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1976 <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE AND MR. MUFF GOT <br />TOGETHER A SMALL COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF THOSE NAMED AT THE BOTTOM OF <br />MR. HUFF'S LETTER, TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND NOTED THAT THIS RECOMMEN- <br />DATION HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE INDIAN RIVER CITRUS LEAGUE. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA EXTENSION SERVICE <br />COULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT AN AGRICULTURAL AGENT DIRECTLY OUT OF COLLEGE <br />BE APPOINTED AS THE EXTENSION DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY, AND IT WAS THEIR <br />RECOMMENDATION, IF WE GOT AN AGRICULTURAL AGENT WE WERE SATISFIED WITH BUT <br />4HO DID NOT HAVE THEAECESSARY EXPERIENCE, THAT .JUDITH H'AKEFIELD BE AP- <br />POINTED EXTENSION DIRECTOR AND THE AGRICULTURAL AGENT BE APPOINTED TO WORK <br />UNDER HER DIRECTION. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THIS WOULD INCREASE <br />PARS. WAKEFIELD'S SALARY APPROXIMATELY $3,000 PER YEAR, AND, IN ADDITION, <br />THE STATE WOULD REQUIRE THIS COUNTY TO PAY EVEN AN UNEXPERIENCED AGRICUL- <br />TURAL AGENT AT LEAST $16,000 ANNUALLY. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT THE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MADE UP OF <br />CITIZENS WITH CATTLE INTERESTS, CITRUS INTERESTS AND DAIRY INTERESTS, UNAN- <br />IMOUSLY AGREED THAT THEY COULD NOT RECOMMEND EMPLOYING A YOUNG MAN DIRECTLY <br />'OUT OF COLLEGE AS AN AGRICULTURAL AGENT AT A SALARY OF $16,000 ANNUALLY <br />AND ARE, THEREFORE, RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE AS WE ARE WITHOUT AN <br />AGRICULTURAL AGENT. <br />IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO TAKE ANY ACTION <br />IN•THIS REGARD. <br />ROBERT BERG, ASSISTANT COUNTY PLANNER, REPORTED THAT HE HAS CON- <br />TACTED PEOPLE WHO SERVED ON THE 1970 CENSUS COMMITTEE, BUT HAS ONLY BEEN <br />ABLE TO OBTAIN PIECEMEAL INFORMATION AND HAS NOT AS YET BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE <br />A 1970 CENSUS TRACT MAP. HE STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN IN FURTHER CONTACT <br />WITH ROBERTA GROSSMAN OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF CENSUS, WHO WILL SUPPLY US <br />WITH BOTH THE MAP AND MANUAL. MR, BERG NOTED THAT THE DEADLINE FOR MAKING <br />ANY ALTERATIONS IN THE 1930 CENSUS TRACT IMAP IS .JUNE 30TH, BUT MRS. .... <br />GROSSMAN HAS INFORMED HIM THAT EXTENSIONS ARE GRANTED ALMOST AUTOMATICALLY <br />ON REQUEST, <br />SIR. BERG INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE NEED TO SET UP A CENSUS STA- <br />TISTICAL AREAS COMMITTEE, AND IT SHOULD BE MADE UP OF PEOPLE FROM SUCH <br />, :q�, <br />Rm 40 {i'�( . IGO <br />