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4 Commissioner Wodtke did not feel the Board can commit funds 3 or 4 years down the road. He recommended continuing the plan based on the services now being provided, and if there should be additional funds available in the third year, any expansion could be considered during the yearly budget sessions. Commissioner Wodtke also had a problem believing we need to provide transportation for 38% of the county residents. He wished to know if the county were to be the Provider, whether it would receive all the funds and all the vehicles. Miss Cochran stated that while the County could be the coordinator, the funding would stay with the agencies. Discussion continued about the $30,000 estimated as the cost to start up this program, and Commissioner Bird asked if we are mandated to spend those funds immediately. Miss Cochran stated that the County is not mandated to perform this coordination, but they could elect to have an existing staff person take over these duties and absorb this into the existing county structure. If it were necessary to hire someone else, it would be an additional cost. Miss Cochran noted that there is no way for the County to recoup the initial cost while an agency might be able to. Commissioner Bird inquired whether we would have to subsidize for a year or so any agency that we named Provider, and Miss Cochran believed that the agency probably would be able to handle it with existing staff and that would not be necessary. Motion was made by Commissioner Bird, seconded by Commissioner Lyons, to direct the consultants to proceed with the 11ransportation Disadvantaged Study based on the present level of transportation provided by the various agencies and the idea that any additional transportation in three or four years will be based on the availability of state or federal funds. MAY 19 1982 .79 133