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COUNTY WOULD BE LUMPED WITH MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE, AND HE HAS BEEN ASSURED <br />THAT THEY HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, <br />MR. SHANNON NOTED THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE <br />PLANNING FUNDS AND NOT PROGRAM FUNDS AND ARE INTENDED TO HELP GET THE PRO- <br />GRAMS GOING AND TO BEGIN PREPARING THE PLAN FOR THE ALLOCATION NEXT YEAR. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT THE $25,000 WILL BE DIVIDED <br />BETWEEN THE1'Ffal COUNTIES - MARTIN,.ST. LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER. <br />MR. SHANNON STATED THAT IT WOULD EITHER GO ALL TO PALM BEACH, OR <br />A PORTION TO THEM TO PREPARE THE PLAN FOR MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE AND A <br />.PORTION TO EAST CENTRAL TO PREPARE THE PLAN FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON REPRESENTATION, AND MR, SHANNON STATED <br />THAT THIS IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HE BELIEVED THERE ARE <br />THREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM MARTIN COUNTY, FOUR FROM ST, LUCIE, AND THREE <br />APPOINTMENTS AWAITING GOVERNATORIAL ACTION. MR, SHANNON FELT THERE <br />SHOULD BE A 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 REPRESENTATION. IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS IS A <br />SUBCOMMITTEE SPLIT OFF FROM THE MAIN BOARD. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT SHERIFF .JOYCE WISHED TO BE <br />SURE THAT IF WE MAKE A MOVE WE WILL NOT LOSE ANY OF THE GRANT MONEY. <br />KATHLEEN RUSSELL, DIRECTOR OF CRIMINAL .JUSTICE PLANNING FOR <br />EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA RPC, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY COM- <br />PLETED THE PLANNING FOR 1978-79, AND IN TALKING ABOUT THESE FUNDS, ARE <br />ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT 1979-80. SHE POINTED OUT THAT LAST YEAR INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY WAS BASICALLY itUPFOR GRABSIt AND WAS NOT IN THEIR PLANNING <br />GRANT, BUT THEY WERE ASKED IF THEY WOULD SERVE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND HAVE <br />BEEN DOING SO FOR THE LAST YEAR, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER FELT THAT WE NEED ANOTHER YEAR FOR THIS <br />SWING -OVER TO BE SURE THAT THE SHERIFFS BUDGET IS NOT HURT AND ALSO <br />FELT WE SHOULD FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING ALREADY DONE <br />FOR THE NEXT YEAR, <br />MS. RUSSELL NOTED THAT THE LEAH BUDGET IS ON SHAKY GROUNDS, AND <br />SHE FELT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS PRESENTLY AND SEE <br />HOW THE PROGRAM IS GOING. <br />CLIFF GUILLET, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA RPC, <br />STATED THAT HIS CONCERN IS THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CONTINUES TO GET THE <br />LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT IT HAS IN THE PAST. HE NOTED THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS <br />9 <br />!4 <br />