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i <br />JUN 81977 <br />b <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE REPORTED THAT HE HAS RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM <br />MRS. IONE HENRY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL, <br />REQUESTING THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO PAY ONCE A MONTH FOR PERMITS FOR THEIR <br />HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. THE CHAIRMAN INFORMED. THE BOARD THAT THE EOC HAS A <br />i <br />GRANT WHEREBY THEY CAN GO IN AND SPEND UP TO $250.00 TO DO MINOR REHABILI— <br />TATION WORK ON HOMES IN THE GIFFORD AREA, FIXING LEAKS IN ROOFS, REPLACING <br />SCREENS, ETC. TO DO EACH OF THESE HOMES, THEY MUST HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT <br />AND WOULD LIKE TO FIND A WAY TO PAY FOR THESE PERMITS ONCE A MONTH INSTEAD <br />OF ONE AT A TIME. <br />7 <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER POINTED OUT THAT BUILDING DIRECTOR DON <br />ADAMS HAS NO LEGAL AUTHORITY TO BILL IN THIS MANNER, AND HE DOUBTED THE <br />AUDITOR WOULD ALLOW IT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE WILL CHECK THIS MATTER WITH MR. <br />ADAMS AND BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION.. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS <br />VOTED TO CLOSE THE WABASSO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THE EOC HAS REQUESTED <br />THAT'THEY BE ALLOWED TO UTILIZE THIS BUILDING FOR THEIR HEAD START AND <br />AFTER SCHOOL DAY CARE PROGRAMS. HE STATED THAT MRS. HENRY HAS CONTACTED <br />i <br />THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THIS REGARD, _ BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD CANNOT MAKE THE BUILD— <br />ING AVAILABLE TO ANYONE EXCEPT A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. THE CHAIRMAN NOTED <br />THAT HE FELT THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DISPOSE OF THE BUILDING, BUT <br />HE IS CONCERNED IF THE COUNTY SHOULD ACCEPT IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN <br />IT, ETC. HE ASKED FOR THE BOARD'S VIEWS ON THIS SITUATION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED HE FELT IT IS A BIT PREMATURE TO GET <br />THE COUNTY INVOLVED UNTIL THE SCHOOL BOARD INDICATES THEY WANT TO GET RID <br />OF THIS BUILDING. HE NOTED THAT THEY ARE PRESENTLY STORING FURNITURE FROM <br />THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN IT. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE EOC IS A QUASI— <br />GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, AND HE IS NOT SURE THAT THE BUILDING CANNOT BE GIVEN <br />TO THEM. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO <br />OTHER GROUPS INTERESTED IN THE WABASSO SCHOOL BUILDING, AND HE FELT THE <br />SCHOOL BOARD MUST MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF WHAT THEY.WANT TO DO WITH IT, <br />ESPECIALLY AS IT MUST BE USED FOR SOME KIND OF EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT GLENN STRUNK OF FLOYD— <br />STRUNK FUNERAL HOME IS HERE TODAY AND HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE WINTER <br />35 <br />g'Gt 30 35 <br />