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0 <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED THAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY IS PROPOSING A <br />BILL TO BE SENT TO THE LEGISLATURE THAT WILL REVOKE THE AUTHORITY OF A <br />COUNTY OFFICIAL TO APPROPRIATE COUNTY FUNDS FOR PURPOSES SET OUT BY THE <br />STATE LEGISLATURE, UNLESS APPROVED BY A REFERENDUM;'AND ALSO THAT SUCH <br />REFUSAL BY A COUNTY OFFICIAL TO APPROPRIATE SUCH FUNDS SHALL NOT BE GROUNDS <br />FOR HIS REMOVAL OR SUSPENSION. ATTORNEY COLLINS SUGGESTED THAT THIS MATTER <br />BE.REFERRED TO..THE CHARTER COMMISSION FOR STUDY. <br />! <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REQUESTED THAT COPIES OF THIS PROPOSED BILL BE <br />GIVEN TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS SO THEY COULD STUDY IT ALSO. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO <br />ST. LUCIE COUNTY SET UP THE MACHINERY TO OPERATE A D.W.I. (DRIVING WHILE <br />INTOXICATED) SCHOOL FOR A FOUR -COUNTY AREA, AND HE HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT <br />ABOUT $20,000.00 HAS GONE INTO THE GENERAL FUND OF ST. LUCIE.COUNTY FROM <br />THIS SCHOOL. HE CONTINUED THAT THE COURTS IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SENTENCE <br />PEOPLE TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF THIS PRO- <br />GRAM ARE CREATING A TERRIBLE PROBLEM FOR THE COURTS. ATTORNEY COLLINS <br />STATED THAT THE GENERAL TREND NOW IS FOR EACH COUNTY TO HANDLE THEIR OWN <br />D.W.I. CHARGES, AND HE FEELS WE SHOULD SET UP AND OPERATE OUR OWN D.W.I. <br />SCHOOL IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED IF THIS SCHOOL RUNS ON A FEE SYSTEM <br />AND PAYS FOR ITSELF. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ANSWERED THAT IT DEFINITELY DOES, WITH A SURPLUS. <br />i <br />AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE BOARD AGREED THAT ATTORNEY COLLINS <br />SHOULD CONTACT COUNTY .JUDGE STIKELETHER TO DISCUSS SETTING UP THE MACHINERY <br />TO OPERATE SUCH A SHCOOL IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS REPORTED TO THE BOARD ON THE RESTRICTING <br />OF TRAFFIC ON 43RD AVENUE AND 27TH AVENUE SOUTH OF OSLO ROAD. HE EXPLAINED <br />1 <br />THAT WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED, "THRU TRUCK TRAFFIC" WAS INTERPRETED <br />i <br />TO MEAN INTERSTATE TRUCKS. IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO AFFECT LOCAL CITRUS <br />' <br />TRUCKS, BUT, ON THE CONTRARY, THIS WAS ACTUALLY MEANT FOR THEIR BENEFIT. <br />,,APPARENTLY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, THE CONCEPT OF THE IDEA HAS CHANGED, <br />f <br />AND LOCAL DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN ENFORCING THIS RESTRICTION ON ALL TRUCKS, <br />1 <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTINUED THAT HE HAS HAD CALLS FROM A NUMBER OF CITRUS <br />PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE REASSURED THAT LOCAL TRUCKS ARE ALLOWED TO USE <br />I <br />THESE AVENUES. <br />F <br />_ <br />29 Boot 25 ;ray;=.250. <br />