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r-APR23 1986 BOOK 64 PnUrL 2 76 Chairman Scurlock asked how much cost would be involved for Indian River County, and Ms. Rowe explained that the cost infrastructure is very complicated which is the main reason why only the larger counties are participating. Some of the smaller,'' counties have indicated that they would not be interested in doing this unless they could combine efforts with neighboring small counties. Commissioner Bird asked if Indian River Community College could be the agency to handle the program, and Ms. Rowe stated that the community college indicated that they do not have the administrative personnel to handle it. Ms. Rowe was concerned that we may lose the Federal money available for this type of program if no one is willing to take the local level responsibility for administering it. However, the State assured her just yesterday that we would not lose it. They would just have to find someone to do it and possibly Tallahassee would have to do it themselves out of a department there. Chairman Scurlock was concerned that once we implement the program, the Federal government may wave goodbye and we would be left with the burden of funding and continuing the program. Personally, he felt that before he made a decision on this matter, he would like to know just how much money we are going to receive, how it is going to be spent, how much it is going to cost the county and how long the program is going to last. Ms. Rowe explained that she had asked how much each county would receive, but the State advised that they don't really know yet because the figures might change. They do feel it would take a substantial amount of administration and it should be the county's decision on who is going to handle it on the local level. Ms. Rowe stressed that State Attorney Colton's interest is that when the State finds some way to get the money to the local level, Indian River County should be on record that they 54 r