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TO: DATE: FILE: Board of County Commissioners August 28, 1984 THRU: Michael Wright Administrator SUBJECT: FROM: L.S. "Tommy" Thomas REFERENCES: Intergovernmental Director of Relations On July 25, 1984 you endorsed an application for the Community Services Trust Fund grant in the amount of $6,423 to be_ divided equally between the Indian River County Council on Aging, Inc. and the Association for Retarded Citizens of Indian River County, Inc. Since that time the City of Sebastian has applied for $3,000 of this grant for a Handicap Awareness Program for the residents of Sebastian. I would like to call to your attention that the funding for the two organizations which you endorsed are county -wide and include the- residents of the City of Sebastian as well as the other municipalities in the county. It appears that the funding requested by the City of Sebastian will be used only for the benefit of the citizens of Sebastian. This grant has been equally divided between the two organizations you have endorsed for several years and staff recommends that you continue your support of these two organizations., Administrator Wright explained that historically the County has applied for and obtained this grant on behalf of the Council of Aging and the Sheltered Workshop. This year since there are three applying, it will go to arbitration. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Lyons, SECONDED by Commissioner Bird, to endorse the Board's previous action and empower the Administrator to work this out with the state on the basis that these funds were allocated as countywide funds and the third request is intended for one section of the county only. Chairman Scurlock noted that if we have the municipali- ties competing for these funds, they could end up being 81 pp SEP 5 9 BOOK 58 PAGE 107