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w - <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED ATTORNEY COLLINS WHETHER THE AGREEMENT <br />WITH THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES DID NOT STATE THAT THE COUNTY WOULD <br />FUND 60% OF THE LADDER TRUCK IN LIEU OF ALLOCATING ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO <br />THE TOWN FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1977-78. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS AGREED THAT WAS THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE TOWN. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, WHO CHAIRS THE FIRE <br />COMMITTEE, TO COMMENT ON THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORE S REQUEST FOR A <br />DATE WHEN THE COUNTY WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TOWNS FIRE DE- <br />PARTMENT, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WAS PARTY TO THE ORIGINAL <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN, AND THERE WAS NEVER ANY INTENTION TO SET A DEFINITE <br />DATE AND HE BELIEVED WE WOULD HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS IF WE EVEN <br />ATTEMPTED TO SET A SPECIFIC DATE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT <br />THE COUNTY DID NOT ASK FOR THIS AGREEMENT -AND THE FACT THAT THE TOWN OF <br />INDIAN RIVER SHORES DOESN'T LIKE AN AGREEMENT A PREVIOUS TOWN COUNCIL <br />ENTERED INTO, PUTS US IN A VERY AWKWARD POSITION. HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />AT THE TIME THE AGREEMENT WAS WORKED OUT, WE WERE COOPERATING WITH THE <br />TOWN IN WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE HAS TALKED WITH MAYOR NOLAN <br />SINCE RECEIVING THIS LETTER, AND TOLD HIM THAT THE AREA OF DUAL TAXATION <br />WAS ALTOGETHER A DIFFERENT MATTER FROM THE FIRE AGREEMENT AND SHOULD BE <br />DISCUSSED AT ANOTHER TIME. CHAIRMAN WODTKE CONTINUED THAT HE WILL NOT <br />AGREE TO HAVING THEM CLOSE THE FIRE'STATION, AND FURTHER STATED THAT HE <br />IS NOT RECEPTIVE TO CHANGING THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH INDIAN RIVER <br />SHORES IN REGARD TO OPERATIONAL MONEY FOR THE COMING YEAR. HE POINTED <br />OUT THAT THE FUNDING PROBLEM THE TOWN HAS THIS COMING YEAR IS SIMPLY <br />BECAUSE THEY HAVE DECIDED TO FUND THE WATER LINE AND PAY FOR IT IN A <br />ONE-YEAR SHOT. CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE INDICATED TO MAYOR NOLAN <br />THAT WE WOULD BE GLAD TO DISCUSS OPERATING MONEY WITH THEM IN ANOTHER YEAR. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE COUNTY HAS ACTUALLY ALLOCATED <br />THEM $60,000 WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR OPERATING FUNDS, BUT IN THE <br />AGREEMENT THEY INDICATED THEY WISHED TO SPEND IT ON THE LADDER TRUCK. <br />Rl� <br />a�K 30 Pr, 443 <br />