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THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE VERO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1973, AT 7:40 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE ALMA LEE LOY, CHAIRMAN; EDWARD J. MASSEY, VICE CHAIRMAN;. WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR.; JACK U. DRITENBAS; RICHARD P. BOGOSIAN. ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; PAUL D. BURCH, ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; L. S. THOMAS, COUNTY FINANCIAL COORDINATOR AND ROY KIRKLAND, DEPUTY CLERK. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS IN COOPERATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED 150 BED FACILITY FOR YOUTHFUL FIRST OFFENDERS TO BE LOCATED IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. THE CHAIRMAN WELCOMED AND COMMENDED ALL FOR THEIR INTEREST WHICH WAS INDICATED BY THEIR ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING. THE CHAIRMAN THEN INTRODUCED THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHESTER CLEM. THE CHAIRMAN THEN INTRODUCED MR. LOUIS WAINWRIGHT, DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION AND ASKED HIM TO INTRODUCE ALL MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF. MR. WAINWRIGHT INTRODUCED HIS STAFF OF FOUR MEMBERS SEATED ON THE PLATFORM: T. P. JONES; REV. H. D. PERRY; ANABEL P. MITCHELL; DAVE BACIIIANAN. CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED THAT ALL OTHER STAFF MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS IN THE AUDIENCE PLEASE STAND UP. THIRTEEN "ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS STOOD UP. CHAIRMAN LOY THEN COMMENTED THAT IN THE PAST OUR CITIZENS HAD ALWAYS TREATED GUESTS IN A MOST COURTEOUS AND GRACIOUS MANNER. MR. WAINWRIGHT WAS THEN ASKED WHY IT WAS NECESSARY TO SEND EIGHTEEN MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION'S STAFF TO VERO BEACH AT THIS TIME, AND WHY DID THEY NOT SEND THESE PEOPLE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO? MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT HE DID HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE, BUT 'APPARENTLY THERE WAS A LACK OF INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THIS.