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a ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO REQUEST THE D.O.T. TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARD TO A RAILROAD CROSSING ON STORM GROVE ROAD. COUNTY PLANNER, VAL BRENNAN, DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE CAR ALLOWANCES FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND NOTED HIS IS THE ONLY DEPART- MENT WHERE MEMBERS DO RECEIVE A CAR ALLOWANCE. HE CONTINUED THAT STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT AN AVERAGE MONTHLY CAR ALLOWANCE REPORT BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR BY THOSE.RECEIViNG A CAR ALLOWANCE. MR. BREirNAN STATED THAT HE HAS SUBMITTED REPORTS AT THE REQUEST OF THE FINANCE OFFICER FOR DIFFERENT MONTHS, BUT HAS NEVER BEEN ASKED FOR AN AVERAGE MONTHLY REPORT. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE AUDITORS, WE WILL HAVE TO DO ONE OF TWO THINGS - EITHER HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE PLANNER AND HIS ASSISTANT THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND ADJUST THEIR SALARIES ACCORDINGLY OR PERHAPS THE EXPANSION OF THEIR DUTIES IS GETTING TO A POINT WHERE IT MAY JUSTIFY'BUYING A CAR FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO HOW TO DETERMINE AN AVERAGE MATH, AND IT WAS NOTED MR. BRENNAN WOULD HAVE TO KEEP A DAILY LOG IN HIS CAR OF EVERY TRIP MADE, EVEN TO THE POST OFFICE. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CAR ALLOWANCES FOR THE PLANNER AND THE ASSISTANT PLANNER AMOUNT TO $195,00 PER MONTH. FOR THE PLANNER THIS AMOUNT COVERS TRIPS MADE WITHIN THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGION AND TREASURE COAST REGION, AND FOR THE ASSISTANT PLANNER TRIPS MADE WITHIN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ARE REIMBURSED FOR MILEAGE TRAVEL, IT WAS FURTHER NOTED THAT ONE CAR COULD BE USED BY THE WHOLE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS MR, BRENNAN AND MR, BERG ARE VERY *SELDOM. OUT OF THE OFFICE AT THE SAME TIME. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS ON A 1976 OR 1977 UTILITY AUTOMOBILE, THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS AS FOR THE ZONING DEPARTMENT, TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF REVENUE SHARING FUNDS, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO ADD AN EMERGENCY ITEM TO THE AGENDA FOR VAL BRENNAN IN REGARD TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION FOR 1977. 33 , NOV 171976 J h: