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DRUG ABUSE BUT HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET FUNDED IN THE FUTURE AND GET A <br />PROGRAM STARTED. <br />MR. QUAM THANKED THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR <br />AND NOTED THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE MENTAL HEALTH BOARD PLAN <br />HAS COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL DUE TO A CHANGE-IN LEGISLATION. i <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF APPROVING THE PLAN IS THE SAME <br />AS APPROVING THE BUDGET, AND MR. QUAM ANSWERED THAT IT IS NOT, THAT <br />ONCE THE PLAN IS APPROVED THEY TRY TO WORK OUT MONIES BASED ON THE PLAN, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF ANY OFFICIAL ACTION WAS NEEDED ON <br />THE PLAN TODAY AS HE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO HAVE ANOTHER WEEK OR <br />TWO TO GO OVER THE PLAN. <br />MR. QUAM REPLIED THAT JULY IST IS A GUIDELINE DATE FOR APPROVAL <br />OF THE PLAN, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER THIS IS REQUIRED BY LAW OR NOT'. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INSTRUCTED THAT APPROVAL OF THE MENTAL HEALTH <br />BOARD PLAN BE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN .JULY. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE DATA <br />PROCESSING STUDY COMMITTEE IS READY TO SUBMIT THEIR FINAL REPORT AND <br />RECOMMENDATIONS. HE REPORTED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS HAD NINE MEETINGS <br />AND VISITED THE ST. LUCIE DATA CENTER. COMMISSIONER $CHMUCKER <br />CONTINUED THAT THEY SET THE CRITERIA FOR THEIR STUDY ON A FIVE—YEAR <br />BASIS; THEY INTERVIEWED AND SELECTED .JOHN BURGER WHO IS THE CONSULTING <br />SYSTEMS ENGINEER FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, AS A CONSULTANT. HE NOTED <br />THEY HAD MANY LONG DISCUSSIONS ON WHETHER TO SET UP AN IN—HOUSE SYSTEM <br />OR GO TO AN OUTSIDE COMPANY SUCH AS ST. LUCIE DATA CENTER. COMMISSIONER <br />$CHMUCKER CONTINUED THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR <br />t <br />VISIT TO ST. LUCIE DATA CENTER AND HAS NOW COME TO A CONCLUSION ON ? <br />THE BASIS OF A 3 TO 5 YEAR COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY TO <br />RECOMMEND USING THE ST. LUCIE DATA CENTER. HE PRESENTED A LIST OF <br />THE COMMITTEE'S REASONS FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND REVIEWED THEM <br />WITH THE BOARD. COMMISSIONER $CHMUCKER NOTED THERE WOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE <br />d <br />SWITCH—OVER IN PROGRAMS; WE COULD IMMEDIATELY BEGIN COMPILATION OF <br />DATA; AND THE DATA CENTER WILL BRING EVERYTHING "ON LINE." HE INFORMED <br />THE BOARD THE PROGRAMS WRITTEN BY ST. LUCIE DATA CENTER WOULD.BECOME <br />i <br />THE COMPLETE PROPERTY OF THE COUNTY AFTER A 5—YEAR PERIOD. HE ALSO <br />i <br />POINTED OUT THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE CONCERN OF LOSING PERSONNEL i <br />AS HAS HAPPENED TO US THIS YEAR, AND THERE WOULD BE NO NEED TO LOOK FOR <br />i <br />e <br />81 <br />JUN 221971 <br />SOUK PAGEqu <br />