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ATTORNEY BURCH STATED THAT WE SHOULD WRITE THE TWO BIDDERS EXPLAINING THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND POSSIBLY THE MATTER WOULD RESOLVE ITSELF, BUT IT WOULD BE HIS RECOMMENDATIO((TO HAVE THEM RE -BIS). ON MOTION B' COMMISSIONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO TABLE THE BID ON THE USED MIMEOGRAPH MACHINE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING AND HAVE THE ADMINISTRATOR ASK THE TWO BIDDERS TO EITHER RESOLVE THE SITUATION OR SUBMIT ANOTHER BID, ATTORNEY COLLINS HAD QUESTIONS' IN REGARD TO THE SETTING UP OF A COUNTY RECREATION PROGRAM AND WONDERED IF IT WAS TO BE FOR A SPECIFIC AREA QR THE WHOLE COUNTY, it MENTIONED TWO ALTERNATIVES - FLORIDA STATUTE 418 HAS PROVISIONS FOR PASSING OF A BOND ISSUE FOR PURCHASE OF RECREATION FACILITIES, HIRING PERSONNEL, ETC. IF, HOWEVER, IT IS DESIRED TO HAVE A TAX LEVIED, 5% OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE COUNTY MUST FILE A PETITION, AND THE TAX IS LIMITED UP TO ONE MILL, ATTORNEY BURCH INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY ALSO HAD THE OPTION OF SETTING UP A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FOR METROPOLITAN TYPE SERVICES WITHOUT A REFERENDUM AND IT WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO UNDER THE EXISTING 10 MILL CAP. MUNICIPALITIES WOULD HAVE TO JOIN IN BY ORDINANCE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FELT WE ARE COMMITTED TO A REFERENDUM. THE BOARD AGREED THAT THE PUBLIC MUST BE FULLY INFORMED BEFORE THIS MATTER IS PUT ON A BALLOT, AND THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER, CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED WHETHER IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD THAT A RECREATION DISTRICT INVOLVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY, DISCUSSION AROSE ON WHETHER IT WAS FAIR TO INCLUDE THE AREA WEST OF 1-95 AND IMPOSE A TAX ON LARGE ACREAGES MAINLY AGRICULTURAL. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE HAD ATTENDED A MEETING IN SEBASTIAN WHERE IT WAS CONTEMPLATED THAT SCHOOLS WOULD PARTICIPATE MORE AND MORE IN COMMUNITY RECREATION ACTIVITIES.WITH THEIR EXISTING FACILITIES, HE CONTINUED THAT HE FELT IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE PRE- FERABLY A PROFESSIONAL, DO AN INVENTORY OF EXISTING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND PROGRAMS AND PREPARE SOMETHING TO WORK FROM TO DECIDE ON PRIORITIES AND COME UP WITH AN IDEA OF COST AND THE AVAILABILITY OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THIS WOULD DEFINITELY BE TOO MUCH -17- NOV 51975 BIM 2 put13.