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r <br />I <br />JUL 3 01980 Bm .44 PAGE 170 <br />SHE FURTHER BELIEVED THAT, BASED ON THE FIGURES HE IS USING RIGHT NOW, <br />SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY TO MEET THE BUDGET -WE <br />ARE ABOUT TO APPROVE. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE HOPED THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE <br />TO FUND THE SHERIFFS BUDGET THE WAY IT IS PRESENTED. HE NOTED, <br />HOWEVER, WITH THE BUDGET WE ARE FACED WITH AND THE GUIDELINES WE <br />MUST FOLLOW AND THE PROSPECT OF NO REVENUE SHARING, WE WILL HAVE TO <br />TAKE A LOOK AT EVERYTHING. <br />SHERIFF JOYCE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS 54 UNIFORMED <br />PEOPLE OUT ON THE ROAD SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND SOME COUNTIES WHICH <br />ARE MUCH LARGER ONLY HAVE 33. FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY SPEND, <br />THE COUNTY HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT SERVING THE PUBLIC. HE NOTED THAT <br />THE PEOPLE THE BOARD WISHES TO HAVE THE 11% RAISE ARE THE BACK-UP <br />PEOPLE, WHO IN°A SENSE ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE ONES OUT ON THE <br />ROAD. THE SHERIFF STATED THAT HE DOES APPRECIATE THE 11% BECAUSE IT <br />IS MORE THAN THEY USUALLY GET, AND HE APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS ABOUT <br />HIS BUDGET BECAUSE HE DOES TRY TO CUT EVERY CORNER HE POSSIBLY CAN. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THE REASON THE SHERIFF IS HERE <br />TODAY IS TOMORROW IS HIS DEADLINE, AND WE CAN T GO BACK LATER AND SAY <br />WE DON T HAVE THE MONEY. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT IF WE HAVE GOT TO CUT MONEY, <br />THE ONE PLACE HE WON `T TRY TO CUT IT IS OUT OF THE SHERIFFS BUDGET <br />AFTER WE APPROVE IT. WE MAY HAVE TO STOP FIXING ROADS OR THINGS LIKE <br />THAT, BUT WE CAN T CUT LAW ENFORCEMENT. <br />RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING INDIAN RIVER COUNTY'S LOAN RESERVATION WITH <br />THE DEPT, OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY - N0. 80-74 <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED THAT HIS ONLY CONCERN WITH THE <br />PROPOSED RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING THE LOAN RESERVATION TO THE HOUSING <br />AUTHORITY WAS THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTY WOULD LOSE <br />ITS PRIORITY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. INTERGOVERN- <br />MENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS HAS CHECKED THIS OUT AND RECEIVED ORAL <br />VERIFICATION THAT WHETHER IT WAS FOR THE COMMISSION OR THE HOUSING <br />AUTHORITY DID NOT MATTER, THE PRIORITY WOULD REMAIN. <br />-I <br />