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-~~/ .AV TUESDAY AUGUST 8, 1978 heretofore been in force. Mr. J. Michael Grubbs, Administrative Assistant to the City Manager, informed Council that Federal guidelines, while directed principally to the elder1y-and-handicapped homeowners, do not provide for the age restriction (i.e., qualifying homeowners sixty years of age or over) established by the City for the first year's operation of this program and, therefore, the City's application for the second year funding might not be approved unless the City eliminates this restriction. Council was also informed that the City's Welfare Board recently declined to recommend continuation of the program because of the proposed relaxation of the age restriction. Speaking on behalf of the program as it has developed under the City's first year of operation but not as to eligibility requirements, members of the City's Social Services Department (Mrs. Mabelle S. King, Director, and Mrs. Mary Nystrom and Mrs. Jackie Davenport, Social Workers), who are involved only with the eligibility aspects of applications for winterization services, apprised Council of the fact that most of the recipients of these services are "non-welfare" citizens and all are deserving and appreciative of this form of assistance which, otherwise, they could not provide for themselves because of limited and fixed incomes. Councilman Greene, in support of the Winterization Advisory Board's recommendation, offered the following three-part motion (which failed because of lack of a second): that Council (1) authorize the filing of an application for winterization funding for the year beginning October 1, 1978; (2) review the program at the end of six months to determine whether Council desires to continue the program further; and (3) revise the eligibility requirements pursuant to reported Federal guidelines. A substitute motion, offered by Councilman Oakes and seconded by Councilman West, with Mr. West reviewing his reasons for abstaining on a similar authorizing motion a year ago, containing only the first two parts of Councilman Greene's motion, carried with Councilmen Oakes and West and Vice-Mayor Cole voting for the motion, with Councilman Greene voting against the motion, and with Mayor Hobson abstaining; thus, the application filing (for funding for the year beginning October 1, 1978) and the six-months' review were authorized.