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JAN 28 1981 45- CHAIRMAN LYONS COMMENTED THAT HE WAS GLAD THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC ENGINEER IN THE AUDIENCE AS COMMISSIONER FLETCHER WOULD BE DULY THREATENED, AND RIGHTLY SO. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT IN THE 19505 THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE VERY HELPFUL IN OBSERVATION DATA TYPE OF MATERIAL, BUT HE DID NOT THINK THE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO UNDERTAKE THIS MATTER. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS TO INVESTIGATE WHAT TYPE OF ELIGIBILITY THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE, AND IF THERE WERE GRANT FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER SHOULD WORK OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE AND IN RELATION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL AS THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. MORE DISCUSSION ENSUED. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COM- MISSIONER BIRD, FOR THE COUNTY TO PREPARE A GRANT APPLICATION, WITH MR. THOMAS' ASSISTANCE, FOR A FULL TIME TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AND ADVISE THE BOARD OF THE DOLLAR FIGURES BEFORE APPROVAL. MAYOR GOFF POINTED OUT THAT DECEMBER 15TH WAS THE DEADLINE FOR THIS GRANT AND IF THE COUNTY WANTED TO JOIN IN THE INITIAL GRANT APPLICATION THE CITY HAS ALREADY FILED, IT CAN DO S0, AND THE GRANT AMOUNT WILL BE RAISED TO $24,000. OFFER, MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FLETCHER TO DECLINE THIS DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS A MOTION ALREADY ON THE FLOOR. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK WITHDREW HIS MOTION, AND COMMISSIONER BIRD WITHDREW HIS SECOND. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, THAT THE COUNTY STAFF WORK WITH THE CITY TO JOIN IN ON THEIR APPLICATION FOR A GRANT FOR A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, WHO WILL BE A COUNTY EMPLOYEE, AND THAT THE COUNTY WOULD CONTRACT WITH THE CITY AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES FOR HIS SERVICES.