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HELP OUT. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY SET UP A PROGRAM IN SEBASTIAN <br />f <br />WHICH BASICALLY INVOLVES GYMNASTICS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AND PHYSI— <br />CAL FITNESS FOR ADULTS, AND THEY ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP OUT, <br />BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY CANNOT SEND A PERSON UP THERE TO RUN A PRO— <br />GRAM FOR WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP THE SALARY, MR. MARR <br />CONTINUED THAT THEY PLAN TO RUN A SUMMER CAMP FOR THE CHILDREN IN <br />THAT AREA, AND HOPE TO MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD <br />FOR A BUS. MR. MARR FELT THAT EVERYONE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER IN <br />RECREATION INSTEAD OF TRYING TO COMPETEe HE AGREED THAT AN ASSISTANT <br />COORDINATOR IS NEEDED BECAUSE MRS. COUGHLI.N IS STRUNG OUT BETWEEN <br />SEBASTIAN AND FELLSMERE, AND HOPED THE FUNDS WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE, <br />IF POSSIBLE. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON REPORTED THAT HE HAD CONSULTED WITH <br />MR, DONLON AND CAME UP WITH A REVISED FIGURE FOR THE COORDINATOR <br />OF $8,417.50, BASE SALARY, WHICH PLUS FRINGE BENEFITS WOULD COME TO <br />AROUND $10,500. <br />MAYOR FLOOD POINTED OUT THAT MRS. COUGHLIN HAS A UNIVERSITY <br />DEGREE AND IS WELL QUALIFIED TO BE A COORDINATOR. <br />ELAINE HALE STATED THAT ANOTHER REASON FOR HAVING AN <br />ASSISTANT IS THAT THE "Y" IS DOING A TERRIFIC JOB IN SEBASTIAN AND <br />A LOT OF FELLSMERE PEOPLE GO THERE AND OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO GO, BUT <br />THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO WORK AND THEY CAN `T GET OVER TO SEBASTIAN. SHE <br />CONTINUED THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN ON THE STREETS OFTELLSMERE <br />WHO NEED TO BE IN RECREATION AND WITH AN ASSISTANT, THEY COULD HAVE A <br />FULL—TIME PROGRAM BOTH PLACES. <br />COMMISSIONER LAY STATED THAT SHE IS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT <br />LACK OF PARTICIPATION IN SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OFFERED, <br />MRS. HALE NOTED THAT THEY SOMETIMES HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE <br />BETWEEN TWO ACTIVITIES WHICH TAKE PLACE AT THE SAME TIME, AND SOME ARE <br />MORE POPULAR THAN OTHERS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY OF VERO <br />BEACH HAS A POLICY THAT THERE MUST BE A DEMONSTRATION OF INTEREST IN <br />A PROGRAM AND IF NOT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER REGISTER, THAT PARTICULAR <br />PROGRAM IS NOT OFFERED. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THAT THE RECREATION COMMITTEE DOES <br />NEED TO KNOW THAT THE COORDI.NATOR'S SALARY IS SECURE, BUT SUGGESTED <br />16 <br />FEB 81978 <br />ma 33 PuE <br />