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GORDON .JOHNSTON, ATTORNEY TO THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF INDIAN <br />RIVER SHORES, BILL DUPPER, TOWN COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR ROLAND MILLER APPEARED <br />REQUESTING MONETARY HELP IN RELATION TO EQUIPPING THE PROPOSED FIRE <br />STATION THAT THE TOWN IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING, <br />ATTORNEY JOHNSTON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE TOWN WOULD LIKE TO HAVE <br />A DEFINITE COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY REGARDING THE FUNDING OF THIS FIRE <br />STATION AND STATED THAT THE TOWN COULD TAKE LEGAL ACTION IF THE COUNTY <br />DID NOT MAKE THIS COMMITMENT. <br />THE LEGAL ACTION REFERS TO THE FACT THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL HAD <br />DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE TAXATION WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS STATING <br />THAT THE TOWN RESIDENTS RECEIVE NO BENEFITS FROM COUNTY TAX DOLLARS THAT GO <br />INTO THE BUDGETS OF THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS: FIRE CONTROL, PLANNING, <br />BUILDING, CONING, AGRICULTURAL AGENT AND HOME ECONOMISTS. <br />MR. DUPPER STATED THAT THE FIVE AREAS OF DUAL TAXATION AMOUNTS TO <br />$50,000.00 AND THAT AMOUNT COULD BE USED BY THE COUNTY TO PURCHASE FIRE <br />EQUIPMENT FOR THE TOWN. <br />ATTORNEY JOHNSTON STATED THAT IN THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES <br />THERE ARE PROPOSED BUILDING PERMITS TO DATE AMOUNTING TO APPROXIMATELY <br />$2,373,000.; IN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH $1,128,000; AND IN THE COUNTY $:2,6Z►00( <br />AND THAT CONSTRUCTION IN THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES IS 62.5% OF ALL <br />CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE COUNTY. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE FEELS THAT THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVE <br />SHORES WILL BE ENTITLED TO THEIR FAIR SHARE OF MONEY, BUT NOT BECAUSE OF THE <br />WEDGE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT IN ON THE DUAL TAXATION. HE CONTINUED THAT <br />THE TOWN HAS STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE THE NORTH AND SOUTH <br />BEACH AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND HE WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT PROPOSAL. HE <br />FURTHER STATED THAT WHEN THE TIME ARRIVES TO ALLOCATE MONEY FOR FIRE <br />PROTECTION HE WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES OBTAINING <br />THEIR FAIR SHARE. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT IT HAS BEEN A KNOWN FACT THAT THIS BOARD <br />WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE SYSTEM USED FOR ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR FIRE PRO- <br />TECTION, AND THEY HAVE TRIED IN THE PAST TO COME UP WITH (_SYSTEM• THAT WOULD <br />BE MORE EQUITABLE TO ALL. <br />ATTORNEY JOHNSTON STATED THAT THE TOWN REQUESTS A LETTER FROM THE <br />BOARD STATING THAT IT WOULD BE THE BOARD'S INTENT TO INCLUDE THE TOWN OF <br />INDIAN RIVER SHORES IN THEIR FIRE PROTECTION BUDGET, ON AN EQUITABLE BASIS <br />USED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. <br />-52- <br />APR 231975 <br />eon FQc� <br />