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2. Annual Association Fees-NACo Commissioner Solari stated he had initially not seen the benefits derived from membership in the National Association of Counties (NACo), which costs the County $2,171 annually. However, the Commissioners had received information on said benefits from Commissioner O'Bryan, whom he invited to speak regarding same. Commissioner O'Bryan provided details on the Prescription Discount Card, which has saved residents over $56,000 in prescription since the program's inception, and which is provided free to all County citizens through the County's membership in NACo. He believed there was a high cost -to -benefit ratio, and asked Commissioner Solari to consider keeping County membership in NACo. Commissioner Solari agreed. 3. Committee Meetings/Annual Association Fees-TCCLG Commissioner Solari remarked that each Board member served on twelve or thirteen committees, which he felt was an expense in time and money. He recalled that a few weeks ago, he had suggested the Board members evaluate their committees to see if some could be cut, and that when he looked at his own committees, two stuck out, the Public Library Advisory Board (PLAB), and the Treasure Coast Council of Local Governments (TCCLG). Commissioner Solari believed that at this tight budget time, there was no necessity for the Public Library Advisory Board (PLAB) to have more than one meeting per year, and felt that a meeting could be tied into the opening of the Brackett Library, after which there could be annual organizational meetings. He added that as circumstances change and funds grow, more meetings could be scheduled as needed. Commissioner Solari clarified that the TCCLG was not the TCRPC, the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council. Commissioner Solari said he had attended three TCCLG meetings, and had not discerned a purpose for the Committee, nor had he ever received from them, the 35 June 2, 2009