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0 <br />MAYOR NOLAN STATED THAT THESE AGREEMENTS WERE MADE BEFORE <br />HE BECAME MAYOR, AND HE SHORTLY REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A -FINANCIAL <br />RROBLEM, EXPECIALLY WITH WATER AND SEWER GOING IN. HE NOTED THAT HE CAN- <br />NOT CRITICIZE PAST AGREEMENTS OR BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM, BUT THE ISSUE IS <br />WHAT TO DO WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS COMING IN, HE ESTIMATED THAT IT <br />WOULD REQUIRE' A MINIMUM OF IS FIREMEN, THREE OFFICERS AND ONE CHIEF, OR <br />19 MEN ALTOGETHER, TO STAFF THE STATION, AND THEIR SALARIES WOULD AMOUNT <br />ROUGHLY TO OVER $200,000 A YEAR, MAYON NOLAN POINTED OUT THAT THEY MUST <br />START THEIR BUDGET NEXT MONTH, AND AT THIS POINT HE DOESN`T EVEN KNOW <br />HOW TO START TO PREPARE ONE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT <br />WAS WORKED OUT WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND <br />THE TOWN COUNCIL HAD TO APPROVE IT. <br />COUNCILMAN THAD WILKINS REMARKED THAT SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS <br />ELECTED,ATTORNEY COLLINS AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE WERE MADE AWARE OF THE Tnwm <br />COUNCIL'S CONCERN AND DISPLEASURE ABOUT THIS FIRE EQUIPMENT. HE FELT <br />THERE SHOULD BE A WORKSHOP MEETING WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL <br />PRESENT" AS JUST HE AND THE MAYOR CO-ULI NOr MAKe"ANY DDI -S ms AT THIS <br />TIME, AND HE FELT THEY DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING, <br />IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NOTICE HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE MAYORS OFFICE <br />MORE THAN A WEEK IN ADVANCE, BUT MAYOR NOLAN-HAD BEEN OUT OF TOWN THE PRE- <br />VIOUS WEEK AND THUS HAD ONLY RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE MEETING UPON HIS RETURN. <br />COUNCILMAN PAUL PARENT APPEARED AND STATED HE FELT IF THE MAT- <br />TER WERE NOT DISCUSSED NOW, IT WOULD JUST BE A WAM OF EVERYONE `S TIME, <br />MAYOR NOLAN SUGGESTED POSSIBLY ABROGATING THE PRESENT AGREEMENT <br />AND HAVING THE COUNTY PAY HALF OF THE $200,000 HE ESTIMATED WOULD BE RE- <br />QUIRED FOR STAFFING. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT THE PRESENT <br />MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL DISAGREE WITH DECISIONS OF THE PREVIOUS <br />COUNCIL. HE CONTINUED THAT THE COUNTY, HOWEVER, DOES HAVE AN AGREEMENT <br />WITH INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND HAS, IN EFFECT, GIVEN THEM $60,000 WHIC4 <br />THEY SAW FIT TO APPLY TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. THE CHAIRMAN POINTED OUT <br />THAT WE ARE GOING INTO BUDGET SESSIONS, AND THE TOWN CAN CERTAINLY RE- <br />QUEST MONEY, BUT WE CANNOT MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS AT THIS POINT, ESPECIALLY' <br />IN VIEW OF THE AGREEMENT NOT TO ASK FOR ANY OPERATING FUNDS FOR THE NEXT <br />YEAR, <br />MAY 18 1977 <br />36 <br />fl41 <br />