The Redwood gazette., 1936-06-11
Personnel of
Relief Staff to
Be Reduced
ONE HEAD RESPONSIBLE
TO COMMISSIONERS
UNDER PLAN

iCOnIOfmlnS Win the QemdnuS
of townships, city and village of
ficials for a curtailment in the
cost of administration, the county
board has ordered the consolida-
tion of the county's three relief
agencies under one administrator,
the measure to take effect July i.
The revision in the county's re-
lief set-up was reached at last
weeks meeting of the board, the
resolution embodying the plan
being introduced by Commissioner
Herman Beckman and receiving
unanimous approval.
The three agencies affected by
the economy measure are the direct
relief division, the child welfare
office and the recently created
pension bureau. The action calls
for the reduction in the personnel
of the three offices from their
present total of eight staff men,
bers to four.
The heads of two of the depart
ments, Mrs. Eleanor Bue, relief
worker and Mrs. Katherine Prax-
ell, child welfare worker, have been
notified that their services will
terminate when the motion goes
into effect.
McRae Mentioned
A. d. McRae, pension supervis-
or in the county and formerly re-
gister of deeds for many years,
has been mentioned as the admin
istrator of the new set-pp but
the board has not yet taken de-
finite action on his appointment.
Commissioner Beckman's resolu-
ton reads, whereas, the county
board of Redwood County as a
body has considered for some
time the coordination of all the
relief agencies of said county con-
sisting Of the child welfare office,
the ord age assistance office and
the relief office and the consolida-
tion of said agencies and whereas,
after a careful study by a commit
tee composed of said board, of diff
ferent means and methods of such
a consolidation and coordination
for the purpose of very materially
cutting down the cost Of the ad-
ministration of said agencies and
deeming it for the best interests
of said agencies and the taxpay-
ers of Redwood county to make
such a reorganization and con-
solidation of said agencies, be it
resolved ~ that from and after
July 1, 1886, all of the relief
lagencies consisting Of the child
welfare office, the reliof office
and the old age assistance office
be placed under one administrator.
(2) That the personnel Of said Of
fees be reduced to one administra-
tor, one qualified investigator and
the necessary clerical help. 90
That such reorganization take eff
feet on or before July 1, 1885,"
Has Been Studied
The boards ruling was preci-
pitated by constant demands by
various groups and two formal
motions adopted at two mass
meetings Of officials from
throughout the county demanding
that some procedure be undertake
en- to slice the alleged "unneces-
sary and excessive" cost of MAIN
tanning and operating the three
agencies.
The county board itself has
felt for some time that such steps
should be taken to make the agen-
cies closer allied and more econ
omical to operate but because of
the ties affecting funds between
the state relief offices and the
county its hands were bound.
However, since the county assum-
ed complete supervision of relief
in January the way has been open
for the board to make the desired
changes.
The reduction in the number of
relief cases from 178 in April to
80 families at the beginning of
June by removing employables
from relief rolls has erased any
need of keeping several depart
ments, it was pointed out. So far
the cost of relief for June has
Itotalled 1927.
1t is planned to re-engage Miss
Audrey Lidren, present relief in
vestigator in her capacity after
July / and turn the investigation
of child welfare cases over to her.
Miss Elsie M. Howe, who is en-
ployed as office manager, clerk
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