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e <br />COMMISSIONER LOY EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE AREAS OF <br />COUNTY GOVERNMENT OPERATED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PERHAPS <br />DID NOT SEEM AS IMPORTANT TO THE HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS THEIR <br />OWN AREAS OF OPERATION PERTAINING TO THE HOSPITAL. COMMISSIONER LOY <br />INDICATED THAT SHE FELT THE HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHOULD HAVE <br />MET BEFORE TO DISCUSS THESE PROBLEMS. COMMISSIONER LOY EXPRESSED <br />EXTREME CONCERN ABOUT THE HOSPITAL AND THEIR BUILDING PROGRAM AND <br />STATED THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ATTENDING OUR BUDGET MEETINGS THREE <br />MONTHS AGO. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE HOSPITAL'S REQUEST FOR 3.75 <br />-MILLS WAS NOT PRACTICAL. <br />--�y--TFfE CHAIRKAN-INDICATED THAT THE INDIAN RIVER MEMORIAL <br />HOSPITAL WOULD HAVE TO SOLVE THEIR OWN FINANCIAL PROBLEMS THIS YEAR, <br />BUT HE DID NOT FEEL THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM IN FUTURE <br />G YEARS. AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION THE CHAIRMAN ASKED THE BOARD OF <br />TRUSTEES, "WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR NOW - A COMMITMENT FROM US?ff <br />BOBBY MEADOWS, INDIAN RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR, <br />INDICATED THAT ANY DOWNWARD CHANGE IN THE MILLAGE AS REQUESTED BY THE <br />HOSPITAL WOULD RESULT IN A HIGHER INTEREST RATE FOR THEIR BONDS. 3 <br />COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS THEN STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE HOW <br />THE COMMISSIONERS COULD HAVE CUT MORE FROM THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS AND <br />STILL HAVE PROVIDED THE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE <br />OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, HE ALSO QUESTIONED HOW THE COMMISSIONERS <br />COULD GUARANTEE A DEFINITE MILLAGE TO THE HOSPITAL IN FUTURE YEARS <br />WITHOUT GUARANTEEING IT TO EVERYONE ELSE. <br />MR. SORENSEN STATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT A.GUARANTEE OF <br />MILLAGE FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, BUT JUST AN EXPRESSION <br />OF COOPERATION,,AS IT WOULD NOW BE NECESSARY TO TALK FURTHER WITH THE <br />BOND PEOPLE. <br />MR. .JACKSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY CANNOT STOP <br />THE BUILDING PROGRAM AND WAIT A YEAR. THE CHAIRMAN QUESTIONED, "WHY <br />CAN'T YOU STOP, WHAT WILL IT DO TO YOU". MR. .JACKSON ANSWERED, "IF <br />WE CANNOT SELL THE BONDS WE ARE DEAD". <br />COMMISSIONER LOY QUESTIONED IF THE HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES <br />HAVE TAKEN ANY STEPS TO REMOVE THE HOSPITAL FROM OUR 10 MILL CAP. MR. <br />JACKSON ANSWERED THAT THE WHOLE THING IS BASED ON THE HOSPITAL'S <br />ORIGINAL CHARTER WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO TAX UP TO 5 MILLS. IF THE BOARD <br />OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CAN HELP THE HOSPITAL GET OUT FROM UNDER THIS <br />10 MILL CAP WE WOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE. <br />15 486 <br />CT 21972 <br />vl <br />