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TRAFFIC ENGINEER - DISCUSSION m CHAIRMAN LYONS STATED THAT THERE WAS AN OVERLAP IN THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY - THE CITY HAS APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR A TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT COULD BE A JOINT EFFORT. TERRY GOFF, MAYOR, EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY FILED A GRANT FOR $14,000 IN DECEMBER OF 1980, BUT IF THE COUNTY WANTED TO JOIN IN, THE GRANT FUNDS WOULD BE INCREASED TO $24,000. HE ADDED THAT ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE THAT A CONSULTANT COULD FIND GRANTS TO STUDY THESE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS AND THEY COULD THEN GET THE WORK DONE FOR NOTHING. MAYOR GOFF THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IN =THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT FOR A TRAFFIC ENGINEER - EVERY -PROBLEM THE CITY HAS IS ALSO A COUNTY PROBLEM/ AND THERE MUST BE COOPERATION IN THIS AREA. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK THOUGHT THAT THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT NEEDED THAT TYPE OF PERSON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HARRY B. .JOHNSTONE, PERSONNEL DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND SUGGESTED THAT WE TRY TO OBTAIN A CONSULTANT BY FINDING A GRANT TO COVER HIS SERVICES, WHICH WOULD BE AT NO COST TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER STATED THAT WHEN HE HEARS THAT A GRANT WILL NOT COST ANYONE ANYTHING, THAT IS, THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, HE ASSUMED THAT MR. JOHNSTONE WAS SAYING fOOUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND." HE FELT THAT A GRANT IS TAXED MONEY AND IT DOES COME OUT OF SOMEBODY'S HIDE. MR. .JOHNSTONE COMMENTED THAT AS POLITICAL ENTITIES, NEITHER THE CITY OR THE COUNTY WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE GRANT HE WAS PROPOSING. LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO APPLY FOR A GRANT TO GET A FULL TIME TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND MAKE HIS SERVICES AVAILABLE ON A CONTRACTUAL BASIS TO THE CITY. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER SUGGESTED TAKING FROM THE CURRENT BUDGET THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO PURCHASE BACKGROUND MATERIAL OF STUDIES ALREADY DONE, COORDINATE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL,AND HAVE THEM DO A STUDY FOR THE COUNTY AS A HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT, 29 J