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OCT 81975 <br />MILLAGE INCREASE FOR THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIRED <br />BY SPECIAL ACT 74-500 AND CHAPTER 129 FLORIDA STATUTES, <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE RETURNED TO THE MEETING AT 4:15 O'CLOCK P,M. <br />THE BOARD AGREED THAT THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHALL PAY FOR <br />THEIR LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS, <br />MR. HOCKMAN ASKED IF WE SHOULD PAY THE HOSPITAL FOR INDIGENT <br />PATIENTS AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE <br />HOSPITAL THAT IF THERE ARE FUNDS LEFT FROM THE INDIGENT HOSPITALIZATION <br />ACCOUNT, AND IF THERE ARE HOSPITAL BILLS CERTIFIED BY GLADYS VIGLIANO, <br />COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTOR AND DR. C. FLOOD, COUNTY HEALTH DIRECTOR, <br />THAT WE WILL PAY THOSE BILLS AT THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THE <br />POSITION THIS YEAR IS THAT WE DID HAVE TO MAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND <br />PAY CONSIDERABLE MONIES INTO THAT ACCOUNT TO HANDLE EXTREME CASES AND <br />WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE BUDGET, MR. HOCKMAN CONTINUED THAT HE DOES NOT <br />THINK THE HOSPITAL IS LOOKING FOR THIS MONEY BECAUSE THEY ARE AWARE <br />THAT WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT THE HOSPITAL WILL BE NOTIFIED THAT WE <br />HAVE EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET AND THERE ARE NO FUNDS AVAILABLE, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED THAT AT THE APRIL 24, 1974 MEETING <br />W. F. COX REPRESENTING THE WINTER BEACH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION APPEARED RE- <br />QUESTING THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION TO PERMIT THEM TO INCORPORATE COUNT'S <br />OWNED PROPERTY INTO THE ADJACENT WINTER BEACH CEMETERY PROPERTY FOR ADDI- <br />TIONAL CEMETERY PURPOSES, AND THIS WAS GOING TO BE INVESTIGATED. HE WOULD <br />LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT ATTORNEY COLLINS INVESTIGATE THIS AS MR, COX WAS <br />INQUIRING ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THIS, <br />THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WILL INVESTIGATE THIS AND REPORT BACK <br />TO THE BOARD, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD STANDARDIZING <br />THE CATEGORIES OF THE FRANCHISE RATES. THE BOARD FELT THAT SINCE SERVICE <br />WAS NOT UNIFORM, RATES COULD NOT BE STANDARDIZED, <br />THE BOARD INSTRUCTED ATTORNEY COLLINS TO PREPARE AN AGREEMENT <br />BETWEEN THE CITY OB VERO BEACH AND THE COUNTY REGARDING RATES ESTABLISHED <br />FOR 1975-76 RECREATION PROGRAMS, THIS AGREEMENT WILL INCLUDE THE 1976 <br />FOOTBALL PROGRAM. <br />23 <br />4 <br />BOOK 24 PACE 23 <br />