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Commissioner Scurlock reminded the Board that at the previous meeting when Childrens Services were discussed, the Board took the position of not favoring creating a special independent district, but agreed that childrens' needs are an important part of county government and he felt indicative of that is the 1/2 million we are currently allocating for those purposes. He reported that he since has had several meetings with Wayne McDonough and representatives of the original group that came to the Board requesting a referendum, at which meetings they looked at several alternatives and were not in total agreement. Commissioner Scurlock advised that the law does not allow us the degree -of flexibility we had originally thought, and he does not think there is an ability to create a special dependent district outside of our millage cap. He informed the Board that he agreed that he would come back to the Board and make a recommendation, and that recommendation is for the establishment of a 9 member committee to be appointed by the County Commission, to serve at the Board's pleasure, and to be advisory in nature. This particular committee would look at children's needs and the services that are rendered and funded by the County Commission, and they would be especially involved in the budgetary process because that is where we really come down to the bottom tax dollars. At the appropriate time, consideration would be given to having a straw ballot as to how the community feels in terms of a portion of our'millage going to this purpose. Commissioner Scurlock continued to explain that we are spending over half a million currently, and this committee would be able to analyze not only how we are using our present resources but how our fufure resources may be spent in this particular area. He would suggest that Chairman Eggert chair that committee in that she has been involved with most of the human resource issues, mental health, drug and alcohol abuse, AUG 14 1990 0-,