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f disappear even if the Sales Tax is changed. The state people seem to feel that participation is voluntary, not mandatory, at state level, and emphasized that we will receive a great dividend on this money by keeping people out of the emergency rooms. Commissioner Eggert pointed out that, in spite of what they say, the Bill does say "must." Attorney Vitunac advised that Commissioner Eggert and he next went to the Bureau of Economic Development to talk about "blue chip" status and whether that program was feasible for our county. Commissioner Eggert noted that the program is non-existent, but the process is good for us. It was a certification thing which required you to gather all the information about your county, its needs, its district, etc., and it is a big plus to have that information available when you are looking for industry to come in here. We -are going through that with the Chamber of Commerce, and that information is being gathered together. Attorney Vitunac continued that they then went to the Department of Agriculture and met with Wally Rich about our County Fair. They were told that Doyle Conner hadn't quite signed the agreement yet that would make us an authorized County Fair at the state level, but he was going to. They also went over the master plan again talking about flow patterns, and were told that the State had $25,000 from the Stateeand $50,000 from the Cattleman's Association for an agricultural building at the Fair whenever we get the master plan ready. Attorney Vitunac advised that lastly they went to Rep. Dale Patchett's office and thanked his people for setting up the meetings. They got the latest scoop on the Sales Tax, and were told it will not help us to go ahead and hurry up the referendum on the 14 optional sales tax because they will have an open session and they will repeal it. It was thought the state would give us something in return, but they didn't know exactly what. r 41 BOOK. -61 FacF 10 A