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BOOK 7 P,41,' F. A1 <br />CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON PARTICIPATION AT THE <br />LIBRARY BOARD MEETINGS, AND THE FACT THAT THE MAIN AREA OF CONTENTION <br />SEEMS TO BE BASED ON WHO IS GOING TO RUN THE LIBRARY - THE LIBRARIAN <br />AND HER CONTINGENT OR THE LIBRARY BOARD. <br />MAYOR GOFF COMMENTED THAT THEY HAVE HAD A REAL BOOM IN <br />LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP, AND HE FELT IF THEY CAN CHANNEL THAT, THEY CAN <br />SOLVE THE PROBLEM <br />MRS. SCHEIDT, MEMBER OF THE LIBRARY BOARD, WISHED TO <br />MAKE IT CLEAR THAT NO ONE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD HAS A DESIRE TO GET <br />INVOLVED IN THE DAY-TO-DAY ADMINISTRATION OF THE LIBRARY, BUT THEY <br />,DO FEEL THEY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND RIGHT TO MAKE POLICY AND <br />HAVE IT CARRIED OUT, SHE APPRECIATED THE COMMISSION'S INVOLVEMENT <br />AND FELT THE LIBRARY BOARD WOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION IF MORE <br />STRINGS WERE ATTACHED TO THE FUNDING BY THE COUNTY. <br />WILLIAM KoOLAGE, INTERESTED CITIZEN, URGED THAT THE LIBRARY <br />BOARD ENGAGE IN A MORE STRENUOUS EFFORT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THEMSELVES <br />RATHER THAN ALWAYS GOING TO THE COMMISSION <br />THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT THE COMMISSION WILL EXPECT A <br />FURTHER REPORT ON THE LIBRARY AT THE OCTOBER 21sT MEETING. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD, CHAIRMAN OF THE PARKS & RECREATION <br />COMMITTEE, DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR SMALL <br />CHILDREN AND FOR SOME SUPERVISION AT THE GIFFORD PARK. HE REPORTED <br />THAT flACDONALD'S HAS AGREED TO DONATE SOME OF THEIR USED PLAYGROUND <br />EQUIPMENT AND ALSO SOME ITEMS CHOSEN FROM THEIR CATALOG, IN ADDITION, <br />THE E.O.C. FOUND SOME FUNDS TO PURCHASE NEW ITEMS OF PLAYGROUND EQUIP- <br />MENT FOR THIS PARK. PARK SUPERINTENDENT BILL COOK DISPLAYED A <br />CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR PLACEMENT OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, BOTH NEW <br />AND RECONDITIONED, WHICH ITEMS WILL BE INSTALLED BY THE COUNTY CREW"" <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD THEN REVIEWED THE NEED FOR SOME KIND OF <br />SUPERVISED RECREATIONAL PROGRAM AT THE GIFFORD PARK, NOTING THAT PAT <br />CALLAHAN OF THE VERO BEACH RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT KNEW OF SOME YOUNG <br />CETA WORKERS WHO WOULD BE AVAILABLE., BUT THEY WOULD REQUIRE ADULT <br />SUPERVISION. THE GIFFORD PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS SUGGESTET A <br />