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APR 91980 WOK 43 wE x.49 FINANCE OFFICER BARTON EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS AN OVER- SIGHT LAST AUGUST AND A BUDGET WAS NOT SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD TO FUND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS YEAR. HE CONTINUED THAT AFTER THIS WAS DISCOVERED, THEY CAME UP WITH A BUDGET TO FUND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SECTION 8 HOUSING, AND HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1979-80; AND UTILIZE THE SAME PERSONNEL FOR ALL FUNCTIONS. MR. BARTON STATED THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WAS FUNDED BACK TO OCTOBER 1, 1979, AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS OF APRIL 15, 1980. COMMISSIONER WODTKE QUESTIONED IF WE WERE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND WERE THERE ANY REMAINING FUNDS. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON REPLIED NEGATIVELY AND THAT ALL THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN STATED THAT THE FIRST AND SECOND GRANTS HAVE BEEN AUDITED; AND THE AUDIT FOR THE THIRD GRANT HAS BEEN SENT TO HUD FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT WE ARE NOT INVOLVED IN A PROGRAM IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. COMMISSIONER LOY ADDED WE ARE NOT OPERATING UNDER ANY GRANT AT THIS MOMENT AND THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM - THERE ARE NO FUNDS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT WE HAVE A SECTION 8 PROGRAM THAT HAS A PROJECT MANAGER AND A CLERK, AND ALSO A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND A SECRETARY, HE THEN ASKED WHAT THE DIRECTOR IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE DOING. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REGAN REPLIED THAT THEY HAVE JUST CLOSED OUT THEIR THIRD GRANT, AND HAVE STARTED UP A SECTION 8 PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN SPAWNED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND A GOODLY PORTION OF HIS TIME HAS GONE INTO SETTING THAT UP. ALSO, HE ADDED, THE COMMISSION HAS CAUSED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO BE DEVELOPED. MR. REGAN SAID THAT IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR, HE IS REQUIRED TO DO A HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN (HAP PLAN) IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING, =0