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that would be allocated to maintenance, and Mr. Fowler estimated about 150 of the total budget. Representative Patchett pointed out that when major projects such as the Barber Bridge, etc., are accelerated, something else is eliminated, and they do steal items out of the maintenance budget for things such road design, etc., when priorities are changed. He stated that he has never been happy with our D.O.T. budgeting process where we give them lump sums to divide out as we really cannot tell if each county is getting its fair share. Commissioner Wodtke commented that for the past 11 years that he has been on the Commission, we have always gotten along well with the D.O.T., and he only wanted this meeting to be constructive. Mr. Fowler stated that he could not deny that they have had to neglect the aesthetics. Discussion ensued regarding the $660,000 spent in the county last year, and Mr. Fowler believed that was mainly all for routine maintenance, i.e., mowing, litter pickup, guard rail and sidewalk repair. Commissioner Wodtke noted that in the road reclassification done by the state, we took back Old Dixie and the D.O.T. took back 27th Avenue, and this has become one of our major source of complaints. It is a residential neighborhood, and the county did maintain it at a higher standard. Mr. Byron stated that they are not doing well in their drainage cleanup, and one of the reasons is the philosophy in the Department to relate priorities to the condition of the roadway. If it is satisfactory drainagewise, then.you set your priority to what may impinge on the safety of the roadway. They do not look at aesthetics, but just see if it is functioning with respect to the roadway. He agreed this is not an acceptable approach, but it is all the D.O.T. can afford. He further noted that one of the tractors used in the county has been down for six months. 45 SEP 111985 6 62 ma.. 48