CURRY COUNTY PIE CHART During the first week of this movement the only negative comment heard numerous times was that our commissioners couldn’t be trusted with new money. Only a Multi-Drawing© Lottery addresses this problem. The lottery format is copyrighted so any agreement with the County would require that certain conditions are met. Fifty percent (50%) of ticket sales will go into the jackpot; that percentage could never go down but could be adjusted upward. The County’s percentage of the funds would have a ‘cap’ with a reasonable increase in the ‘cap’ being allowed to account for inflation. When the ‘cap’ is reached the funds would be diverted into the Community Enhancement Fund. The Operating Costs are the funds needed to manage the lottery; to improve it and to keep it operating as intended. The Rainy Day Fund will be used only if there is some sort of pressing need (a disaster) in the County that needs to be addressed. The Rainy Day Fund will ensure that the funds are available to respond to such a need. The Community Enhancement Fund would go into three separate funds. Each of the geographical areas of the County would receive funds based on the ticket sales for their area. Any group or organization established for benevolent, charitable, educational or other community centered activities or needs may put forward their proposals for possible funding whether or not they are recognized by the federal or state governments as being “not for profit”. The lottery would be overseen/run by at least a 5 member board; one commissioner (if desired), one citizen appointed by the copyright holder, and three volunteer citizens. Citizen participation must represent all three geographic areas, e.g., Brookings-Harbor, Gold Beach and Agnes, and Port Orford to Langlois. The citizens will range in age from 20-30 years of age, 30-60 years of age, and over 60 years of age. The board would oversee a minimum of three committees made up of at least three people, one group for each of the three geographic areas (as outlined above), to evaluate the requests for funding received from their area. The lists each group compiles will be sent to the lottery board for review and funding. There will be no restrictions on requests for funding; from Little League to Scouts, police and fire departments, to school groups and senior organizations ~ all requests for funds will be considered and evaluated according to need and available funds.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:22:22 +0000
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