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FORREST SMITH, FIRE CHIEF WITH THE CITY OF VERO <br />BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKE IN REGARD TO IMPLEMErNTING THE <br />EMERGENCY 'x911" SYSTEM. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SEBASTIAN <br />AND INDIAN RIVER. SHORES HAVE.AGREED TO PARTICIPATE, BUT <br />FELLSMERE HAS NOT, THE CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS INDICATED THEIR <br />INTEREST, BUT HAS MADE NO COMMITMENT SO FAR, CHIEF SMITH <br />STATED THAT ALL THE VOLUNTEERS ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT <br />AND PRESENTED A RESOLUTION INDICATING THEIR APPROVAL. <br />MR. GEORGE PARKER OF SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND <br />TELEGRAPH COMPANY WAS PRESENT AND SUBMITTED A PROPOSED LETTER <br />OF AGREEMENT IN REGARD TO THE EMERGENCY "911" SERVICE FOR <br />` THE BOARD'S APPROVAL. <br />r CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED WHAT THE COST TO THE BOARD WOULD <br />BE IF THEY DIDN'T CARRY OUT THE PROGRAM, <br />MR. PARKER SAID IN THE EVENT THE BOARD CHANGED THEIR <br />MIND ABOUT THIS SYSTEM AND DID NOT WANT IT AFTER THE TELEHONE <br />COMPANY HAD DONE WORK ON IT, THE COST OF THE WORK ALREADY <br />DONE WOULD HAVE TO BE BROKEN DOWN AND THE COUNTY WOULD BE <br />LIABLE FOR THIS. HE ALSO INFORMED THE_BOARD THAT THE STATE <br />HAD PASSED A LAW REQUIRING EVERY COUNTY TO HAVE THE "911" <br />SERVICE WITHIN FOUR YEARS AND ANNOUNCED THAT THE TELEPHONE <br />COMPANY IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING TO THIS SYSTEM NOW, <br />BUT THERE WOULD BE NO COST TO THE COUNTY UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY <br />STARTED PUTTING IN LINES. <br />COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS POINTED OUT THAT WE HAD ORIGI- <br />NALLY ASKED TO HAVE A COMMITTEE MAKE A STUDY OF COSTS FOR THIS <br />SYSTEM TO PRESENT AT BUDGET -TIME, BUT SINCE THE "911" SYSTEM <br />WOULD TAKE OVER A YEAR TO COMPLETE, WE WILL NOT NEED ANY <br />I FIGURES FOR THIS BUDGET HEARING, AND ALL THE TELEPHONE COMPANY <br />WAS ASKING WAS APPROVAL SO THEY COULD PROCEED WITH THEIR <br />ANALYSIS AND ARRIVE AT A FINAL COST FIGURE. <br />4 <br />JUN 9 BOOR 4u PAGE19 <br />