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drug abuse. Mr. Sloan wishes to donate some value back to the community for what has happened to his family. This is an opportunity to expand and take care of the problems of the 4 -county area. Each of the four counties will have its own appraisal, and whatever it is, Mr. Sloan will live with that. Commissioner Bird asked who would provide the staff and the actual operating funds, and'Mr.,.Gorham explained that currently they are leasing buildings for the program, and they would move those into this complex, and then either use the other buildings for another program or cancel the leases. In other words, it would save tax monies by being able to buy this property at this time. Chairman Scurlock understood then that if they are going to reduce their rental costs, the County Commissions could go back and cut their budget by that amount. Mr. Gorham wished he could say yes, but this is a 4 -county project and they still would have to pay for the upkeep of the buildings and the insurance, etc. Chairman Scurlock just.felt there was a difference between a maintenance budget and a lease budget, and failed to understand why the savings would not affect the overall budget. If they are going to be moving out of 5 leased buildings into this facility, there should be monies available within the budget at least for that portion, and Mr. Gorham said that was correct. However, since this is budget time and they don't have this program put together yet, they cannot say what the actual savings would be until we have the approval of the project from all of the 4 counties. They would be very happy to come back and report what the savings would be. Mr. Gorham pointed out that they would guarantee Indian River County their percentage of beds for occupancy when needed. Commissioner Wheeler asked if this program is working, and Mr. Mills reported that after 6 months off the program, 70% of 5 BOOK 7 rAUL 211