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DISCUSSION CONTINUED AS TO POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES AS TO MAINTE- <br />NANCE AND STAFFING, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS <br />NO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT IN THE AGREEMENT AS TO STAFFING. <br />PAUL PARENT AGREED AND NOTED THAT AS FAR AS THE COUNTY IS CON- <br />CERNED, THE TOWN COULD STAFF THE STATION WITH ONE MAN. HE FELT THAT THE <br />TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES NEEDS TO GO BACK AND SET UP THEIR OWN PRE- <br />REQUISITES AS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE WITHIN THEIR OWN BUDGET, <br />SIR. WILKINS STATED THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED THAT THEY <br />ARE OVEREQUIPPED BECAUSE OF THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY - THE TOWN <br />ONLY HAS 2,000 PEOPLE, AND THE EQUIPMENT IS SUFFICIENT FOR 27,000. HE <br />FELT THIS IS A VERY ONE-SIDED AGREEMENT IN THE COUNTY'S FAVOR. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THE COUNTY TOOK OVER THE EQUIPMENT <br />AND STATION, WHAT WOULD IT BE IN LIEU OF, AND COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF <br />INDIAN RIVER SHORES WISHED TO GIVE UP FIRE PROTECTION FOR THEIR TOWN. <br />MAYOR NOLAN STATED THAT HE REALIZES THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR <br />FIRE PROTECTION, BUT FEELS THE COST MUST BE SHARED, <br />FURTHER DISCUSSION ENSUED ABOUT SURVEYS MADE AND IGNORED AS TO <br />THE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT AND SIZE OF THE: FIRE STATION NEEDED FOR THE COM- <br />MUNITY, <br />MAYOR NOLAN NOTED THAT IT IS TOO LATE TO STOP THE EQUIPMENT <br />FROM COMING IN, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO GROW AND HE <br />FELT WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO FIND THE CHEAPEST AND BEST WAY TO MAKE <br />USE OF THIS EQUIPMENT. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST THING WOULD BE <br />FOR THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES TO GET TOGETHER AND DECIDE ON A COUPLE <br />OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN MEET WITH THE BOARD TO SEE WHAT CAN BE WORKED <br />OUT, SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNTY NEVER INITIATED ANYTHING WITHIN <br />THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES, BUT ONLY RESPONDED TO REQUESTS MADE <br />OF THEM, <br />MR. WILKINS DISPUTED THIS STATEMENT AND SAID THE FIRST DIS- <br />CUSSION ABOUT A FIRE STATION IN INDIAN RIVER SHORES WAS INSTIGATED BY THE <br />COUNTY BECAUSE THEY WERE DESIROUS OF HAVING A COUNTYWIDE FIRE SERVICE, BUT <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT THE FIRE STUDY ONLY SAID IF THE <br />COUNTY DID GO INTO A COUNTYWIDE FIRE SERVICE, A FIRE STATION IN INDIAN <br />RIVER SHORES WOULD BE CONSIDERED, <br />37 <br />Boo v nl it <br />