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a <br />JUNE 10, 1974 <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY- COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY, FLORIDA MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, <br />VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON MONDAY, JUNE 10 1974, AT 1:30 O'CLOCK <br />P.M. PRESENT WERE ALMA LEE Loy, CHAIRMAN; EDWARD J. MASSEY, <br />VICE CHAIRMAN; JACK U. DRITENBAS; RICHARD P. BOGOSIAN. ALSO <br />PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; PAUL D. <br />BURCH, ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; L. S. <br />THOMAS, COUNTY COORDINATOR; JACK HOCKMAN AND VIRGINIA <br />HARGREAVES,, DEPUTY CLERKS, <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND STATED <br />THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC MEETING WAS TO REVIEW THE NEW <br />LOCAL MILLAGE ROLLBACK BILL INTRODUCED AND PASSED DURING THE <br />LAST SESSION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND DISCUSS THE AFFECT <br />IT WILL HAVE ON INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />CHAIRMAN Loy INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE HAD INVITED <br />REPRESENTATIVE CHESTER CLEM, WHO HAD INTRODUCED THIS BILL, TO <br />BE PRESENT AT THIS MEETING, BUT HE WAS'UNABLE TO ATTEND. <br />COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS STATED THAT HE WAS SURPRISED <br />THE BOARD HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED PRIOR TO THIS BILL BEING <br />INTRODUCED AS HE FELT WITH SOMETHING AS STRONG AND PERSONAL <br />AS THIS BILL, THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS <br />IT BEFORE IT WAS INTRODUCED -AND PASSED. <br />ATTORNEY BURCH INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IT WOULD <br />PROBABLY BE AROUND THE 5TH OF JULY BEFORE THIS BILL REACHED <br />THE GOVERNORS DESK SO THEY HAD A FEW WEEKS IF THEY WISHED <br />TO TAKE ANY ACTION. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD READ THE BILL <br />CAREFULLY AND BELIEVED IT WAS CONSTITUTIONAL, ATTORNEY BURCH <br />REFERRED THE BOARD TO A MEMO FROM REPRESENTATIVE CLEM EXPLAIN— <br />ING THE MILLAGE ROLLBACK BILL, WHICH MEMO IS HEREBY MADE A <br />PART OF THESE MINUTES, <br />Boo, ru P"481 <br />