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I06 Appropriation re: $32,000 - Sports Facility Appropriation re: $29,234 - Street Lights Appropriation re: $33,846 Girls' Attention Home Appropriation re: FOCUS -- Defeated The resolution appropriating $32,000 for a sports facility study which was offered at the meeting of the Council on August 20, 1979, was adppted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Brunton, Mr. Buck, ~nd Mr. Gatewood. Noes: Mrs. O'Brien. Absent: Mr. Albro~ The resolution appropriating $29,234 for the installation of street lights, which, was offered at the meeting of the Council on August 20, 1979, was adopted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Brunton~ Mr~ Buck, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. Noes: None~ Absent: Mr. Albro. The ~esolution appropriating $33,846 for the Girls' Attention Home, whichWas offered at the meeting of the Council on August 20, 1979, was adopted hy the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Brunton, Mr. Buck, Mr. Gate~ood and Mrs. O'Brien. Noes: None. Absent: Mr. Albro. The appropriation for FOCUS which was offered at the last meeting was again discussed. Mr. Buck stated that since the last meeting he had talked with several people and had reCeived some correspondence and he feels the. issue of duplication of services is not a problem since the services being provided by FOCUS are different. Another area of concern was whether or not administrative services of other agencies could be utilized especially family services, but upon investigation he found that agency was not in a position to undertake~any more responsibility. He stated he would like to amend the resolution to condition the appropriation on a similar pro rata share by the County Board of Supervisors and that it be prostrated on an annual basis which would reduce the appropriation to 5/6 of $8,035. Mr. Gatewood stated he would like to salute the volunteers who spend so' much time in this program, but he does not see why this particular program should be financed bT the tax payers of the City and in his opinion its the kind of program that should seek support from private sources. Mrs. 0'.Brien seconded the amendments to the original appropriation andstated that in this particular instance for a rather small investment we get back an immense amount of service to the community in the form of. counseling. She stated that given the quality of people invol=ed in the group she expects them to be self supporting and she does not expect this to be an on going supported program by the City. The resolution appropriating $8,035 for FOCUS, which was offered at the meeting of the Council on August 20, 1979, was defeatedby the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Buck and Mrs. O'Brien. Noes: Mr. Brunton and Mr. Gatewood. Absent: Mr. Albro.