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RESOLUTION NO. 76-29
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has received a
copy of the Memorandum to the County health Directors from John F.
McGarry, M.D., Chief Bureau of Local Health Services, in reference
the Governor's recommendations for Funding of County Health Depart-
ments for 1976-77; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the proposed budget provides for
little or no State money for new or improved programs and substi-
tution of Title XX Money and Medicaid Screening reimbursements in
lieu of State dollars; and
WHEREAS, the Governor's Recommendations split the funding of
increased expenditures between General Revenue and the County
Health Units on a 50-50 basis, but accepts all of the Medicaid
Screening Incease as a replacement for General Revenue funding
with zero for the County Health Units; and
WHEREAS, pay adjustments for State Career Service employees
of County Health Departments have, in the past, been fully funded
from General Revenue, and this 50% funding deviates from previous
legislation and increases County Health Unit Trust Funding by a
large amount of money; and
WHEREAS, the members of this Board do strenously object to
any action that requires the County to comply with State raises in
salaries or other expenditures;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that it does strenously
object to State increases in the Health Department budget which would
not provide for full and complete funding by the State and Federal
Governments, but would place the financial burden on the Counties which
do not have the financial base to absorb such increase.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Indian River County
Commissioners are of the opinion that it would be extremely unfair
AP
® for the State to mandate or force the Counties to carry the
increased budget load, and this County does hereby request the
• State to place in the County Health Unit Trust Fund such additional
monies as are required to meet the expenditure increases set
A forth in the Governor's Recommendations.
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Such Resolution shall become effective as of the 5th
day of May, 1976.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIIDDA
By
Willard W. Siebert, Jr., irman
�p Attest
#,1' ph Odrris, Clerk