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Commissioner Ginn once again emphasized her point that the guide should have been followed, speaking in the name of the taxpayers. She found it difficult to understand why the safeguards in the guide have not been followed in this year's decision-making process. There had been a memorandum from the County Attorney that this would be problematic without response. She felt that some of the applicants did not qualify under children's programs. It seemed to her that we have not discovered what the under -met and unmet needs are and that the County will be appropriating money to organizations already operating. To her, there were many unknowns. She also complained that she had not received any Minutes of the most recent CSN meetings although she understood the secretarial crunch. She did not fault the members of the Network and felt they had not had the proper information upon which to act. Commissioner Ginn recommended that there be no dollars allocated to agencies through the CSN for FY 1998-99, that those who have applied for County funding in the past may do so again at budget time, but no new agencies will be considered for funding over the next fiscal year, and that any dollars budgeted be charged against the allocation of the $300,000 for FY 1998-99. It should be set up correctly, so that the public's interest is protected and special interests are restrained. Commissioner Ginn felt the report of Mr. Herschberg was confusing and described it as very difficult to understand. He had problems with the raw data and cannot seem to come to any conclusions which mean anything. It is a lot of guess -work and she thought the taxpayers would not stand for guess -work. Commissioner Eggert stated that she has supported the CSN from the beginning. It has become somewhat awkward by suggesting that they go ahead with the requests for proposals. In speaking with people at Community Health Network who were involved in the CSN initially, she learned that they are concerned with the procedure. She also was concerned with the procedure. She stated she agreed with much of what Commissioner Ginn said, however, she had great confidence in Joyce Johnston. She inquired how much additional time Mr. Herschberg has requested. Vice Chairman Macht responded that Augustl2th is the deadline for the asset mapping (which is his last task). Commissioner Eggert stressed that date was still within our public hearing process period for the budget. She felt that having said to go forward with the RFP that the Board has set something in motion which is next to impossible to stop at this point. She did not June 9, 1998 91 BOOK PAGE 99