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<br />( 3 ) <br /> <br />Four years ago, the Patrick Henry Drug and Alcohol <br /> <br />Council ran a $27,000 program. <br /> <br />A year later, the budget was <br /> <br />$68,000, and today, it stands at more than $170,000 a year. <br /> <br />The MARC Workshop for the retarded, a $154,000-a-year <br /> <br />agency four years ago, new spends more than $235,000 annually. <br /> <br />The Franklin County Development Center in 1974, a $44,000 <br /> <br />operation, now spends more than $190,000. <br /> <br />Four years age, Anchor House (which is not a Chapter <br /> <br />10 Agency) serving Martinsville, Henr.y County, and Patrick <br /> <br />County, spent $108,000. <br />h~/etOt> <br />was 0.100,.8'8. <br /> <br />This year, the total budget request <br /> <br />Four years ago the governments of Martinsville, Henry, <br /> <br />Patrick, and Franklin were contributing around $31,000 to the <br /> <br />Chapter :0 Agencies in local tax dollars. <br /> <br />This year, fiscal <br /> <br />'79, Chapter 10 Agencies requested about $150,000 in tax <br /> <br />dollars - - nearly 5 times the amount of four ye2rs ago, and <br /> <br />they were funded $130,000. <br /> <br />It's unbelievable to me that I didn't spend more time <br /> <br />studying these agencies in my four years on Council. But, <br />-I <br />.J-m <br />in all fairness, Q&~~'l 0~.WR2" not the only public official <br /> <br />who is to blame for not spending the proper time, not asking <br /> <br />the necessary questions and not doing the in-depth research <br /> <br />need""" Wne/l &-;"T ;" 6.,eI",ers <br />that is ..~u!lfu~.d ~ agencies^t.liat have ballo..-:>necl in size and <br /> <br />cost over such a very short period of time. <br /> <br />In my opinion, public officials J}] <br /> <br />_i' b.Frl! .' .~ - - those <br /> <br />of us who bear the responsibility for evaluating these agencies - - <br /> <br />have been deficient in not requiring the data and reports necessary <br /> <br />to properly evaluate and control the costs and benefits of these <br /> <br />services to the people. <br />