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COMMISSIONER FLETCHER INQUIRED ABOUT THE $2,000 GAP IN THE AMOUNT' <br />OF THE TOTAL BUDGET, AND MRS. QUIMBY EXPLAINED THAT IT IS AN ESTIMATED - <br />BUDGET - THEY HAVE TO PAY THE SCHOOL BOARD DRIVERS, WHO ARE UNION <br />WORKERS, AND WHILE THEY DO HAVE VOLUNTEERS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE PAID <br />STAFF WHO WILL BE THERE AT SET HOURS AND WHO ARE ABLE TO COPE WITH <br />SEIZURES, ETC.; A STAFF OF SEVEN IS REQUIRED FOR 35 CHILDREN. SHE <br />THEN WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT HOW THEY ARE PAID AND THE HOURS. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK COMMENTED THAT, WHILE IN OUR COUNTY <br />RECREATION PROGRAM WE DO HAVE A SUMMER CAMP WITH AN ESTABLISHED FEE <br />STRUCTURE TO MAKE IT SELF-SUPPORTING, THAT PROGRAM DOES NOT NEED THE <br />NUMBER OR TYPE PERSONNEL REQUIRED FOR THE RETARDED YOUNGSTERS, AND <br />HE BELIEVED WE SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE FOR THE RETARDED CITIZEN. HE THEN <br />ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE ASSOCIATION'S PRIORITIES, NOTING THAT <br />THEY APPARENTLY HAVE ALLOTTED $60,000 FOR SOME TYPE OF HOME. <br />MRS, QUIMBY EXPLAINED THEIR VARIOUS PROGRAMS - THE SUMMER <br />PROGRAM, THE PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM, THE ADULT PROGRAM, A "REST CURE" PRO- <br />GRAM DESIGNED TO GIVE -THE PARENTS OF THE RETARDED SOME RELIEF, AND <br />CONTINUED THAT IT BECAME APPARENT THERE WAS -A NEED TO ESTABLISH A <br />GROUP HOME FOR RETARDED WOMEN WHO HAVE NOWHERE TO LIVE WHEN THEIR <br />PARENTS GROW -OLD-AND DIE. MRS. QUIMBY EXPLAINED THAT -THE -GRANTS THEY <br />RECEIVE -ARE NOTA NTE-RCHANGEABLE SO THAT THE GRANT FOR THE GROUP HOME <br />-CANNOT BE USED -FOR THE SUMMER CAMP.- <br />COMMISSIONER <br />AMP. COMMISSIONER WODTKE-QUEST-IONED THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE <br />ASSOCIATION FOR THIS -YEAR- AND LAST YEAR;AND EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION CON- <br />TINUED AS TO THE ASSOCIATION'S BUDGET, ITS PRIORITIES, -ITS FUND RAISING <br />ACTIVITIES, AND THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS A TREMENDOUS <br />INFLUX -OF REQUESTS FROM EXISTING.PROGRAMS DUE TO THE -NATIONAL CUTBACK <br />-ON FUNDING. <br />MRS. QUIMBY EMPHASIZED THAT THEIR ASSOCIATION HAS NOT CHANGED <br />PRIORITIES,' BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, <br />FROM WHICH THEY- RECEIVE" -90% OF -THEIR -FUNDING,, HAS CHANGED" THE I R PRIOR- <br />ITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR DEFICIT.- SHE DID FEEL -THE COUNTY -HAS SOME <br />RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE _RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS TO -THESE TYPE OF <br />CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOWHERE TO G0. <br />46 PAGE 538 <br />MAY 2-0 -19%' 91 <br />