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