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Chair Jacobs asked about the trails at the Southern Human Services Center and he remembers <br />hearing that the Master Gardeners were interested in working on this. Lori Taft said that she <br />has worked with Royce Hardin on this. <br />Commissioner Brown said that they need to continue funding to make the Southern Human <br />Services Center house usable and John Link said that there is money in the capital budget. <br />Chair Jacobs made reference to the notion of having a strategic plan for parks and developing a <br />vision for what to do with all the facilities the County is acquiring. He asked about the vision <br />because there is no sense of context. Lori Taft said that this is an issue to ask for the <br />assistance of the Recreation and Parks Advisory Council. She said that they discussed with the <br />Manager, Personnel, and Budget staff about presenting to the Board a view of what they <br />envision with the parks currently on the books. <br />Chair Jacobs asked John Link about looking at fees and John Link said that these would be <br />discussed Thursday night. <br />Commissioner Brown spoke about having afive-year plan for each park, which would involve <br />personnel costs. <br />Commissioner Gordon made reference to the caretaker and said that she envisioned a known <br />set of duties that this person would undertake. She would like to see an outline for these duties. <br />Lori Taft said that they would work on a contractual arrangement. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that he is interested in this because the County spent a lot of <br />money to recycle this house. He wants to see the contract before anything is done. He would <br />also like to go out 10-15 years with planning for parks. <br />Department of Social Services <br />Request for two Income Maintenance Caseworkers (time-limited far two years) and one Social <br />Worker. <br />DSS Director Nancy Coston said that the Income Maintenance positions are far the increased <br />caseloads in food stamps and Medicaid. They have an obligation to see these families as soon <br />as possible. The Social Worker position is to address the child protective cases that are <br />increasing. They would like to provide services for prevention. There is some federal and state <br />money for both of these positions. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that he was fully supportive of these positions. <br />Commissioner Carey asked if DSS would help implement the Medicare drug card. Nancy <br />Coston said that they do not have an official role yet. Commissioner Carey said that he heard <br />that DSS would be responsible for qualifying seniors for the drug cards. <br />Commissioner Brown suggested keeping track of all of the unfunded mandates and categorizing <br />them. The budget is becoming non-sustainable. <br />Chair Jacobs asked how they coordinate with schools for social work. Nancy Coston said that <br />before they added this position, children had to fall into the child protective services or foster <br />