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SEP 2 21976 <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />WODTKE, TO APPROVE THE REQUEST OF JUDITH WAKEFIELD, EXTENSION HOME <br />ECONOMICS AGENT AND ACTING COUNTY DIRECTOR, FOR OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL TO <br />TAKE TWO WINNERS OF A TRIP TO THE NATIONAL .JUNIOR HORTICULTURE ASSOCIATION <br />CONVENTION IN PENNSYLVANIA TO MEET THEIR TRANSPORTATION SOURCE IN <br />GAINESVILLE, OCTOBER 27 P.M. AND OCTOBER 28 A.M. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT HE WILL VOTE TO APPROVE THIS <br />REQUEST, BUT STATED HE FOUND IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE NO <br />INTERESTED PEOPLE IN THE 4-H CLUB TO PROVIDE THIS TRANSPORTATION RATHER <br />THAN HAVE IT REQUIRE THE COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT'S TIME AND MONEY OUT OF <br />THE TAYPAYER I SPOCKETS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THIS SITUATION MAY HAVE ARISEN AS THE <br />TRANSPORTATION WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT TO BE PART OF THE STATE'S AWARD. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE <br />EXTENSION HOME ECONOMICS AGENT SPENDS OUT OF THE COUNTY ATTENDING VARIOUS <br />MEETINGS, MOST OF WHICH ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT <br />THIS PROBLEM HAS ARISEN BEFORE. IT WAS FURTHER NOTED THAT THE TRANS- <br />PORTATION TO GAINESVILLE WAS NOT NEEDED UNTIL LATE OCTOBER. COMMISSIONER <br />Loy WITHDREW HER MOTION AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE WITHDREW HIS SECOND, AND <br />THE BOARD AGREED TO TABLE THIS MATTER UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING WHEN MRS. <br />WAKEFIELD CAN SUPPLY MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THE <br />TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM. <br />IT WAS ALSO AGREED THAT CHAIRMAN SIEBERT WILL DISCUSS WITH <br />MRS. WAKEFIELD THE AMOUNT OF,TIME SPENT OUT OF THE COUNTY. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM <br />CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR, LEE NUZIE, REQUESTING PERMISSION TO VISIT THE <br />CIVIL DEFENSE SURPLUS CENTER AT STARKE, FLORIDA, WHICH IS BEING <br />PHASED OUT SEPTEMBER 30, 1976. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT CIVIL DEFENSE HAS TOP PRIORITY <br />ON SURPLUS ITEMS, AND STATED HE HAD INFORMED MR. NUZIE THAT HE FELT IT <br />WAS ADVISABLE FOR HIM TO VISIT THE SURPLUS CENTER. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED RETROACTIVE OUT -OF -COUNTY <br />TRAVEL FOR CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR, S.LEE NUZIE, TO VISIT.THE CIVIL <br />DEFENSE.SURPLUS CENTER AT STARKE, FLA., DURING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER <br />13TH. <br />11 <br />eoa� 263'4 <br />