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J. B. EGAN, III, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW AT THIS POINT WHAT TO RE- QUEST FOR INTERIM FUNDING. HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HIRE A PART-TIME SECRETARY FOR SIX MONTHS UNTIL THEY SEE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DOF AND THEY ARE JUST NOW GETTING AN EDUCATION AS TO HOW._ TO GO ABOUT THIS. SOME COUNTIES HAVE LOANED MONEY TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND SOME HAVE GIVEN IT. MR. EGAN STATED THAT HE HAS HAD AN OFFER OF A VOLUNTEER SECRETARY, WHICH MAY SUFFICE. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY ARE HAVING THEIR FIRST MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 14TH.- AND 4TH, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO BE IN A POSITION, IF THE VOLUNTEER OFFER FALLS THROUGH, TO HIRE A PART-TIME SECRETARY. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY WILL HAVE A MEETING ONCE A MONTH AND ASKED IF THERE IS A PLACE TO OBTAIN FUNDS FOR A PART-TIME SECRETARY, AND ALSO A DESK, SOME OFFICE EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, ETC. COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED.THAT IN THE LONG RUN, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL BE ON ITS OWN, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THEY NEED TO GET STARTED. COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THAT THIS GROUP SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN SECRETARY, WHETHER A VOLUNTEER OR PART-TIME PERSONNEL, UNTIL THEY NEED SOMEONE FULL TIME. SHE NOTED THAT THE INFORMATION THEY ARE GATHERING NEEDS TO GO INTO THEIR FILES, AND SHE BELIEVED THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS NOT MEANT TO HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE OVER THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THAT THEY SHOULD GET STARTED ON THEIR OWN, COMMISSIONER Loy SAID IT WAS HER UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE DOES HAVE OR CAN MAKE A DESK AVAILABLE. SHE FELT THAT IS AN AGENCY THAT, IN THE LONG RUN, WOULD BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND POSSIBLY. WE COULD MAKE ARRANGE- MENTS FOR THEM TO HAVE A SPACE THERE TO GET STARTED. SHE ASKED IF THE BOARD CAN LOAN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FUNDS TO BE PAID BACK AT A LATER DATE. ATTORNEY COLLINS BELIEVED THAT THE BOARD CAN DO SO, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER LYONS AGREED. JAN 91980 79 BOOK 4 eAA95