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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT REPORTED ON MEETING WITH MAYOR NOLAN OF <br />THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES. HE NOTED THAT THE MAYOR AGAIN INFORMED <br />HIM THAT HE DOESN'T LIKE THE CURRENT AGREEMENT THE TOWN HAS WITH THE COUNTY <br />IN REGARD TO FIRE PROTECTION AND STATED HIS COUNCIL DOES NOT AGREE WITH IT <br />EITHER. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES WAS <br />PREVIOUSLY GOING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO OFFER SOME SOLUTION TO THEIR <br />PROBLEM. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT MAYOR NOLAN SAID IF THE COUNTY <br />IS UNWILLING TO CHANGE THE EXISTING AGREEMENT, HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM <br />AT LEAST SET A TIME WHEN THEY WOULD TAKE OVER THE INDIAN RIVER SHORES FIRE <br />DEPARTMENT AS HE FELT IT WAS MORALLY WRONG TO OBLIGATE A MUNICIPALITY FOR <br />AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF YEARS TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT <br />STATED THAT HE POINTED OUT TO THE MAYOR THAT THE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY <br />WAS SIGNED WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES <br />SERVING AT THAT TIME, AND HE DOUBTED IF THE COUNTY COULD SET A SPECIFIC <br />DATE FOR TAKING OVER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE CONTINUED THAT MAYOR NOLAN <br />ALSO SUGGESTED THAT WE CUT THE BUDGET OF THE VERO BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT <br />BY $100,000 AND GIVE IT TO THEM AS THEIR EQUIPMENT IS SUPERIOR. COMMIS- <br />SIONER SIEBERT REPORTED THAT MAYOR NOLAN FURTHER STATED THAT THEY DO NOT <br />NEED THEIR ROAD MONEY AND ASKED IF THIS MONEY COULD BE GIVEN BACK TO THE <br />COUNTY IN RETURN FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. <br />THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF WORKING SOMETHING OUT <br />WITH RESPECT TO THE ROAD MONEY,, AND COMMISSIONER Loy STATED SHE WOULD LIKE <br />TO HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING SO WE COULD BE ASSURED THAT THE MAJORITY OF <br />THE TOWN COUNCIL SUPPORTED THIS IDEA. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy INFORMED THE BOARD THAT ATTORNEY COLLINS' OFFICE <br />HAS DONE MORE CONDEMNATION WORK AND HAS STATEMENTS TO BE FORWARDED TO THE <br />DOT FOR PAYMENT. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BILLS IN THE AMOUNTS OF $782.66 AND <br />$1,085.16 CERTIFIED BY ATTORNEY RALPH EVANS OF THE OFFICE OF COLLINS, BROW"i <br />VAN DE VOORDE, EVANS & MANNING, AS PROPER FOR WORK DONE IN REGARD TO THE <br />BARBER AVENUE CONDEMNATION, AND AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO FORWARD <br />THEM TO THE DOT IN TALLAHASSEE FOR PAYMENT. <br />Box 30 PAI -1_367 <br />