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MAR 7 1984 6a©K 56 pAct31.6 DISCUSSION RE REQUEST BY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER TO INTERVENE IN LAWSUIT WITH DISTRICT BOARD Attorney Brandenburg felt that the County has a definite interest in the lawsuit in which the Community Mental Health Center is involved with Mental Health District Board No. 9 since we fund over $100,000 for mental health services directly out of our budget. The District Board has not sent us any plan of action as to how it will provide these services if the local board is defunded, and he therefore, believed it would be to the County's interest to monitor this lawsuit to make sure we get our money's worth out of the funds we send to the District Board. The Attorney noted that there has been a long standing argument as to how these funds are distributed, and the County should be involved to protect our own interests as they are substantial. Commissioner Lyons expressed concern that we do not have enough communication with the local board to know what is really going on in this whole affair and stated that he would feel more comfortable if the Chairman of the local board would give the Commission a full report as to what is being done about health services, etc., and also about the various allegations that have been made. Commissioner Lyons noted that the only communication we have ever had in this regard came from Mr. Ashcraft, and he would like to hear from those who hired him. He emphasized that he personally has trouble getting involved in this lawsuit at all. Chairman Scurlock agreed that we do have interests as a County, but he did not want any intervention interpreted as ,pupport of either the local or district board. Commissioner Wodtke also agreed that we should not intervene on the behalf of the local center, but felt we must keep informed as to what has happened to the services for the people in our county. He noted that he recently has 38