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Q <br />a <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED -A LETTER FROM <br />.MAYOR F. EUGENE CRAGG OF SEBASTIAN SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED "911" EMERGENCY <br />SERVICE SYSTEM AND THE VERO BEACH CITY COUNCIL HAD ALSO GIVEN IT AN AFFIRMA— <br />TIVE VOTE. HE STATED THAT BOTH FELLSMERE AND THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES <br />HAD ;IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THEIR NEXT MEETINGS AND HE ANTICIPATED APPROVAL <br />FROM THEM ALSO. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />MASSEY, THAT THE "911" EMERGENCY SERVICE SYSTEM BE APPROVED AS APPROVED BY <br />THE "911" COMMITTEE, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER <br />SHORES AND THE CITY OF FELLSMERE. <br />IN DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT IT IS THE UNDERSTAMDING <br />THAT WE ARE APPROVING THE PLAN AND THE TYPE OF OPERATION OF THE "911" SYSTEM <br />ONLY. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED COMMITMENTS FROM ANY SERVICE AGENCY OR MUNICI— <br />PALITY AS TO HOW IT WILL BE FUNDED. WE WILL HAVE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON <br />THIS PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT WHEN WE RECEIVE AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE <br />FROM INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND FELLSMERE, WE CAN THEN INSTRUCT THE ADMINISTRA— <br />TOR TO FORWARD.THE PLAN TO THE PROPER AGENCY WITH A COVERING LETTER STATING <br />THAT IT WAS APPROVED BY THE MUNICIPALITIES AND SERVICE AGENCIES, <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE MOTION; IT WAS VOTED ON AND APPROVED <br />UNANIMOUSLY, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER DISCUSSED THE MATTER OF STREET PAVING AND <br />SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COUNTY SET UP SOME KIND OF A PROGRAM FOR. NEW <br />ROADS, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER SAID THAT HE WOULD <br />STUDY THE MATTER FURTHER AND PREPARE MORE DETAILS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD HE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM <br />WGYL REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM IN <br />THE COMMISSION ROOM RATHER THAN THE LEASING OF SAME, AND IT WOULD COST <br />$1,588.44 TO PURCHASE THIS EQUIPMENT PLUS $20.00 A MONTH MAINTENANCE AS <br />OPPOSED TO $40.00 A MONTH MAINTENANCE IF WE LEASED THE EQUIPMENT. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE NEED FOR AN ELABORATE PUBLIC ADDRESS <br />SYSTEM, AND IT WAS DECIDED TO.PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT <br />MEETING. <br />-430 <br />I <br />