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MAY 19 1975 <br />MONDAY, MAY 19TH, 1975 <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />FLORIDA MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA <br />ON MONDAY, MAY 19TH, 1975 AT 4:30 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE ALMA LEE <br />LOY, CHAIRMAN; WILLARD W. SIEBERT) .JR., VICE CHAIRMAN; EDWARD J. <br />MASSEY; WILLIAM WODTKE. EDWIN S. SCHMUCKER WAS ABSENT. ALSO PRESENT <br />WERE JACK G. .JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; L.S. "TOMMY" THOMAS, <br />COUNTY COORDINATOR; JACK HOCKMAN AND ELIZABETH FORLANI, DEPUTY CLERKS. <br />PAUL D..BURCH, ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WAS ABSENT, <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND STATED THAT THIS <br />SPECIAL MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING <br />A SPECIAL PROGRAM BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF <br />AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES THROUGH THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY. <br />R.C. WILLIAMS WITH THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY APPEARED AND EXPLAINED <br />THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACT - TITLE IV PROGRAM. HE STATED THAT THIS <br />PROGRAMAUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO PROVIDE <br />FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO STATE FORESTERS IN A COOPERATIVE EFFORT <br />TO ORGANIZE, TRAIN AND EQUIP LOCAL FORCES IN RURAL AREAS AND COMMUNITIES <br />UNDER 10,000 POPULATION TO PREVENT, CONTROL AND SUPPRESS FIRES. <br />THIS IS A THREE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED AT AN <br />APPROPRIATION LEVEL OF $3,500,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1975. FLORIDA'S <br />ALLOCATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1975 WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $472,100.00. ALL <br />APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED AND FORWARDED, VIA THE DISTRICT, TO <br />FIRE CONTROL BY MAY 23, 1975. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THIS WOULD BE A MATCHING FUND <br />GRANT WITH 25% APPROPRIATED BY INDIAN RIVER COUNTY; 25% FROM A <br />MUNICIPALITY AND 50% FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER <br />SERVICES. HE CONTINUED THAT IN THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES,A <br />FIRE STATION IS BEING CONTRUCTED AND WHEN COMPLETED WILL SERVICE THE <br />BEACH AREA. NO FIRE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN PURCHASED AS YET AND THIS <br />MUNICIPALITY WOULD PROBABLY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR. <br />THIS PROGRAM. <br />ATTORNEY GEORGE C. COLLINS, .JR., SITTING IN FOR ATTORNEY PAUL D. <br />BURCH ENTERED THE MEETING AT 4:40 O'CLOCK P.M. <br />mg 22 P4G[358 <br />