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WOULD LIKE TO BE ASSURED OF DIRECT REPRESENTATION. HE STATED THAT THE CITY <br />OF VERO BEACH 111OULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND TO PAY DIRECTLY ITS PRO -RATA <br />SHARE FOR MEMBERSHIP. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED HOW MANY CITIES THERE ARE IN PALM <br />BEACH COUNTY. <br />MR. LYONS REPLIED THAT THERE WERE 37. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED HE PERSONALLY FELT THAT PALM BEACH <br />COUNTY WAS VERY MAGNANIMOUS IN THE WAY THEY RECOMMENDED THE SELECTION OF <br />MEMBERS AND POINTED OUT THAT THEY ELECTED TO HAVE ONLY SIX D`;MBERS, NOT <br />REPRESENTATION BASED ON POPULATION, BUT AGREED TO PAY THEIR ASSESSMENT <br />BASED ON POPULATION. HE CONTINUED THAT TO ADD MORE MEMBERS MOULD PUT IT <br />EVEN MORE OUT OF BALANCE AS TO BOTH POPULATION AND SUPPORT AND FURTHER <br />NOTED THAT THEIR LARGE CITIES WILL NOT HAVE A DIRECT VOICE, BUT WILL BE <br />REPRESENTED BY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CONTINUED THAT THE COUNCIL MUST BE IN OPERATION <br />BY OCTOBER 1ST, AND IF EVERY COUNTY SUBMITS A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL, IT WILL <br />MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO GET THE COUNCIL ESTAB- <br />LISHED. HE NOTED THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY HAD MADE ONE OTHER MAJOR CONCES- <br />SION IN AGREEING THAT ANY CHANGE TO THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT MUST BE <br />UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY ALL THE FOUR COUNTIES. <br />MR. LYONS ASKED IF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COULD URGE THE COUNCIL <br />TO ALLOW THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AS THEY WOULD PAY <br />THEIR OWN WAY, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT THIS IDEA WAS REJECTED AT THE <br />PREVIOUS MEETING BECAUSE OF THE MANY CITIES INVOLVED. HE NOTED THAT <br />THIS IS A REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL AND PROPERLY AN EXPENSE TO THE <br />.COUNTY RATHER THAN THE MUNICIPALITY. <br />THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE MAYORS OF THE VARIOUS <br />MUNICIPALITIES, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED FOR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMIS- <br />SIONERS. <br />COMMISSIONER VIODTKE STATED THAT HE FELT WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE <br />THE LEGISLATURE LEFT IT UP TO THE COUNTIES TO DECIDE HOW TO MAKE UP THIS <br />PLANNING COUNCIL AND NOTED THAT IN THE REORGANIZATION OF.THE REHABILITATIVE <br />SERVICES THE LEGISLATURE IS REQUIRING A ONE-MAN, ONE -VOTE RULE, WHICH WILL <br />RESULT IN A WEIGHTED VOTE. HE COMMENDED CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER FOR THEIR WORK IN ORGANIZING THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. <br />