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U <br />NO ONE FURTHER WISHED TO BE HEARD, AND ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO <br />CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED FOR DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSIONERS, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A STRAW BALLOT <br />BECAUSE IT CALLED FOR A VERY GENERALIZED QUESTION WHICH DID NOT ANSWER ALL <br />THE QUESTIONS INVOLVED, AND HE FELT MORE DETAILS SHOULD BE SET OUT, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FELT WE SHOULD JUST ASK A PHILOSOPH- <br />ICAL QUESTION SUCH AS: "WHEN WE COME UP WITH A PROGRAM SATISFACTORY TO THE <br />RESIDENTS OF (WHATEVER AREA IS INCLUDED), DO YOU PHILOSOPHICALLY AGREE THAT <br />A LIMIT OF (BLANK) MILL CAP WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR EXPENDITURE IN THIS <br />AREAT' <br />COMMISSION Loy POINTED OUT THIS IS JUST TO SEE WHETHER THE MAJORITY <br />OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PROCEED WITH SOME TYPE OF <br />RECREATION PROGRAM WITH A LIMIT AS TO TAX DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE PLACED IN <br />THE PROGRAM INITIALLY, ISE„ "DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT FAVOR A COUNTY RECREATION <br />PROGRAM TO BE FUNDED TO THE EXTENT OF (1/2) A MILL?" <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT FIRST YOU HAVE A STRAW BALLOT AND THEN <br />YOU FIND OUT WHETHER TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE UP A DEFINITE PROGRAM. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SUGGESTED THE QUESTION BE MADE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH <br />SO THAT IT NEED NOT.BE A COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF WE GO ALONG WITH THE ORDINANCE AS IT <br />HAS BEEN PREPARED AND THE CITY OF VERO REACH DOES NOT PREPAREA SUPPORTING <br />ORDINANCE PRIOR TO THE VOTE, THEN THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF VERO REACH <br />WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE, BUT IF WE GO TO A -STRAW BALLOT, THEN EVERYONE CAN <br />VOTE ON IT WHETHER IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE CITY OR NOT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SAID THAT WAS CORRECT. <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY STATED THAT ACCORDING TO COMMISSIONER WODTKE'S <br />MOTION MADE AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, HE FELT WE ARE MORE OR LESS BOUND TO PUT <br />IT ON THE BALLOT AS A REFERENDUM, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT, BANKING ON THE GOOD FAITH BETWEEN <br />CITY AND COUNTY, HE FELT THE IDEA WAS MERELY TO PUT IT TO THE VOTERS WHETHER <br />s <br />BY REFERENDUM OR STRAW BALLOT, <br />0370 <br />JAN 2 11976 24 •4 467 <br />