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Tammone.
DAVE PICKETT: Good morning, Commissioners.
Dave Pickett, District 36 Motorcycle Sports Committee.
First out of the hull, thank you for holding
that emergency Commission -- Commission meeting
recently. That was a tough topic with the budget. And
our district applauds your effort in that arena.
Couple of comments here. Maybe Mr. La Franchi
can address this. Legal clarity on the Special Fund
versus General Fund. Earlier you talked about budget
cuts from Chief Jenkins, vehicles, cell phones,
temporary staff, my favorite, which I'll say again, is
unfair is the furloughs to Division staff. These are
non-General Fund monies and Operations, as was explained
by Deputy Director Greene and Jenkins. We the public
pay this Special Fund known as the Green Sticker Fund so
that just those kind of operations have funding
available. And I would look like to see the Division
fight back against the state on this because they're
taking State Parks as a department and applying their
process to the OHV Division, which is also part of State
Parks. The funding mechanism is in place. I think
there needs to have clarity there, not only for
Operations, but also to put those Division State Park
employees back to work. We need them there 40 hours a
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OHMVR COMMISSION MEETING April 5, 2011 MINUTES - APPROVED