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FF'_ I <br />SEP 2 41980 $oo 44 PAUGE-624 <br />WITH EXISTING AGENCIES. SHE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SEXUAL <br />ASSAULT TEAM IS INTO ITS SIXTH YEAR IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THEY <br />HAVE FOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND CLERICAL HELPERS, <br />COMMISSIONER LOY INFORMED MISS ROWE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS <br />KNOWN FOR ITS VOLUNTEERS, BUT NOTED THAT THESE PROGRAMS SEEM TO HAVE <br />A TENDENCY TO REQUIRE MORE AND MORE PROFESSIONALS AND WHILE THE AMOUNT <br />BEING REQUESTED OF THE BOARD IS SMALL AT THIS TIME, IT DOES TEND TO <br />GROW. <br />MISS ROWE STATED THAT YOU DO NEED PROFESSIONALS TO COORDINATE <br />THE VOLUNTEERS; ALSO, THE PROFESSIONALS CAN GIVE A STAMP OF APPROVAL <br />TO THE VOLUNTEER AND THUS MAKE THEM MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE COURT <br />AGENCIES AND THE POLICE SYSTEM. SHE DID FEEL THE PLAN SUGGESTED IS <br />THE WAY TO GO AND COULD BE EFFECTIVE IN THE FOUR COUNTY AREA. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHEN THEY PLANNED TO PUT THIS PROGRAM <br />INTO EFFECT, AND MR. STONE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE AS SOON AS THEY COULD <br />GET THE MONEY AND HIRE THE MOST QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL THEY COULD GET. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED HOW THIS $25,000 WOULD BREAK <br />DOWN AS TO SALARY AND BENEFITS, AND STATE ATTORNEY STONE EXPLAINED <br />THE $25,000 WOULD BE ALL FOR THE PROFESSIONAL COORDINATOR - SALARY, <br />BENEFITS, EXPENSES, SUPPLIES, ETC. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THEY CAN CARRY OUT THIS PROGRAM <br />WITH THE SPACE THEY HAVE AND NOT COME BACK AND ASK FOR MORE, AND <br />MR, STONE STATED THAT ALL HE COULD SAY WAS THAT THEY WOULD NOT COME <br />BACK AND ASK FOR MORE SPACE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT SUGGESTED THAT IF THE BOARD DOES CHOOSE <br />TO FUND THE PROGRAM THAT IT NOT BE FUNDED WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT <br />WHICH WOULD PUT OUR It YEAR -ENDS It OUT OF KILTER. HE STATED THAT HIS <br />PERSONAL FEELING IS THAT RAPE IS ONE OF THE MOST HEINOUS OF CRIMES <br />AND THIS IS A VERY WORTHWHILE PROGRAM. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER LOY, TO HONOR THE REQUEST OF THE STATE ATTORNEY FOR A <br />CONTRIBUTION OF $6,250 TO HELP ESTABLISH THE SEXUAL ASSAULT TEAM, AND <br />TO TAKE THE MONEY FROM CONTINGENCY AND MAKE IT PART OF NEXT YEAR'S <br />BUDGET. <br />