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CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT VERO BEACH VOLUNTEER <br />FIRE DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED WITH CONSTRUCTING A NEW 1500 GALLON PUMPER <br />AND WHILE THE VOLUNTEERS ARE FAVORABLE TO THE PROPOSAL OUTLINED IN MAYOR <br />FULLER'S LETTER, THEY HAVE OBLIGATED THEIR FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE UNIT <br />THEY ARE NOW WORKING ON AND DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT MONEY TO PARTICIPATE <br />IN PURCHASING AN AERIAL LADDER, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE CONTINUED T -,-AT THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES <br />HAS A SPECIAL ROOM IN THEIR FIREHOUSE FOR A LADDER TRUCK TO BE HOUSED, <br />AND SINCE THE VERO BEACH VOLUNTEERS CANNOT PARTICIPATE, INDIAN RIVER <br />SHORES WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY FOR THE AERIAL <br />LADDER TO BE HOUSED THERE AND BE AVAILABLE FOR USE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY <br />AND FOR TRAINING PURPOSES, THEY ARE ASKING THAT THE COUNTY PAY $60,000 <br />AND THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES WILL PAY $40,000, THE CHAIRMAN <br />FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT MAYOR MILLER'S LETTER STATED THAT THE TOWN OF <br />INDIAN RIVER SHORES WOULD NOT ASK FOR ANY OPERATING FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY <br />FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1976-1977, HE A' -SO NOTED THAT THE COUNTY ALREADY HAS <br />AN AGREEMENT WITH INDIAN RIVER SHORES THAT ANY TIME THE COUNTY SETS UP A <br />COUNTYWIDE FIRE SYSTEM, INDIAN RIVER SHORES WILL TURN OVER THEIR FIRE HOUSE <br />AND ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT FOR $1,00 PER YEAR, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SUCH A LADDER, WHICH <br />WILL BE SS' HIGH, IS USEFUL NOT ONLY IN CONDOMINIUM FIRES, BUT ALSO FOR <br />SUCH THINGS AS PACKING HOUSE FIRES WHERE YOU NEED TO GET UP HIGH AND GET <br />WATER DOWN ON A STRUCTURE, HE NOTED THAT THERE IS NOT AN AERIAL LADDER <br />OF THIS TYPE IN THE COUNTY, AND HAVING ONE WOULD HAVE A BENEFICIAL AFFECT <br />ON INSURANCE RATES, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND THE BOARD FAVORED PARTICIPATING IN SUCH <br />A PURCHASE, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SAID HE"FELT A RESOLUTION ADDING THAT <br />PARTICULAR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH INDIAN RIVER SHORES <br />WOULD BE NEEDED, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THE BOARD SHOULD GO A LITTLE FARTHER THAN <br />JUST A RESOLUTION AS RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT TWO-PARTY AGREEMENTS AND CAN BE <br />AMENDED, HE ALSO SUGGESTED IF THE BOARD DESIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS <br />PURCHASE, THAT THEY ALLOCATE THEIR FULL SHARE AND KEEP IT IN A SEPARATE <br />ACCOUNT, <br />0 <br />NOV 171976 <br />911 <br />2' x::255 <br />I <br />