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��� <br /> " _ - <br /> his budget represented a 32% increase due to the addition of the RSVP program <br /> to his department. Mr. Passmore said his agency was depending more on volunteers <br /> for some services in this year of cut-backs, <br /> Mr. Passmore outlined the concerns of the Senior Citizens Board regarding the <br /> elimination of the capital request of $6,000'00/ 1) blinds are needed for the <br /> windows at the Northside Nutrition room; 2) tables and chairs are needed for the <br /> Northside meeting room; and 3) an L shaped counter is needed for the Hillsborough <br /> nutrition center. The Board discussed with the Manager options for providing <br /> the necessary equipment for the centers. <br /> Mr. Passmore said basically, his department could live with the Manager's recom- <br /> mended budget for his department. <br /> The Board suggested some collaboration between the Department of Aging add <br /> the Social Services Department on Adult Protective Services might be an efficient <br /> use of personnel and time'and money. <br /> Ms. Gatha Lassiter and Mr. Wilson McKprrow, members of the Senior Citizens Board, <br /> addressed the need for equipment for the Senior Centers in the County. <br /> Commissioner Whitted thanked Mr. Passmore and members of the Senior Citizens <br /> Board for their presence and presentation tonight and announced the Board's <br /> budget meeting schedule. <br /> Commissioner Whitted announced that this was the last evening for Cindy Thmnpc <br /> reporter from the Chapel Hill Newspaper, to cover the Board's meeting as she was <br /> moving to Augusta, Georgia to take a new position there. The Board presented Ms. <br /> Thompson with a card from the Board and signed by its members and wished her good <br /> luck- <br /> With no further business to come before the B..rd, it dJ <br /> <A104 <br /> Richard C , <br /> -~. <br /> Paulette Pridgen-Pond, Clerk <br />