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JUL 91980 <br />BOOK 44 PACE 44 <br />BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATOR TO SPEND UP TO $15,000 FROM <br />REVENUE SHARING TO DO ENGINEERING IN REGARD TO PROVIDING A CONNEC- <br />TION TO HOOK VISTA ROYALE TO THE PROPOSED COUNTY SYSTEM AND TO <br />MAKE THE NECESSARY EXPENDITURES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, ALL OR <br />PART OF THE MONEY TO BE RECOVERED FROM FMHA, <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO SPEND <br />UP TO $15,000 FROM REVENUE SHARING IN REGARD TO CONNECTING VISTA <br />ROYALE TO THE PROPOSED COUNTY SYSTEM AS STATED ABOVE. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE REPORTED ON THE VARIOUS SEMINARS HE <br />ATTENDED AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES'CONVENTION AT <br />LAS VEGAS. ONE WAS IN REGARD TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THE <br />LEGAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. ANOTHER RELATED TO RURAL DE- <br />VELOPMENT. HE NOTED THAT WASHINGTON HAS DEVELOPED A RURAL DEVELOP- <br />MENT POLICY WHICH THEY HAVE NEVER HAD BEFORE. HE ALSO OBTAINED <br />INFORMATION ABOUT DISAPPEARING FARMLANDS AND HAS A COPY OF AN <br />ORDINANCE ADOPTED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES SETTING OUT THEIR CONCERN <br />ABOUT THE FARMLANDS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE CONTINUED THAT HE ATTENDED <br />A MEETING ON THE COST OF MANDATES, AND GUILFORD COUNTY IN NORTH <br />CAROLINA HAS DONE A STUDY SETTING OUT JUST WHAT VARIOUS MANDATED <br />PROGRAMS COST THEM. OTHER MEETINGS HE ATTENDED WERE IN REGARD TO <br />COUNTY ACTION ON ENERGY CONSERVATION AND HOLDING DOWN COMMUNICATION <br />COSTS. HE NOTED THEY DISCUSSED USING VIDEO TAPE AND CLOSED CIRCUIT <br />TV FOR THE EDUCATION OF POLICEMEN, FIREMEN, ETC. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED THAT THE SEMINARS WERE EXCELLENT <br />AND NOTED THE THEME OF THE CONVENTION WAS THAT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIA- <br />TION OF COUNTIES WAS A "SLEEPING GIANT." COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THE <br />MOST INTERESTING SEMINAR WAS PUT ON BY PEOPLE FROM LEE COUNTY IN <br />FLORIDA AND WAS ENTITLED "STREAMLINING COUNTY MANAGEMENT IN THE 80'S." <br />ANOTHER INTERESTING SEMINAR WAS IN REGARD.TO THE "CHANGING WORK WEEK" <br />AND "JOB SHARING." SHE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WISCONSIN HAS DONE <br />A STATEWIDE PILOT PROGRAM ON THE "ALTERNATIVES OF THE 9 TO 5 ROUTINE." <br />STILL ANOTHER INTERESTING PROGRAM RELATED TO "CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND <br />THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED." COMMISSIONER LOY COMMENTED THAT IT SEEMS <br />44 <br />