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OCT 201976 <br />THE FACT THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND THE D.O.T. WILL ENTER INTO A <br />.JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT WHEREBY THE UTILITY RELOCATION WILL BE BID OUT <br />AND DONE BY THE D.O.T. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT HE STILL WANTED SOMETHING IN <br />WRITING STATING THAT THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED IN THIS WAY, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ANSWERED THAT ALL THE AGREEMENTS, PAPERS, ETC., <br />WILL BE FUNNELED UP THROUGH THE D.O.T. BUREAUCRACY AND ONE OF THE ITEMS <br />THEY WILL REVIEW IS THE COUNTY IS AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND THE LEGALITY <br />OF USING THEM IN THIS MANNER. HE CONTINUED THAT WE WILL HAVE A CONTRACT <br />WITH THE CITY AND THE JOINT CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE D.O.T. WILL <br />SET OUT THE PAYMENT OF THE FUNDS. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS NOTED THAT THE BOARD WILL BE REQUESTED <br />TO SIGN A FORM AUTHORIZING THE D.O.T. TO SET ASIDE THE $403,600. THE <br />D.O.T. WILL PULL THIS OUT OF OUR SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS AND PAY WHATEVER <br />THE FINAL CONTRACT WORKS OUT TO. IF THERE IS MONEY LEFT OVER, IT WILL <br />THEN BE PLACED BACK INTO THE SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE IS SATISFIED THAT IN THIS WAY <br />THE MATTER OF THE LEGALITY OF USING THE FUNDS IN THIS MANNER WILL BE <br />TAKEN CARE OF, <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE NEED TO <br />DETERMINE A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR MID -FLORIDA UTILITIES RATE <br />INCREASE REQUEST, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THIS FRANCHISE HOLDER IS IN VIOLATION <br />OF A NUMBER OF THE FRANCHISE PROVISIONS AND FELT THE BOARD MIGHT WANT TO <br />CONSIDER RESTRICTING THEIR FRANCHISE AREA AT THE SAME TIME THEY CONSIDER <br />THE RATES. THE ATTORNEY SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD SET UP AN OVERALL <br />POLICY IN REGARD TO ALL FRANCHISES IN THE COUNTY, KEEPING IN MIND THAT <br />THE COUNTY WILL BE GOING INTO THE WATER BUSINESS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE DOES NOT FEEL WE CAN ALLOW THE <br />SMALL UTILITIES TO LET THEIR PLANTS DETIORATE UNTIL THEY ARE USELESS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SAID HE BELIEVES THERE IS A POLICY THE BOARD <br />COULD ADOPT WITH THE COUNTYWIDE SYSTEM IN MIND AND IT COULD BE APPLIED <br />WHERE FRANCHISES ARE DELINQUENT AND NOT DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO <br />D0, <br />COMMISSIONER LoySUGGESTED THAT THE ATTORNEY AND ENGINEERS GET <br />TOGETHER AND BRING US A POLICY TO CONSIDER. <br />26 <br />B0wot 27Uahr <br />