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L. / 2. 3• Four of the Board members provided brief reports on the recent NACo s. Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. Carr',ssioner Willhoit said the 6, entire agenda of the Taxation and Finance Subcommittee dealt with revenue 7. sharing. One aspect being eiAcussed was the speeding up of the first quarter pay- s. meat of revenue s'�arang funds, paying them at the beginning of the quarters rather 9. than at the end of the quarters_ Carmissioner Willhoit added that Congress seed 10. to feel that there was a need to get the money out into the counties and cities in an 11. Commissioner Lloyd cited Senator Dale's speech, saying that Senator Ible 12. had "laid it out on the ling" and that everyone has to contribute and give same. 13. Cam issioner Lloyd told of Senator D urenberger's speech which said that the 14. budget could be balanced by providing only "basic needs;" he continued, saying 15. that Senator Durenberger said that programs would be reduced and the "well- 16. bodied" would have to go to work. 17. Commissioner Marshall said there was a difference in this Conference can- 18. pared to all the other LLgislative Conference. She said the administration 19. representatives present were the lower levelled ones and they "tended to stone- 20. wall." She added that the administration did not "work with" local officialc 21. to solve problems; rather, they are "adamant" about pushing their programs. 22. Commissioner Marshall said with regard to "workfare" as a member of the Board 23. of Social Services she was concerned about "how and where the jobs are" as 214.. well-as "transportation" and day nine. She said there was no planning and no 25. money "up front" for workfare and no information forthcoming about it. 26. Canni_ssi nor Whitted agreed with Caumissioner Marshall about the admin- 27. istration's officials at this meeting. He added that^Senator Durenberger wanted 28. to use revenue sharing to "do awe' with deductions, of local- taxes on State and Federal 29. Income Taxes;local government is opposed to that-Commissioner Whitted sand regarding 30. the Human Resources Programraste, fraud and abuse were singled out for attention. 31. Drastic changes, he added, were coming in the CETA program as of October 1, 1983. 32. He said he thought Congressman Ike Andrews, wham the Board visited in Washington, 33. :would be a strong voice for local government. n 34. E. BOARD DECISIONS, 35. 1. Relocation of Power Poles: Commissioner Willhoit moved, seconded by 36. Cammissioner Marshall, of the authorization of $8,593.21 to move six additional 37. power poles in the Comity Development area, superceding the PArlier authorized 38. amount. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0. 39. !}0.