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153 Mr. Davis stated that there had been several fires in the Rangewood area last year and residents of the area had been bold that South Orange could not come again if fire occurred because of insurance stipulations. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, it was moved and adopted that Chief Swiger, Mr. Davis and the County Attorney work together tv draw the application for inclusion of the Rangewood area in the South Orange Fire District. .. Commissioner Gustaveson suggested that Mr. Walker, the Fire Commis- sioner keep in touch with the developments in the Rangewood area. The Board agreed to discuss the appointment of trustees to fire districts at a future meeting. Ttem 16: The Social Services Director will deliver the proposed budget of the Social Service Board for 1977-1978 fiscal year. The Board of Commissioners should tentatively approve or modify this document before April 15, 1977. ' The Chairman recognized Tom Ward, Social Services Director. Mr. Ward stated that the proposed budget figure for 1977'78 was $740,818, which includes 25 percent of the contract purchased services and $39,135 for CETA funds. These two items were omitted last year from the budget and the State sent the budget back to the Department and asked that they be included. He referred the Board to a budget summary sheet which provided a breakdown of cost of the County's Social Services programs. Mr. Ward painted out to the Board that no request had been received from Frank Porter Graham and an estimation had been made of $200,000 from the previous year's budget. Frank Porter Graham has indicated that they will submit a request for funding to the State, however, no decision has been made. Mr. Ward stated that $697,833 would be required of the County as com- pared tv $632,747 required far last year. He stated that he .hoped to -- use two CETA positions to fund general assistance programs and to add to transportation services. Salary increases were anticipated to be between 5 and YO percent with merit increases. Actually, only one position has been added to the Social Services budget, which is a Social Worker 2. Mr. Ward reviewed with the 8vard the programs in'the County which will be partially funded with Title XX monies. Discussion ensued concerning the phase dawn of Title XX monies antici- pated by 1980. Mr. Ward suggested that the Board decide what programs they wished to retain and if funds were not available, tv fund just what is possible with the available funds. Mr. Gustaveson suggested that the Board not wait to next year to speak out about Title XX allocation. He stated that even with the County picking up a significant part of the funding, it would still be more than they could possible support. The Social Service Director stated that the Legislature set up a certain amount of monies for the State to match in the 5ocidl Services Administrative budget. A percentage is set each year based an inflation and the increase in budget. With no added monies available between last year and the next year, the percentage is being cut to get the same amount of money. He added that the Legislature is the key to a portion of the funding. The State should be willing to help the County. Mr. Ward stated that the additional items in the budge included: A. Aid to Blind Program $ 4,373 B. General Assistance 24,000 C. Emergency Medical 1,000 D. Back to School 3,000 32,373 County Cost Form 1046 Line H 740,818 ` 774,191 Less CETA Funds & Contract March -- 89,884 .,.r+m nnnm mn nnTn.Tmv t C p'7 ~ A 7