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THAT THE TENTATIV& PLEDGE OF FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS MADE BY THE i <br />I <br />COUNTY COMMISSION TO THE HOSPITAL IN 1973 HAD NO BEARING ON THE AGREEMENT <br />ABOUT THE WORK ON THE ENTRANCE ROAD, AND IN ANY EVENT, HE FELT HE SHOULD ' <br />I <br />HAVE HAD SOME REPLY FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER SUBMITTING THREE STATE1ENTS <br />FOR THIS WORK, <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT TO HER KNOWLEDGE THE MATTER OF THE <br />PLEDGE OF THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS WAS COMPLETELY SETTLED IN � <br />1975 WHEN ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND CONVEYED BY <br />LETTER TO DR. PAUL TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD, STATING THAT <br />THESE FUNDS WERE MADE AVAILABLE ON A TEMPORARY BASIS AND THE SITUATION FOR <br />WHICH THEY WERE MADE AVAILABLE NO LONGER EXISTED. 1 <br />MR. MEADOWS NOTED THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD FEEL <br />A COMMITMENT WAS MADE AND SHOULD STILL BE HONORED, AND MR. BALLARD RE- <br />QUESTED COPIES OF ALL THE CORRESPONDENCE DATING BACK TO THE PLEDGE IN ORDER <br />THAT HE MIGHT RESEARCH THE MATTER. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT BOTH THE HOSPITAL AND THE <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE TAXING AUTHORITIES, AND THE COUNTY ONLY <br />AGREED TO STEP IN IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, BUT THE SITUATION NEVER AROSE. <br />HE STATED THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS A TAXING AUTHORITY NEVER AGREED <br />TO PICK UP ANY CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THE HOSPITAL, WHICH IS A SEPARATE <br />TAXING AUTHORITY. <br />THE SEVERAL BILLS AND ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE COUNTY, HAVING BEEN <br />AUDITED, WERE EXAMINED AND FOUND TO BE CORRECT WERE APPROVED AND WARRANTS <br />ISSUED IN SETTLEMENT OF SAME AS FOLLOWS: TREASURY FUND N0. 54373 - 54527 <br />INCLUSIVE. SUCH BILLS AND ACCOUNTS BEING ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE <br />CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, THE WARRANTS SO ISSUED FROM THE RESPECTIVE <br />FUNDS BEING LISTED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL MINUTE BOOK AS PROVIDED BY THE RULES <br />OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, REFERENCE TO SUCH RECORD AND LIST SO RECORDED <br />BEING MADE A PART OF THESE MINUTES. <br />THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND <br />CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 6:00 O'CLOCK P.M. <br />ATTEST: <br />J- <br />CLERK <br />56 <br />MAR 9 1977 <br />