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ADVERTISE VERY SPECIFICALLY FOR A CITRUS SPECIALIST. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGREED THAT WE DO NEED A CITRUS SPECIALIST. <br />CHAIRMAN $IEBERT THEN DISCUSSED THE REQUEST OF MRS. WAKEFIELD <br />FOR OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL TO TRANSPORT TWO 4 -HERS TO GAINESVILLE TO MEET <br />THEIR TRANSPORTATION SOURCE TO THE NATIONAL JUNIOR HORTICULTURE <br />ASSOCIATION CONVENTION IN PENNSYLVANIA. <br />DR. CALLOWAY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE TRIP COULD SERVE A <br />DUAL PURPOSE - THAT MRS. WAKEFIELD COULD PICK UP THE TWO 4 -HERS AFTER <br />SCHOOL, TRANSPORT THEM TO GAINESVILLE, PICK UP SUPPLIES FROM DR. CALLOWAY, <br />AND RETURN IN THE MORNING. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED HOW THE 4 -HERS WOULD BE TRANSPORTED <br />BACK FROM GAINESVILLE AFTER THE CONVENTION, AND DR. CALLOWAY STATED THAT <br />DR. JAMES STEPHENS WILL RETURN THEM TO VERO BEACH, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT WE DO NOT LIKE MRS, WAKEFIELD'S <br />HAVING TO TRAVEL OUT OF THE COUNTY AS MUCH AS SHE HAS, AND IF WE GET A <br />CITRUS SPECIALIST, THIS SHOULD REDUCE THE NECESSITY FOR MRS. WAKEFIELD TO <br />LEAVE THE COUNTY SO FREQUENTLY, <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR JUDITH <br />WAKEFIELD, EXTENSION HOME ECONOMICS AGENT AND ACTING COUNTY DIRECTOR, <br />TO TAKE TWO WINNERS OF A TRIP TO THE NATIONAL JUNIOR HORTICULTURE <br />ASSOCIATION CONVENTION IN PENNSYLVA14IA TO MEET THEIR TRANSPORTATION SOURCE <br />IN GAINESVILLE, OCTOBER 27 P.M. AND OCTOBER 28 A.M. AND TO USE THE <br />COUNTY EXTENSION DIRECTOR'S AUTOMOBILE FOR THIS PURPOSE. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED WHAT AMOUNT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR OUR <br />PORTION OF THE EXTENSION DIRECTOR'S SALARY. <br />FINANCE OFFICER HOCKMAN STATED THAT $8,953.00 IS BUDGETED FOR <br />THE POSITION -OF AGRICULTURAL AGENT AND $8,817.00 FOR THE POSITION OF <br />HOME ECONOMICS AGENT, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO MAKING THE HOME ECONOMIC AGENT <br />THE COUNTY EXTENSION DIRECTOR AND REVERSING THE SALARIES. <br />DR. CALLOWAY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SALARY OF AN EXTENSION <br />DIRECTOR FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS APPROXIMATELY $19,000.00 AND STATED <br />THAT GAINESVILLE WILL PICK UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT THE <br />COUNTY HAS BUDGETED AND THIS FIGURE. SHE CONTINUED THAT THEY WILL DO <br />THIS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE -THE SALARY KEPT AT A COMPETITIVE LEVEL SO <br />35 <br />OCT 01976 7 <br />