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ART SCHAEFER — COUNTY COMP'CiSSIONER; B. Youth Service Bureau Grants — The County has appropriated �09000 to sd .5,000 fmr'the Youth Service Bureau, with the stipulation they would match local dollars at $.55 on the dollar. None of the communities were aware of this before they did their budget. Consequently the City has undersubsidized the bureau because the City only gave half"of the dollars tkie'.: Youth, Service asked for. The City gave the amount it did because it felt it was the wrong body- to be subsidizing it; but the County is additionally penalizing this bureau because the City was unaware of the County°s position on it. The Administrator explained that the Council's position has been that the issue is not what percent the County match should be, but who should do the 'total subsidizing. The Council feels it does not have the resources or the staff to evaluate what a Youth Service does, how their fit into.the other County pro— grams like juvenile court system, family services, welfare, etc, The County has the staff to evaluate this and 'the ability to tax the people "to provide this service and the proper plane for the subsidities to be considered and the control to come from is the County. Local communities should not be in this business. The motion granting this years appropriation stipulated -this is the last year the City will authorize funds and. calls for the County to eraly ate where Youth Service Bureaus belong .in the government structure and who should provide the funds for support. Pott said there is a connection between the bureaus and school districts, therefore, when it comes to subsidizin% the districts should be included for whatever reasons their boundaries are being used. Commissioner Schaefer stated he agreed with -the City°s position. The County will:'be; getting together with the school district and try to work out a, cost sharing program between the district and the County. He believes the total program belongs in the: County°s lap. C. W Subs dies — The Administrator reviewed why the City does not feel it should subsidise ambulance service. The County has a full—time Community Health Department that is involved in setting the standards for these ambulance services, service areas, types of equipment, types of training and the City has nobody that evaluates any of this. Two problems with the County giving its subsidy to the 14 or so communities and requesting -they get together and decide what they are going to do with the money are 1) each community has it own rescue unit and questioxs why give any of it to Stillwater Ambulance, each will want a portion for it own rescue unit, and, 2) the County had a formula that told them what they wanted to provide in -the way of subsidized ambulance service. In effect the County has already split this money in a 80/20 fashion, $40,000 to ambulances and $209000 to rescue. This whole formula was deatroyed by turning this money over to the Cities and telling them to do what they want with it. Pott does not feel this idea of the cities deciding where -to assign this money is all bad. He feels the ambulance service can make it without being subsidized. The problem is that the ambulance services around us are being subsidized, therefore,