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to meet with him. Mrs. Dixon reiterated that if the staff were put on a payroll there would be an opportunity to receive insurance through the National Trust, and taxes 16 would automatically be withheld. She again offered to do all the payroll paperwork, expressing the belief that this might make the whole offer more appealing to the County Commissioners. Mr. Oxian suggested, as a necessary first step, a meeting with the County Commissioners. He said that if John Lantz continued his silence, a meeting with Beverly Crone should be set up. "She is the boss" he said. Mrs. Dixon then reported another incident in which the County Commissioners failed to respond to letters she had sent. In this case, the communication was merely an obligatory letter of support for the certified local government. She sent it October 31. Mr. Newburn suggested sending a copy of Mrs. Dixon's proposal to the County Human Services Committee. He mentioned that he was chairman of that committee. Mrs. Sporleder recommended sending a copy to the Council as well, so that they would "at least know what's going on." Mrs. Dixon agreed that this was a sensible course of action. Mrs. Sporleder mentioned that the periodic interruptions in the flow of paychecks also occurred in the Redevelopment department. Mrs. Dixon agreed that this was so but reiterated her point that the HPC staff were being unjustifiably classified as vendors rather than as County -City or HPC employees. A discussion of the vendor system followed. Mr. Herendeen said that it was probably used -as extensively as it is because it saves the county a lot'of work. Mrs. Sporleder disagreed, stating rather that the County didn't want to incur the extra expense of insurance, etc. She further noted that, according to Federal guidelines, anyone who was given hours and a place of employment was not a vendor, but an