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,OCT 91975 <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THESE ADVERTISEMENTS MEET <br />STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS AS SET OUT IN FLORIDA STATUTE CHAPTER 129 AND <br />200. AND AS REQUIRED BY SPECIAL ACT 74-500. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CALLED <br />TO APPROVE A IO% INCREASE ON THE TAXES THAT WILL BE LEVIED ON THE <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE REASONS PRESENTED TO JUSTIFY <br />THE NEED IS A DECREASE IN STATE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT .OF $23,000.00; <br />RETIREMENT WHICH HAD BEEN PAID BY THE EMPLOYEE WILL NOW BE PAID BY <br />THE EMPLOYER; THE STATE OF FLORIDA REQUIRES THAT A BALANCE BE KEPT <br />IN THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT - WHICH IS ONE-HALF OF <br />AD -VALOREM TAXES AND APPROXIMATELY $50,000.00. <br />ROBERT W. .JENNINGS, R.S., DIRECTOR OF SANITATION <br />APPEARED REPRESENTING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND STATED THAT THE <br />COUNTY IS GROWING RAPIDLY AND THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE, <br />THE SALARIES OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ARE NO HIGHER, BUT THE WORK <br />LOAD IS INCREASING. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />MARGARET LORENZ APPEARED AND STATED THAT THE ECONOMIC <br />OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM IS RECEIVING A TREMENDOUS GRANT. SHE QUESTIONED <br />WHY SOME OF THESE FUNDS FROM THIS GRANT COULD NOT BE USED IN THE HEALTH <br />DEPARTMENT, <br />THE BOARD COULD NOT ANSWER WHY THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM <br />UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COULD NOT WORK WITH THE <br />HEALTH DEPARTMENT UNDER HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FEELS THERE IS A POSSIBILIT <br />IN THE FUTURE THAT THE MONEY COULD BE USED FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, <br />BUT AT THIS TIME, HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW. <br />MR, COOLIDGE APPEARED AND COMPLIMENTED THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ON THE WORK DONE ON THE BUDGET IN TRYING TO KEEP TAXES DOWN, BUT HE <br />IS DISMAYED BY THE ADVERTISEMENT AND IS IN OPPOSITION TO THE ADVERTISE- <br />MENT BECAUSE IT IS VERY MISLEADING. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THE WORDING WAS SET OUT BY STATE'LAW. <br />CARL ROSS ALSO QUESTIONED THE WORDING OF THE LEGAL AD- <br />VERTISEMENT, WHICH HE FOUND TO BE MISLEADING.. <br />tloox 44 PAGE 28 <br />