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therefore, felt we should implement some coordinated effort with the D.O.T. to raise these standards where we are having complaints. Commissioner Bird felt we have to depend on our state repre- sentatives to try and get the D.O.T. funded adequately. He did agree priority has to be on keeping roads safe rather than aesthetics and then the money left over should go to maintenance. If the funding is short of meeting our standards, then we have to see how we can work this out cooperatively. Commissioner Scurlock stated that his personal approach to this would be to have the Public Works Director give us more specifics and then set aside a portion of those monies for that activity the next year. Administrator Wright stated that the bottom line of the whole thing is priorities. If the desire is to spend money on mowing grass, we have to take the money for that from something else. Commissioner Scurlock asked how much the 24 gas tax brings in yearly, and Director Davis stated about $112,000 per quarter or $448,000 yearly. Chairman Lyons suggested Director Davis get together with the D.O.T. and come up with a joint program and come back and tell the Board how he feel this would be allocated. Commissioner Wodtke felt the key thing he has learned today is that in order for the state to meet the minimum standards, they need to mow about every 6-8 weeks, and they say they have enough funds to do this only every 26 weeks. He believed we should try to get this district additional money so they can meet their minimum standards and that we should work cooperatively and assist - if some of their machinery is down, possibly we can get together on that. He also would like to have joint meetings at least in the four -county area of the district. Mr. Fowler confirmed that he certainly would like to participate in some workshops, and he believed we need to start 47 3? SEP 11 1985 L_ a