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MAY 2 5 1983 iaoK 5 �' Said letter of resignation is made a part of the Minutes, as follows: Board -'6f- Commissioners Administration Building Vero Beach, Florida 32960 Re: District IX Mental Health Board Gentlemen; I first want to take this opportunity to thank the Board for the opportunity to serve this community on the District Board as a voluntary member. I am sure that my 17 years dealing every workday with Mental Health problems made me a most valuable member of the Board as well as one of the most knowledgeable volunteers. I wish also to take this opportunity to set the record straight as to my voting on various issues, including those which were endorsed by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, and somehow, by someon , was not accurately made known to the Commissioners. 1. On the Certificate of Need for a Psychiatric Hospital for this area: - a. At the meeting attended by Commissioner Scurlock; I was prepared to vote for the certificate of need and to offer a motion to that effect. However, it was brought to the attention of the Board Members at that very meeting, that "it was not the policy of the District IX Board to endorse the certificate." I assume this was in all fairness to other facilities who also were re- questing the Board's endorsement. I therefore offered the Motion "that the Board endorse the concept and the need for the Psychiatric Hospital for this area," and that motion was approved by all members present. 2. On the Board Plan and the allocation of funds based on population: - a. At every meeting, as the minutes will reflect, I voted for the plan to address the needs and to use the population formula for the allocation of funds. And I voted thusly at the meeting attended by William Wodtke and some of the membevs of'the iueal Mental Health Board. b. At the April 27th meeting, with the majority of the members in attendance ( if not all of the members ), I observed that the lone member objecting to the plan would have be -,n myself, as the representative of Indian River County. As it was, the vote was 100% for the plan as amended and offered to the full board on that date. After hearing a conversation between John Ashcraft and one of the Board Members or Staff wherein he stated "this is a darn good plan, now if the Board will stick to it.", I decided to vote for the plan and not remain the lone disenting vote on the Board. Certainly if the Provider thought it was good then it must have been. Since then I believe Mr. Ashcraft has -changed his mind. 2 � ® r DISTRIBUTION {:IST THELMA FITZGERALD Commissioners 6570- 114th LANE Administrator SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA Attorney 32958 Personnel Public Works Community Dev. __— utiiiti%y 5, 198.3 -- Finance Other Re: District IX Mental Health Board Gentlemen; I first want to take this opportunity to thank the Board for the opportunity to serve this community on the District Board as a voluntary member. I am sure that my 17 years dealing every workday with Mental Health problems made me a most valuable member of the Board as well as one of the most knowledgeable volunteers. I wish also to take this opportunity to set the record straight as to my voting on various issues, including those which were endorsed by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, and somehow, by someon , was not accurately made known to the Commissioners. 1. On the Certificate of Need for a Psychiatric Hospital for this area: - a. At the meeting attended by Commissioner Scurlock; I was prepared to vote for the certificate of need and to offer a motion to that effect. However, it was brought to the attention of the Board Members at that very meeting, that "it was not the policy of the District IX Board to endorse the certificate." I assume this was in all fairness to other facilities who also were re- questing the Board's endorsement. I therefore offered the Motion "that the Board endorse the concept and the need for the Psychiatric Hospital for this area," and that motion was approved by all members present. 2. On the Board Plan and the allocation of funds based on population: - a. At every meeting, as the minutes will reflect, I voted for the plan to address the needs and to use the population formula for the allocation of funds. And I voted thusly at the meeting attended by William Wodtke and some of the membevs of'the iueal Mental Health Board. b. At the April 27th meeting, with the majority of the members in attendance ( if not all of the members ), I observed that the lone member objecting to the plan would have be -,n myself, as the representative of Indian River County. As it was, the vote was 100% for the plan as amended and offered to the full board on that date. After hearing a conversation between John Ashcraft and one of the Board Members or Staff wherein he stated "this is a darn good plan, now if the Board will stick to it.", I decided to vote for the plan and not remain the lone disenting vote on the Board. Certainly if the Provider thought it was good then it must have been. Since then I believe Mr. Ashcraft has -changed his mind. 2 � ® r