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FEB 191975 <br />THE BOARD DISCUSSED A LETTER THAT WAS RECEIVED THIS MORNING <br />FROM THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES QUESTIONING WHAT THE BOARD'S <br />POSITION WILL BE IN REGARD TO HELPING THEM WITH THEIR NEW FIRE <br />FACILITIES ONCE THEY HAVE THEM AND CAN PERFORM A SERVICE FOR THE <br />COUNTY. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING <br />SHE AND ATTORNEY COLLINS ATTENDED WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TOWN <br />OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND IT WAS STATED THAT THEIR REQUEST FOR <br />FIRE PROTECTION WOULD BE HANDLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ALL OTHER <br />REQUESTS FOR FIRE PROTECTION. CHAIRMAN LOY INFORMED THEM THAT <br />ANY.EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BY THE COUNTY, WILL BE IN THE NAME OF THE <br />COUNTY. <br />INDIAN RIVER SHORES IS ANTICIPATING THAT THEIR FIRE STATION. <br />WILL BE READY FOR OPERATION SHORTLY AFTER OUR BUDGET SESSIONS BEGIN. <br />AND THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO•HANDLE CALLS FROM THE BULK OF THE BEACH <br />AREA FROM WABASSO DOWN TO THE SOUTH COUNTY LINE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE YEARLY GROWTH <br />IN EXPENDITURES FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT FOR FELLSMEREJ ROSELAND, SEBASTIAN <br />AND THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND THAT IF WE CONTINUE IN THE SAME <br />DIRECTION WE ARE GOING THAT WE ARE GETTING OURSELVES INTO AN UNTEN- <br />ABLE POSITION. HE STATED THAT IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY THAT WE SIT <br />DOWN AND DECIDE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE WILL NEED FOR FIRE PROTECTION <br />AND THEN DISTRIBUTE IT AMONG THE DIFFERENT FIRE DEPARTMENTS ON AN <br />EQUAL BASIS, UNDER AN AGREEMENT THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ANSWER <br />CALLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, IF NEEDED. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED,•"WHERE DO WE GO FOR LEADERSHIP IN <br />ATTEMPTING TO SET UP THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.". <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER SUGGESTED MAKING A STUDY OF WHAT <br />OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING AND SPENDING PER CAPITA FORFIRE PROTECTION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT FIRST WE HAVE TO AGREE ON <br />PROCEDURE; SECOND TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY NECESSARY <br />TO IMPLEMENT THE AGREED UPON PROCEDURE; AND THIRD THE"AMOUNT OF MONEY <br />THE COUNTY CAN ALLOCATE FOR FIRE PROTECTION. <br />THE BOARD ALSO DISCUSSED THE ROLE OF THE COUNTY'S VOLUNTEER <br />FIRE FIGHTERS IN KEEPING THE COST OF FIRE PROTECTION DOWN. THE <br />VOLUNTEERS ARE ONE REASON AN EQUITABLE COOPERATIVE SYSTEM FOR THE <br />FUNDING AND COORDINATION OF THE DEPARTMENTS IS NECESSARY. <br />-21- <br />BOOK 22 PAGE 67 <br />