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ASPECT AND WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO A PARTIAL INCREASE NOW AND THEN REVIEW <br />THE MATTER WHEN THE NEW LANDFILL IS IN OPERATION, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED HE FEELS IF THEY GET THE DOLLAR <br />INCREASE NOW, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE TO ASK FOR ANOTHER INCREASE SO SOON, <br />DISTANCES, <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED IN REGARD TO LANDFILL FEES AND HAULING <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FEELS THE INCREASE TO $4,25 <br />HAS BEEN JUSTIFIED AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEXT INCREASE, THAT IT WOULD <br />CONFUSE THE ISSUE A LOT LESS IF IT IS BASED SOLELY ON AN INCREASE DUE TO <br />OPERATION OF THE NEW LANDFILL. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON AGREED THAT THE INCREASE IS JUSTIFIED. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, CHAIRMAN WODTKE VOTED IN OPPOSITION, THE BOARD GRANTED THE IN- <br />CREASE AS REQUESTED BY INDIAN RIVER SANITATION SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE <br />MARCH 1, 1977. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT, CHAIRMAN WODTKE VOTED IN OPPOSITION, THE BOARD GRANTED THE IN- <br />CREASE AS REQUESTED BY RURAL SANITATION SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE <br />MARCH 1, 1977. <br />RESOLUTIONS IN REGARD TO THESE INCREASES WILL BE MADE A PART OF <br />THE MINUTES WHEN PREPARED, RECEIVED AND APPROVED, <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD TRANSFER OF <br />SECONDARY ROAD MAINTENANCE FROM THE DOT TO THE COUNTY. HE INFORMED THE <br />BOARD THAT FOR 1975-76 WE RECEIVED $378,879.08 IN SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS, <br />AND DURING THAT TIME WERE BILLED $171,677.30 BY THE DOT FOR SECONDARY ROAD <br />MAINTENANCE. HE CONTINUED THAT THE DOT ESTIMATES INDIAN RIVER COUNTY WILL <br />NEED $137,000 IN EQUIPMENT TO HANDLE THIS.MAINTENANCE, PLUS WAGES FOR <br />EXTRA PERSONNEL OF ABOUT $134,388 ANNUALLY. THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTINUED <br />THAT HE FELT WE COULD PROBABLY DO THE JOB FOR LESS THAN THE DOT CAN BY <br />WORKING IT IN WITH OTHER PROJECTS, AND NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH WE NEED THE <br />EQUIPMENT THEY RECOMMEND, WE DO NOT NEED IT ALL AT ONE TIME. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT UNDER THE OLD DOT <br />POLICY, THEY SUBTRACTED FROM THE SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS THE AMOUNT DUE THEM <br />FOR MAINTENANCE AND THEN SENT THE COUNTY THE REMAINDER, BUT NOW THE COUNTY <br />RECEIVES THE FUNDS DIRECTLY AND THE DOT BILLS US EACH MONTH FOR THEIR <br />SERVICES, <br />0 <br />FEB 91977 <br />L_ <br />Loi: <br />Book ?8 418 <br />