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Faris — Lamar County Wealth Department Lis400 West Sherman Street Paris, Texas 75460 TE F Voice: 903 - 785 -4561 www.parislamarhealth.com a Minutes of Regular Meeting Paris - Lamar County Board of Health The Paris - Lamar County Board of Health held a regular meeting at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. In attendance were Dr. Rick Erickson, Dr. Keith House, Dr. Mark Gibbons, and Mr. William Collins. Not in attendance were Dr. Lav Singh, Dr. William George, and Mrs. Kristi Head. Others in attendance were Mrs. Gina Prestridge, Ms. Cheryl Johnson, Mrs. Carla Rhodes, Mrs. Nita Johnson, Mrs. Rebecca Sanders and Mr. Gene Anderson. (See attachment # 1) Meeting was called to order at 5:01 p.m. by Dr. Erickson. Dr. Erickson introduced the interlocal agreement, along with copies from the City of Paris and Lamar County. Dr. Erickson compared all copies and compiled a list of Interlocal Agreement Discussion Points that the board will need to discuss and possibly take action on. (See Attachment # 2 - re: 1.4 - how board members are appointed, 1.6 - how board members are removed, 1.7 - term lengths of board members, 7.2 - approval of annual budget, 7.5 - maximize funding from other available sources prior to requesting funds from County or City, and 9.6 - modification or amendment of the Interlocal Agreement.) Mrs. Prestridge: The $75,000 upfront, when we are talking about breaking away, operational cost and everything, because we are cost reimbursements and the way it works right now, I just got paid for October and it is the middle of January, and a lot of that will be different with invoicing in -house and we can get everything out quicker and not have to wait on other entities to do their reports and send them to us so that delays a little bit. With that said, we have got to have that cash flow upfront, hopefully we will have a carryover as we get going and we will have a little bit more of a cushion. We get $356,000 on January 27th in our bank account, but if I don't show $75,000 up front from the City and County for the next three years, then in the future, I can't get that money, and it is another half a million dollars at least. It has to be shown in the budget that the City and County contributed $75,000 each and it has to be earmarked already given to us. I just wrote a $147,000 check back to the City to pay back the upfront money to be put back into the budget, so it was a swap. Then I'll have a $221,000 profit, but i can't show that as operational money because it has to be earmarked for certain items, but by paying for those certain items it will offset the shortfall at the end of the year. I just have to show that the contribution was made (the $75,000 contribution for the next three years, then it can change.) But what I am thinking is what happens if we don't get the grants or something then I show the hard money of $75,000 and let's say we don't have any money and we need operational money for this next year. They give us the $75,000 to start, so we can get our