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Commissioner Scurlock noticed that the newspaper account of the monies that were collected in the recent Bike -A -Thor indicated that the event was held for the sole purpose of.building bike paths. He felt that if we approved this item for an additional $1,200, we should receive some additional information confirming the monies collected and the expenditure of those funds. He believed that the same question was raised at the last meeting of the Kiwanis Club and it was really never answered. Administrator Wright reported that Public Works Director Jim Davis has recommended that it be done in concrete rather than asphalt. He stated that the fund would come out of the Road & Bridges account, and though there are sufficient funds in the account to contribute $1,200, it is just a matter of priorities. The Commissioners agreed that they did not want to discourage any community projects, but did feel that the County should know where the money is going to be spent. A Motion made by Commissioner Bowman to table this item pending further information died for lack of a second. Commissioner Wodtke felt that civic clubs do a lot for the community as they raise a lot of funds and he does not want to turn off their efforts. He suggested that we should reschedule this until somebody is here from the Kiwanis Club to discuss this. Commissioner Scurlock agreed as he has had a couple of telephone calls from people asking about the funds raised in the Bike-A-Thon. Commissioner Lyons felt that the real issue here was that the Kiwanis Club is requesting $1,200 in order to pave the bike paths with concrete as recommended by the Public Works Dept., and that we should not concern ourselves with their internal club affairs. He felt we should either approve the $1,200 or, deny their request. 45 S E p 211983 v14