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__.. -~<: - ~~zi~• ~ .~ +.. ,. Ms. Pollitzer said that the Needs Assessment Committee had felt that the recommendaficsis on service should come Pram the HSAC. Various mett~bers of the svboainnittees said they had mat made ~?ations• because they had not thought this was part of their charge. _ Ms. Priscilla Qkto:: Said unemployment had been ranked high by hx.suboam~it: because if the County could ease the unemiployment rate same of the pmbl~-c of these peop].e...who tended to be County clients: wmild be erased. Discussion confined with ~~ of the audience offering camu[isnts. Mr. Morse •suggested better coordination_of agencies delivering services. Co~nni.ssioner Willhoit said the ways tl~ mandated services restrict. the County should be checked. He added the the Cbimty discretionary money was a-small part of the funding can- pared with that allocated to mandated services:and was inadequate to meet all the needs; the Cotmty needs flexibility in the use of ~TM,,~,i and State funds but that resistance to withdraw all of the "strings" existed at those levels for .fear that currently mandated services wou7,d be cut. Cbsr¢ni,ss; nnpr_ (~astaveson challenged the Soard ~~*'s tQ sununargize their ideas for the press. Oa?¢nissioner Marshall said she was particularly interested in how we might coordinate programer/services ant~ng the governmental and private agencies. Ccsemissioner Willhoit said he wt7uld like the Hteaians Services Aovi~ry Canmisr~:: to address these reaommexedation and to strive for a balance befweers tY~ bro~:w -s~neral isst~s, getting down to the specific proposals for. the Gounty to deal with sa`that we can see Somme tangible-evidence of progress in addition fA the hrrs~.3ar pi_ He ailed that perhaps the Committees can be ~+.~tuted later to provide fair follow up and an evaluation of progress toward ~~,a,-a~~ing.the recdaticres in the preset report. commissioner 4~iitted said he was interested S,n receiving mare "specific data in terms of the 1eve1 of service" and how that relates to the e~rrnitment of iesources and where those resources are going. mat is, what tn~ axe doing and what we rho 9 be doing in tenets of those resources. Oc~missioner ~a.tted said such information would make the Oomani.ssioners more knowledgeable about issues or needs that we can't address and what the County. is able to adcix+ess in tAl'1115 of better oo~~_i„rtion and ocnreamication with legislators in Raleigh. Ccannissioner Glastaveson said he was looking for ways for the County to employ a "variety of strategies" in order to coordinate a unity-wide effort. He