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COMMISSIONER WODTKE AGREED BASICALLY WITH THE IDEA, BUT FELT THAT ELEVEN MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE INSTEAD -OF THE SUGGESTED NINE'JWOULD BE BETTER. ATTORNEY BROWN RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD HAVE A NINE MEMBER GOVERNMENT STUDY COMMITTEE SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO CONFUSING THIS COMMITTEE WITH A CHARTER STUDY COMMISSION, WHICH THE STATUTE STATES WILL HAVE ELEVEN TO FIFTEEN MEMBERS. CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT THE DECISION TO HAVE A NINE MEMBER COMMITTEE WAS SO THAT IT WOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMISSION, BUT MERELY A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE IF THERE SHOULD BE A CHARTER STUDY COMMISSION. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THIS COMMITTEE HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS TO RECEIVE THE PUBLICS INPUT. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT QUESTIONED IF COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT TRAINING ACT (CETA) FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO STAFF THIS OFFICE. L.S. "TOMMY" THOMAS, COUNTY COORDINATOR STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE. VAL BRENNAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR, STATED THAT HE DOES HAVE OFFICE SPACE FOR THE CHAIRMAN AND A SECRETARY TO USE. JEROME KRAMER, A MEMBER OF THE VERO BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION APPEARED AND STATED THAT HE WAS IN FAVOR OF THIS COMMITTEE BEING FORMED AND ALSO AGREED WITH COMMISSIONER WODTKE'S SUGGESTION OF PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR INPUT, J.B. EGAN III, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WAS PRESENT AND AGREED WITH THE ACTION OF THE BOARD. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT IT SHOULD BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CHAIRMAN WILL BE SERVING IN A LEADERSHIP CAPACITY ONLY AND THAT THE ACTUAL WORK WILL BE DONE BY THE COMMITTEE AND THEIR SUBCOMMITTEES. MR. KRAMER ASKED IF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD WELCOME INPUT FROM THE CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WAY OF SUGGESTED PROCEDURES AND APPROACHES TO THE SITUATION. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WOULD WELCOME INPUT, BUT NOT PROCEDURES AND APPROACHES. PROCEDURES SHOULD BE SET-UP BY THE COMMITTEEt 800A- (i0Gi 7P la E