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CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT MRS. FLETCHER STATED THAT IF THE BOARD DID NOT SUPPLY THE CASH MATCH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO EITHER REDUCE THE PROGRAM OR GIVE IT UP, AND HE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE MADE PLAIN THAT THIS BOARD IS -NOT THE ONLY SOURCE FROM WHICH THE NECESSARY CASH MATCH MAY BE OBTAINED. MRS.-FLETCHER AGREED THAT THE CASH MATCH MAY BE RAISED FROM TAXPAYERS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT CANNOT BE RAISED FROM PARTICIPANTS. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED ABOUT THE CRITERIA TO QUALIFY FOR RECEIVING A MEAL OTHER THAN BEING 60 YEARS OF AGE. MRS. FLETCHER STATED THAT THEIR STAFF PRIORITIZES ACCORDING TO THE NEED FOR A NUTRITIONAL MEAL, THE NEED FOR RECREATION, AND THE NEED FOR TRANSPORTATION TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. SHE NOTED THAT SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS CAN AFFORD TO BUY A MEAL, BUT DUE TO THEIR AGE AND BECAUSE MANY OF THEM LIVE ALONE, THEY HAVE NO INCENTIVE. SHE STATED THAT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE NEED TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THEM. CHAIRMAN 1a,ODTKE ASKED IF EVERYONE WHO RECEIVES A MEAL HAS BEEN PRIORITIZED AND HAS A DEFINITE NEED, AND MRS. FLETCHER STATED THAT THEY HAVE. THE CHAIRMAN FELT SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG. IN THAT EVENT BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE ATTENDING THESE MEALS WHO HAVE HOMES IN THE NORTH AND USE THIS AS A SECOND HOME. . MRS. FLETCHER STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS BEING CORRECTED, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FEED ONLY FULL TIME RESIDENTS AND MAKING THIS ONE OF THEIR FIRST CONSIDERATIONS. CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT. HE IS NOT AGAINST THE PROGRAM, BUT'POINTED OUT THAT WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD LAST YEAR, THE BOARD REQUESTED THAT THEY NOT GO INTO THE PROGRAM. HE FELT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH A PROGRAM WHERE YOU CANNOT TAKE THE MONEY THE 14 PEOPLE DONATE AND USE IT FOR A CASH MATCH, AND THIS SHOULD BE CHANCED, THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH ASKING THE TAXPAYERS TO FUND A PROGRAM THAT IS PROVIDING MEALS TO THOSE WHO CAN PROVIDE FOR. THEMSEEVES. 12 �QAK 36 PAGE V