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99 Special Meeting August 16, 1982 Page 2 Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of allocation of revenue sharing funds for the Community Action, Inc. - Legal Aid program. Mrs. Norris moved $25,000.00 be allocated and Mr. Brown seconded the motion. Mrs. Norris stated she would like the program to be monitored during the year as to how the money is spent, and objected to 50% of the work of the Legal Aid during the 1981-1982 fiscal year being in divorce cases. Mayor Craddock asked if anyone wished to speak for or against the allocation, and no one did. Ofelia Vasquez thanked the Council for the funding of the Community Action programs. The Council voted unanimously in favor of the $25,000.00 allocation. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of allocation of revenue sharing funds for Scheib Opportunity Center, Inc. Mr. Brown moved $13,000.00 be allocated and Mrs. Mendez seconded the mo- tion. Mayor Craddock asked if anyone wished to speak for or against the allocation, and no one did. The Council voted unanimously in favor of the $13,000.00 allocation. Mr. Earl Williams, Finance Director, at this point interjected to re- mind the audience that this was a public hearing and invited all citi- zens and especially the senior citizens to participate with their thoughts of how they wanted the revenue sharing money spent, as well as all the 1982-1983 budget for the City. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of allocation of revenue sharing funds for Hays Memorial Hospital Emergency Medical Ser- vice (E.M.S.). Mr. Brown moved $47,345.00 be allocated, plus reminded everyone that there was $15,000.00 capital outlay funds from the 1980- 1981 budget that could go towards the purchase of a new ambulance, totalling $62,345.00, and Mrs. Norris seconded the motion. Mayor Craddock asked if anyone wished to speak for or against the alloca- tion. George Dashner of Hays Memorial Hospital stated the hospital could no longer assist the EMS program with all the expenses and heavy responsibilities of the new hospital. He stated few hospitals in the State of Texas operated EMS systems; that they were mostly operated by municipal governments and local entities. He requested Council fund their request for a 6-month period and have time to look for another contract service. Karl Brown stated the EMS~service offered was of high quality with the participation of the hospital, county and city combined and would like to see continuance of the combined effort. Mayor Craddock stated the City participation since 1977 towards health service had been $164,780.00, plus $20,000.00 in capital outlay, which did not include the present allocation being made for the new fiscal year. The Council voted unanimously in favor of the $47,345.00 allo- cation. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of allocation of revenue sharing funds for Hays County Crisis and Information Center, Inc. - HOTLINE. Mr. Kreczmer moved $7,500.00 be allocated and Mrs. Norris seconded the motion. Mayor Craddock asked if anyone wished to speak for or against the allocation, and no one did. The Council voted unanimously in favor of the $7,500.00 allocation. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of allocation of revenue sharing funds for San Marcos Youth Service Bureau. Mrs. Mendez moved $10,000.00 be allocated and Mr. Farr seconded the motion. Mayor Craddock asked if anyone wished to speak for or against the allocation, and no one did. The Council voted unanimously in favor of the $10,000.00 allocation.