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DISCUSSION OF MATTERS TO BE BROUGHT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION <br />County Attorney Vitunac reported that Representative <br />Patchett's secretary has advised that we have about one more week <br />to bring up the items we wish to talk about, and Commissioner <br />Eggert has suggested that we should prepare a wish list of things <br />we want from the state. <br />Commissioner Eggert noted that last year we asked that Route <br />60 be widened, and she would like to bring that up again. She <br />wanted to ask that we get another $500,000 for the new Health <br />Department Building, and she would like to have that come up <br />through the County. She stressed that she would like us to <br />encourage their continuing to fund library and cultural grants at <br />the highest possible level. They want to cut some of those <br />library grants, and we have depended on those in our operating <br />budget. <br />Commissioner Scurlock felt another key issue that we need to <br />readdress is the funding of the DOT, how the DOT functions within <br />counties, and more specifically, how they continue to transfer <br />roads back to the county where we have to pick up their <br />maintenance at considerable cost. It was his feeling that if the <br />state would contract with the county for more of this work, we <br />could do a better job and be more responsive. <br />Commissioner Eggert believed mandates without funding is <br />also something we should continue to bring up. As a separate <br />matter, she informed the Board that at the Regional Planning <br />Council she still is trying to get budgets separated. We have <br />about 29% of the population in the northernmost counties, and we <br />are not getting 29% of the funds. She confirmed that she will <br />continue her efforts to try to get our appropriate share. <br />Commissioner Scurlock asked if we should have a Motion to <br />request the Chairman to attend the meeting of the Legislative <br />Delegation along with other interested Commissioners to bring the <br />topics we just mentioned to the attention of the Delegation, and <br />Attorney Vitunac agreed that it makes more of an impact if the <br />,,RANI 19 1989 <br />55 <br />BOOK 75 F?5S'7 <br />