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MAY 2-0 1,%soon 46 PnE 537 - <br />REQUEST FOR FUNDING OF SUMMER CAMP FOR RETARDED YOUNGSTERS _ <br />= LENORE QUIMBY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD REPRESENTING THE ASSOCIA- <br />TION OF RETARDED CITIZENS TO DISCUSS THEIR REQUEST FOR -FUNDING AS - <br />EXPLAINED IN -THE FOLLOWING MEMO: <br />TO: Board of -County -'Commissioners <br />Indian River County <br />DATE. -May t 3 ; 1981 <br />FILE: <br />SUBJECT: Let -ter ' from Assoc i at i on ' for <br />Retarded C.i t -i zens - Indian River County <br />FROM: 4ijff �z.EFERECES: <br />1son <br />County Administrator <br />1. Description & Conditions - <br />This -is in response to a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Board of <br />County Commissioners requesting the sum of $4,000.00 to help defray the costs <br />of sending retarded children to a summer day camp under the auspices of the <br />.Association for Retarded Citizens. _ <br />2. Alternatives & Analysis <br />This is a non -budgeted item and if the Board approves, a budget amendment <br />will be. required. I am requesting that this item be pl-aced on the agenda at <br />a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners upon the recommendation <br />of Commissioner Bird. <br />3. Recommendation & Funding <br />recommend that this request be funded on a one-time basis in the amount of <br />$4,000.00. This amount to come from the General Fund Contingency Account <br /># 001-199-513-99.91. 1 understand that the City of Vero Beach has included <br />this project in their 1981-82 budget and that the United Way will also be <br />an additional source of funds in 1981-82. <br />MRS. QUIMBY EXPLAINED THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN FUNDED BY <br />THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES IN THE PAST, BUT <br />DUE TO BUDGET PROBLEMS, THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO FUND THE RECREATION <br />PROGRAMS FOR THE SUMMER. MRS, QUIMBY CONTINUED THAT SHE FIRST MET <br />WITH THE PARENTS OF THE RETARDED AND ASKED EACH TO PAY $15.00 PER WEEK <br />PER CHILD AND THEN ASKED THE.SCHOOL BOARD TO PROVIDE TWO BUSES, WHICH <br />THEY HAVE AGREED TO DO; NOW, THEY ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO FUND THE <br />$4,000 DIFFERENCE NEEDED TO MAKE UP THE TOTAL BUDGET OF $12,000 TO <br />$14,000. SHE STATED THAT ALL OF THE EXPENSES ESTIMATED ARE FOR DIRECT <br />SERVICE STAFF; THE UTILITIES,, INSURANCE, ETC., WILL BE ASSUMED BY THE <br />ASSOCIATION. <br />90 <br />