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<br />29 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br /> <br />are we going to have accumulations of funds over time? <br /> <br />MR. McDONALD: Once the legislature authorizes a <br /> <br />project we treat the money as encumbered. We tie it up, <br /> <br />Pat. That's the reason I'm asking for specific legisla- <br /> <br />tive deauthorization of those other projects, to get out <br /> <br />of that problem. <br /> <br />Again, for the immediate foreseeable future, in the <br /> <br />course of the next 12 to 18 months, by virtue of the <br /> <br />$40 million appropriation, we can afford to have a couple <br /> <br />of projects hanging around like this. <br /> <br />But I want to make it a standard practice with the <br /> <br />legislature to periodically deauthorize these things if <br /> <br />they don't move forward. <br /> <br />~ffi. JACKSON: Bill, what Nick says, though, bothers <br /> <br />me. I almost withdraw the motion on that premise because <br /> <br />it doesn't appear to me that they will have a one-time <br /> <br />grant and we'll be sitting here forever, or perhaps <br /> <br />coming back and saying, "Well, we really need a couple <br /> <br />million to finish this thing because we aren't going to <br /> <br />get this other money." <br /> <br />What you said there -- I will withdraw the motion. <br /> <br />I'm not comfortable with that at all. <br /> <br />MR. VANDEMOER: I'd like to add to -- I'd like to <br /> <br />agree with Bob to the point -- Nick, how do you repair <br /> <br />this ditch? Are you just going to go in there and do <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />