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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REITERATED THAT THE ISSUE TODAY IS NOT TO DECIDE <br />FOR OR AGAINST THE ORDINANCE BUT JUST WHETHER IT SHOULD.GO ON THE BALLOT. <br />HE SAID HE FELT MR. KOOLAGE WOULD AGREE THAT THERE HAS BEEN SUFFICIENT IN- <br />TEREST SHOWN TO WARRANT THAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY SHOULD BE GIVEN AN. <br />OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR SAY. <br />MR. KOOLAGE STATED THAT IN THAT CASE HE FELT A STRAW BALLOT IS THE <br />WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. <br />GROVER FLETCHER AGAIN TOOK THE FLOOR AND ASKED IF THE THREE OPTIONS <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT HAD PRESENTED EARLIER COULD NOT BE PUT ON THE BALLOT. <br />.ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE WORDING WOULD HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED <br />WITH ROSEMARY RICHEY AS THE LEVERS, ONLY ANSWER YES OR NO QUESTIONS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY REMARKED THAT THE PURPOSE OF A STRAW BALLOT IS <br />NOT TO PRESENT TOO MANY DETAILS, BUT JUST TO GET THE GENERAL FEELING OF THE <br />PUBLIC. AFTER YOU GET THE FEELING OF THE PUBLIC, THEN YOU CAN GO INTO THE <br />DETAILS, <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED THAT A LOT OF <br />PEOPLE MIGHT THINK WE ARE GOING TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL $600,000 OVER AND <br />ABOVE WHAT WE ARE SPENDING NOW, WHICH IS NOT CORRECT AS THE TAXPAYERS ARE <br />PAYING A GREAT -AMOUNT OF THIS ALREADY. <br />MRS. ANNE ROBINSON OF NASSAU DRIVE, VERO BEACH, TOOK THE FLOOR AND <br />STATED THAT SHE DOES FEEL IT IS A VALID FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT TO PARTICI- <br />PATE TO THE ABILITY THE TAXPAYERS CAN AFFORD AS FAR AS ORGANIZED RECREATION <br />IS CONCERNED. SHE CONTINUED THAT IT DOES CONTRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF OUR <br />COMMUNITY, AND IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT THERE IS``A DECREASE IN VANDALISM WHEN <br />YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING WORTAWHILE. SHE DEFINITELY FELT THE <br />CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THIS QUESTION, <br />AND STATED SHE WOULD GO ALONG WITH A STRAW BALLOT, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM OF ESTABLISHING A <br />FAIR BASIS FOR THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. <br />COUNCILMAN DAVID GREGG TOOK THE FLOOR AND STATED THAT HE DOES FEEL <br />IT IS A PROPER FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT, AND <br />WHAT WE MUST DETERMINE IS WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS AND WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE. HE <br />STATED HE IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE STRAW BALLOT BUT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE <br />ORDINANCE AS IT IS PRESENTED TODAY AS HE FEELS IT WOULD NOT BE TO THE FINAN- <br />CIAL BENEFIT OF THE CITY TAXPAYERS. <br />-20- <br />oar 2 x'450 <br />