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SEP 191979 1 FAcE580 COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND MEETINGS WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 24TH AND 27TH FOR THE MILLAGE AND BUDGETS OF SPECIAL SERVICE FUNDS. HE CONTINUED THAT THERE WERE SOME CHANGES MADE TO THE BUDGET SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, AND THE BOARD COULD NOW DISCUSS THEM. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON COMMENTED THAT THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ANY MILLAGE ASSESSED WHATSOEVER IN THE TRANSPORTATION FUND BUT NOW FELT IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST TO ASSESS A MINIMUM MILLAGE OF .0001, WHICH WOULD GENERATE $100. ON MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED AMENDING THE BUDGET AS ADVERTISED, REFLECTING $100 FOR AD VALOREM -SOURCES ON TRANSPORTATION FUNDS, LESS 5% ESTIMATE, AND A MILLAGE OF .0001. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHED TO BE HEARD. ANN ROBINSON, 3008 NASSAU DRIVE, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND THANKED THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND THE FINANCE OFFICER FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORT SPENT IN PREPARING THE BUDGET, AND COMMENDED THEM FOR DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT THE COUNTY WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A CITIZEN SUCH AS MRS. ROBINSON - HER REMARKS WERE VERY REWARDING AND THE BOARD EXPRESSED THEIR APPRECIATION TO HER. LEN PIPER, DIRECTOR OF ALCO-HOPE, INQUIRED HOW THE BOARD ARRIVED AT THE $5,000 FIGURE BUDGET FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY HAD ASKED FOR $15,000 AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE HARD-PRESSED THIS YEAR. CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPLAINED THE FUNDS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH FUND, WITH THEIR CONCURRENCE, AND THE COUNTY WAS HOPEFUL THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT COMMUNITY EFFORT AND RESPONSE WOULD BACK THE ALCOHOL PROGRAM, CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT IF ALCO-HOPE DID HAVE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS, THE BOARD WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO HEAR THEM DURING THE YEAR.