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PAUL WOLFF OF ROSELAND TOOK THE FLOOR AND ASKED IF THIS RECREATION <br />SPECIAL DISTRICT WOULD BE UNDER THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S 10 MILL LEVY OR <br />IS IT A SEPARATE THING? <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THE GENERAL INTENT, UNDER CHAPTER 200 <br />OF THE STATUTES, IS TO KEEP IT A SEPARATE CAP. <br />MR. WOLFF ASKED IF THE TAX WILL BE THE SAME FOR ALL OR WILL THE <br />DISTRICTS BE TAXED SEPARATELY AS HE FELT THAT THE ONES WHO BENEFIT THE MOST <br />SHOULD PAY THE MOST. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ANSWERED THAT IT WOULD BE UNIFORM FOR ALL, AND <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT SOME FACILITIES CANNOT BE DUPLICATED, SUCH <br />AS BLUE CYPRESS LAKE PARK AND KIWANIS-HOBART PARK, AND THESE ARE AVAILABLE <br />TO ALL RESIDENTS. <br />GROVER FLETCHER OF BERRY AVE., ROSELAND, TOOK THE FLOOR AND SAID <br />HE QUESTIONED THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE COUNTY, OR GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL, EX- <br />PANDING SERVICES FOR RECREATION. HE DID NOT FEEL THE (QUESTION HAS BEEN { <br />ANSWERED FIRMLY AS TO WHO AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE PAID FOR AND ASKED <br />i <br />HOW MUCH MONEY THE COUNTY IS SPENDING ON RECREATION TODAY,, <br />JACK HOCKMAN, FINANCE OFFICER, ANSWERED THAT IT IS IN THE NEIGHBOR- <br />HOOD OF $188,000 TO $200,000. j <br />MR. FLETCHER CONTINUED THAT HE DOES NOT FEEL THIS IS THE TIME TO <br />BE GOING OUT AND BUYING "YO-YO'S" TO ENTERTAIN THE CITIZENS.AND HE DID NOT <br />FEEL THAT THE PUBLIC IS DEMANDING THAT YOU ENTERTAIN THEM. PE PERSONALLY <br />WOULD RATHER SEE THE MONEY SPENT ON ROADS, FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERINS TODAY IS <br />MERELY WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO GIVE ALL THE -PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY THE OPPOR- <br />TUNITY TO DECIDE WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE DONE OR NOT, <br />MR. WILLIAM KOOLAGE, CHAIRMAN OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED <br />PERSONS, TOOK THE FLOOR.AND STATED HE HAD MANY MISGIVINGS ABOUT GOING WITH <br />A_SEPARATE TAXING DISTRICT. HE CONTINUED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL RECREATION <br />IS A PRIMARY FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT BUT FELT IT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY <br />COOPERATIVE PAYMENT OF THOSE PARTICIPATING IN IT. HE INFORMED THE EOARD <br />THAT THE COUNTY HAS APPROXIMATELY 8,000 PEOPLE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, MANY OF <br />WHOM ARE HARD-PRESSED TO MEET THEIR BILLS, AND HE WAS AFRAID THAT ANY SEPA- <br />RATE CAP WOULD JUST MEAN AN INCREASE IN TAXES. HE ASKED THE BOARD TO TAKE <br />A STRONG LOOK AT WHERE RECREATION STANDS AND THE IDEA OF HOLDING DOWN GOV- <br />ERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND BUREAUCRACY, AS HE FELT IT WAS EXPANDING INTO IN- r <br />APPROPRIATE AREAS. <br />-18- <br />JAN 211976 Y <br />eoor 24 w,449 <br />