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BGOK 1.0-1AGE W Commissioner Ginn felt that tax dollars were not needed to fund this. She expressed her respect for Visions but felt the project could be done on a volunteer basis and could not support funding. Commissioner Adams also wanted to see the organization succeed but could not classify this as an urgent need and felt it would be setting a precedent for other organizations originally denied at the time of the decisions regarding the budget. Commissioner Macht questioned several items in the proposed budget and questioned whether the organization had also missed the deadline for application for the municipalities' budgets. Mr. Johnson responded that he had been out-of-state and had missed the notices regarding the budget workshops. Commissioner Tippin felt the County's greatest asset is volunteers and believed the organization's potential is fantastic. He proposed a compromise of one-half of the requested funding with the understanding that next year, if progress is being made, consideration be given to additional funding. Commissioner Tippin also requested that VISIONS came back with a revised budget specifically showing the allocation of the funding prior to disbursement of the funds. ON MOTION by Commissioner Tippin, SECONDED by Commissioner Adams, the Board, by a 4-1 vote (Commissioner Ginn opposed) approved funding from the General Fund Contingency Fund in the amount of $4,500 representing one- half of the requested funding, with the stipulation that a revised Budget be submitted to the Board prior to any disbursement of funds. SEPTEMBER 16, 1997