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0 CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MEETING WHICH THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND AND A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING IN REGARD TO THE GRANT FUNDS BEING MEANT TO BE USED FOR "911" EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR STATED THAT AT THIS MEETING A RESO- LUTION SUPPORTING AN APPLICATION FOR A $409,000 EMS GRANT FOR THE 4 -COUNTY DISTRICT WAS DISCUSSED. HE NOTED THAT THE EMS DISTRICT IS INSIST'NG THAT FACH COUNTY HAVE A -FULL-TIME EMS COORDINATOR TO WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPART- MENT, POLICE, HOSPITALS, RESCUE SQUADS, ETC., AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT OUT OF OKEECHOBEE COUNTY'S SHARE OF THE FUNDS ($21,000), $14,000 IS EAR- MARKED FOR THE FULL-TIME COORDINATOR, WHICH WOULD ONLY LEAVE THEM $7,000 FOR THE PROGRAM. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT OUT OF THE $29,000 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE, $14,000 IS TO BE FOR AN EMS COORDINATOR. HE STATED THAT IT WAS INFERRED THAT AT THE MEETING LAST WEEK THEY WERE HANDING OUT GRANT MONEY WHILE THIS IS ACTUALLY ONLY AN APPLICATION FOR A GRAFT FOR 1973. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED DR. FLOOD, COU:: -.Y HEALTH DIRECTOR, FOR HIS VIEWS, AND DR. FLOOD SAID HE HAD FELT THE BIGGEST AMOUNT OF THE GRANT WAS MEANT TO BE FOR TRAINING OF EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIANS. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS TO KEEP THE BOARD ADVISED OF THE SITUATION. CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE WABASSO PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA, BUT HAD DETERMINED THAT ALL THE ITEMS THEY WANT TO TAKE UP, EXCEPT ONE, DEAL WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT HE ADVISED THEM TO PRE- SENT THEIR CONCERN IN REGARD TO THESE MATTERS TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COM- MITTEE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND THEN, IF THEY ARE STILL UNSATISFIED, TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED HE WILL NOTIFY THE WABASSO PROGRES- SIVE LEAGUE OF THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. COMMISSIONER LOY REPORTED ON HER TRIP TO WASHINGTON IN REGARD TO THE TRACKING STATION PROPERTY AND STATED THAT EVENTS WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE THAT WE ARE NOW ON A ROAD THAT WILL ALLOW US EVENTUALLY TO ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY, SHE NOTED THAT THE AIR FORCE AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON A NEW LOCATION AT THE SOUTH END OF .JONATHAN DICKINSON PARK, AND IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE DOCUMENTS THAT WILL PERMIT THE AIR 35 FEB 2 3 1977 icor ?8 49®