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'Upon a Motion made by Commissioner Graves, seconded by Commiss <br />Macdonald, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted: <br />RESOLUTION NO. 68-74 <br />The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, <br />Florida, resolves: <br />1. For a long period of time, this Board has been acutely aware of <br />the need for a comprehensive community mental health program and the <br />efforts of the Indian River Area Council for Mental Health to establish the <br />Indian River Mental Health Center for a coordinated and comprehensive <br />effort through an enlargement of •the present out-patient clinic now located at <br />Fort Pierce, Florida., to serve the residents of the four county area, Indian <br />River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie counties by expansion of that <br />program to include the establishment of in-patient and emergency services <br />as a part of that center. <br />2. This Board does herewith reaffirm its record of interest in <br />establishing, enlarging and completing such a facility and does signify its <br />willingness to participate in the construction and staffing of the center by <br />means of the present plans of the center in making application for a grant-in- <br />aid through the Division of Mental Health of the State of Florida and does <br />approve Indian River County's allocated prorata share of the total costs of <br />such construction now estimated to be as follows: <br />$11, 600.00 for staffing and operation of Year I <br />27, 840.00 for construction <br />$39, 440.00 total <br />• 3. It is the present intention of this Board to make available either <br />from current funds or through future levies of taxes this county's prorata shar3 <br />of such costs as set forth above, such declaration of present intent, of course, <br />not to be construed as a pledge of the credit of this county because this Board <br />is without authority of law to make such a pledge. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution <br />shall be forwarded to R. C. Eaton, M. D. , Director, Community Services, <br />Division of Mental Health, 124 West Pensacola Street, Tallahassee, Florida <br />32301; Mr. John Awad, Community Services, Division of Mental Health, 124 <br />West Pensacola Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301; Mrs. Jean Sloan, Indian <br />rine LOS <br />Smith, Heath, Smith & O'Haire, Attorneys At Law, P. O. Box 518, Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />DEC 181968 <br />y <br />