Laserfiche WebLink
. <br />0 <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THE AGREEMENT STATED THAT THE QUESTION <br />SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO ItALL It THE PEOPLE, AND SAID HE FELT THE PUBLIC MUST BE <br />MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE NOT VOTING ON A PROGRAM OR AUTHORIZING <br />THE EXPENDITURE OF MONEY AT THIS TIME, BUT JUST INDICATING WHICH WAY THEY <br />WANT TO GO. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SAID HE FELT THAT IN THE EVENT, FOR INSTANCE, THE <br />NORTH COUNTY VOTED HEAVILY IN FAVOR, BUT THE OTHER AREAS WERE AGAINST IT, <br />THE BOARD SHOULD STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO ESTABLISH A RECREATION PROGRAM <br />FOR THE NORTH COUNTY, <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE SAID OBVIOUSLY THE ONLY WAY TO REACH ALL THE <br />PEOPLE IS BY STRAW BALLOT AND STATED HE PERSONALLY WOULD NOT AGREE TO MORE <br />THAN I MILL AND WOULD SUGGEST POSSIBLY 3/4. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT A STRAW BALLOT IS CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT <br />THAN WHAT WAS ADVERTISED, AND AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, ON MOTION MADE BY <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANI- <br />MOUSLY AGREED NOT TO APPROVE THE RECREATION ORDINANCE AS ADVERTISED AND TO <br />SEEK OTHER METHODS OF ESTABLISHING A COUNTY RECREATION PROGRAM. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LOY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />MASSEY, THAT THE BOARD INSTRUCT THE SUPERVISOR OF PLECTinNS TO PLACE nN THE <br />BALLOT ON MARCH 9, 1975, THE QUESTION REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY RECREATION PROGRAM PROVIDED THE TAX FUNDS USED FOR THIS <br />PROGRAM DO NOT EXCEED 1/2 A IILL AND ASK THE PTTORNEY TO GIVE THIS THE COR- <br />RECT WORDING SO THE PUBLIC CAN GIVE A YES OR NO ANSWER, <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY STATED HE DID NOT FEEL 1/2 A MILL WOULD BE <br />ENOUGH. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy SAID SHE DID NOT FEEL WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EX- <br />TREMELY ELABORATE PROGRAM, BUT FELT THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IT <br />SHOULD KNOW THE OUTER LIMITS. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED BETWEEN THE PRESS AND THE COMMISSIONERS AS TO <br />VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES REGARDING THE WORDING ON THE BALLOT AND THE SETTING <br />UP OF A RECREATION PROGRAM. <br />CaMMISSIONER MASSEY CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. <br />COMMISSIONERS Loy, MASSEY, $CHMUCKER AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT VOTED IN <br />FAVOR, COMMISSIONER WODTKE VOTED IN OPPOSITION AS HE WOULD LIKE. TO HAVE <br />THE MOTION CALL FOR 3/4 OF A MILL, THE MOTION CARRIED. <br />Mm <br />JAN 211976 <br />J <br />