE IS REQUIRING THEM. THERE ARE MANY INCONC- SISTENCIES IN THE NUMBERS AND SOME ERRORS IN STREET SIGNS, AND HE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER HIRING ANOTHER STAFF PERSON TO TAKE ON THIS JOB. COMMISSIONER WODTKE LEFT THE MEETING AT 10:50 O'CLOCK TO ATTEND A FUNERAL. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED HOW LONG SUCH A JOB WOULD TAKE, MR. BRENNAN SAID THAT HE WOULD ESTIMATE ABOUT A YEAR, AND NOTED IT WILL INVOLVE A GREAT DEAL OF TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTY TO CHECK EXISTING CONDITIONS. ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS STATED THAT HE CONCURRED WITH MR, BRENNAV S SOLUTION AS HE DID NOT FEEL AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT WILL GIVE US WHAT WE NEED, COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED IF MR, BRENNAN PLANNED TO CHANGE THE BASIC NUMBERING SYSTEM, MR, BRENNAN STATED THAT HE DID NOT, BUT NOTED THAT MANY SUB- DIVISIONS DO NOT AGREE WITH THE NUMBERING SYSTEM.: CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED HE FELT THERE SHOULD BE SOME TIME LIMIT SET ON THIS PROJECT AND MR. BRENNAN SUGGESTED A LIMIT OF ONE YEAR. DISCUSSION CONTINUED IN REGARD TO STREET SIGNS AND THE PROBLEM OF WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC AS THEY ARE GENERALLY RELUCTANT TO CHANGE HOUSE NUMBERS. 20 ��. .25 285