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. <br />9 <br />.JOY SNELL STATED THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN DONATIONS FOR HALF BUT <br />NOTHING FROM THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN; ALTHOUGH SHE"DID NOT THINK THEY HAD EVER <br />BEEN APPROACHED, <br />IT WAS NOTED THAT THE MONEY FROM THE ORIGINAL E.M.S. GRANT <br />WAS USED TO PURCHASE AN AMBULANCE FOR SEBASTIAN AND THE $4,400,00 THAT IS LEFT <br />MUST BE USOD BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1976, OR.WE WILL LOSE IT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED WHY THE AMOUNT OF PAGERS REQUESTED HAS <br />BEEN INCREASED FROM 15 TO ZO AND THE COST CONSIDERABLY INCREASED, <br />FORREST SMITH EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD EXAMINED THE POCKET PAGER <br />.JOY SNELL HAD ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR AND IT WAS OF VERY POOR QUALITY AND TOO <br />LARGE TO CARRY AROUND CONVENIENTLY AND HE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY GO TO A <br />BETTER QUALITY WHICH REQUIRES VERY LITTLE MAINTENANCE, AS TO THE INCREASED <br />NUMBER ASKED FOR, MORE AREA CAN BE COVERED AND A BETTER RESPONSE OBTAINED. <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY STATED HE FELT THE GROUP IN SEBASTIAN HAS <br />SAVED THE COUNTY MANY TIMES WHAT THEY HAVE ASKED FOR. <br />AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, <br />SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED RELEASING <br />$4,400.00 OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE GRANT FUNDS TO BE USED AS MATCHING <br />FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO JAWS OF LIFE. <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED IN REGARD TO THE 20 POCKET PAGERS REQUESTED, <br />AND THE BOARD SUGGESTED THE SEBASTIAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AMBULANCE <br />SQUAD APPROACH THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN TO SEE IF THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE <br />OBTAINING OF FIVE POCKET PAGERS, <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF 15 POCKET PAGERS FOR THE <br />SEBASTIAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AMBULANCE SQUAD OUT OF FEDERAL <br />REVENUE SHARING FUNDS. <br />COUNTY COORDINATOR THOMAS NEXT REPORTED ON THE THE REQUEST <br />OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE TO LEASE PROPERTY AT THE COUNTY DUMP ON <br />OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY FOR A PISTOL RANGE AND RECREATIONAL COMPLEX. HE STATED <br />THAT HE HAD CHECKED WITH DEWEY WALKER, ZONING DIRECTOR, AND THERE IS NO <br />PROBLEM IN REGARD TO THE PISTOL RANGE AS FAR AS ZONING IS CONCERNED. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE HAD INFORMED HIM THAT IT IS <br />NOT THEIR INTENTION TO EXCLUDE ANY PUBLIC ORGANIZATION FROM USING THE PROPOSED <br />