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r <br />MRS. HENRY NOTED THAT MATCHING FUNDS ARE HARD TO COME BY IN <br />THIS COUNTY. THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO RUN MORE PROGRAMS, AND IT <br />WOULD HELP IF THEY COULD OBTAIN THIS WAIVER. SHE EXPLAINED THAT THEY <br />HAVE TO APPLY FOR THIS EACH YEAR, AND THE RATIO VARIES WITH DIFFERENT <br />PROGRAMS. HEAD START IS ALREADY AT AN 80/20 LEVEL, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF WE DO GO TO THE 80/20 LEVEL AND <br />ARE ABLE TO ALLEVIATE THE GIFFORD PROBLEM, THEN WHERE DOES THE OTHER 10% ' <br />COME FROM? <br />MRS. HENRY STATED THAT THEY WILL DO THE BEST THEY CAN. SHE <br />NOTED THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM WHICH BRINGS $500,000 INTO THE <br />COUNTY PER YEAR AND THEREFORE, HAS A GREAT AFFECT ON SPENDING IN THE COUNTY. <br />SHE CONTINUED THAT ALL THEY ARE -ASKING IS THAT THE CHAIRMAN SIGN A STATE- <br />MENT STATING WHAT THE COUNTY HAS GIVEN EOC THIS YEAR. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SAID HE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THIS AS LONG <br />AS THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT THIS IS IN NO WAY A COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF <br />THE COUNTY TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE, IF THE FUNDING SHOULD DROP BACK TO <br />THE 70/30 LEVEL. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE STATEMENT ON NON-FEDERAL <br />SHARE FOR THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL ON THE BASIS STATED ABOVE, <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT PARAGRAPH 3 STATES THAT THE COUNTY <br />COMMISSION, DUE TO SEVERE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, IS UNABLE TO MAKE A CONTRI- <br />BUTION AT THE LEVEL REQUESTED. SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD WAS <br />REQUESTED TO CONTRIBUTE $2,856, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY GAVE. <br />MRS. HENRY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS IS A STANDARD FORM, AND <br />SHE WILL SEE THAT IT IS REWORDED. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT WITHDREW HIS MOTION, AND COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER WITHDREW HIS SECOND. <br />• ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE <br />i <br />STATEMENT ON NON-FEDERAL SHARE FOR THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL, I <br />I <br />WITH PARAGRAPH 3 BEING REWORDED, AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THE <br />FUNDING SHOULD DROP BACK TO THE 70/30 LEVEL, THE BOARD IS NOT COMMITTED <br />TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. <br />14 <br />POOK 31 PAGE 90� <br />SEP 2 11-977 <br />