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THE CHAIRMAN THEN ASKED FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH <br />THE NOTICE AND THE FOLLOWING SEALED BID WAS RECEIVED, OPENED AND READ: <br />ARTHUR EEE HENDERSON $1,000.00 <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE ABOVE BID BEING REFERRED TO THE <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR FOR EVALUATION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IT WAS DETERMINED <br />AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL THAT <br />THEY WOULD BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRA- <br />TION.GRANT OF $25,000. HE NOTED THAT OUR CURRENT LEAA PLANNING IS DONE <br />THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, AND INTRODUCED <br />CLIFF GUILLET, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING <br />COUNCIL; KATHLEEN RUSSELL, DIRECTOR OF CRIMINAL .JUSTICE PLANNING FOR <br />ECFRPC; SAM SHANNON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING <br />COUNCIL; AND JOHN DUVALL, DIRECTOR OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY METROPOLITAN <br />CRIMINAL .JUSTICE PLANNING UNIT. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THESE <br />PEOPLE WISH TO KNOW IF WE WANT TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH EAST CENTRAL <br />FLORIDA RPC TO CONTINUE TO DO OUR LEAA PLANNING OR WHETHER WE WANT TO JOIN <br />WITH PALM BEACH, MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES, AND HAVE THE PLANNING DONE <br />BY THE MUNICIPAL UNIT FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY. <br />SAM SHANNON THANKED COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FOR SUMMING UP THEIR <br />POSITION. HE CONFIRMED THAT THE TCRPC COUNCIL DID AGREE TO RECEIVE THE <br />FUNDS AND NOW MUST DETERMINE IF THE BOARD WISHES TO GO WITH THE METROPOLITAN <br />PLANNING UNIT OR STAY WITH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA RPC. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED TO HEAR FROM THE PALM BEACH COUNTY <br />CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNIT AS HE DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE HANDLING MARTIN AND <br />ST. EUCIE CCUNTIES. <br />JOHN DUVALL STATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE JANUARY <br />OF 1976 ON AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEIR OFFICE AND TALLAHASSEE, <br />AND THEY DID IT MAINLY BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WAS AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME <br />TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THAT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS <br />IS THAT THE PLANNING FUNDS ARE NOT INTERMINGLED. PALM BEACH GETS THEIR <br />OWN DIRECTLY, AND THEN MARTIN AND ST. EUCIE MEET SEPARATELY AND DETERMINE <br />WHAT PROGRAMS ARE ESTABLISHED ` FOR THEM. HE CONTINUED THAT INDIAN RIVER <br />1.1 <br />SEP 211977 <br />31 8 <br />