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ABANDONED DUBOSE CEMETERY IN GIFFORD Chairman Tippin reported that after last week's meeting, he received a lot of phone calls from people concerned about the disturbance of any graves in Gifford Cemetery. He would like to see the Board issue a statement that it is not the intent of the County to disturb any graves there. Commissioner Bird reported that everybody he talked with would love to see the County take it over and provide better maintenance than it has received in the past. An elderly man came to see him the other day very upset about the possibility of his grandparents' graves being disturbed. Commissioner Adams emphasized that this is another piece of property that has fallen through the cracks for years, and she felt we have to step in at some point and assume some control to determine how many graves are there and then make a policy decision as to what happens to the property in the future. We just cannot allow it to continue to be a derelict piece of oblivion property. Commissioner Eggert didn't know if we could say that we would never move anyone, but Commissioner%Adams emphasized that we could say that at this time it is not our intent. Commissioner Bird pointed out that because it is a large piece of property, we may find out that a considerable portion of it was not used for burials. However, the main thing here is to give comfort and assurance that the graves will not be disturbed. He understood there are only 10-12 graves there. Commissioner Eggert understood that the majority of the people had been moved out of there and that there were only 7 or 8 graves remaining. SCHEDULING OF BUDGET WORKSHOP Commissioner Macht wished to schedule a budget workshop for some time in the middle of February because he felt we really need to have the Board get a better understanding of some things prior to the budget workshops in July. He would like to see the Board ask staff to make a presentation based on the needs that they perceive now and give an update on the requirements of new mandates, etc. Commissioner Macht explained that he had found last year's budget session pretty frustrating in that the Board didn't have the time to look into the new, mandated requirements. Commissioner Eggert felt it would be helpful to take department by department and understand what has been going on in those specific areas and hear their projections. 79 JAN 111994 BOOK 9� F.�,�