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ATTORNEY COLLINS DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE ORDINANCE PASSED BY THE VERO BEACH CITY COUNCIL IN REGARD TO AIRPORT HEIGHT HAZARD ZONES, AND NOTED THAT THEY WISH THE COUNTY TO PASS A SIMILAR ORDINANCE. _HE STATED THAT HE DOES NOT FEEL THAT THE COUNTY NEED ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THIS COMPREHENSIVE. THE ATTORNEY ASKED THE BOARD FOR DIRECTION AND SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD TAKE INTO CONSIDER- ATION THE OTHER SMALL AIRFIELDS IN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE MAJOR AIRPORT, AFTER SOME DISCUSSION THE BOARD AGREED THAT THE ATTORNEY SHOULD DRAFT A SIMILAR BUT LESS RESTRICTIVE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD APPLY TO ALL AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTY. ATTORNEY COLLINS NEXT REVIEWED WITH THE BOARD A LETTER FROM ELTON SCHWARZ,.PUBLIC DEFENDER, IN REGARD TO SUGGESTED METHODS OF COLLECTION OF FEES FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER. ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED TO THE BOARD THAT IN THOSE CASES WHERE THE PUBLIC DEFENDER REPRESENTS AN INDIGENT CLIENT, THE .JUDGE WILL ENTER AN ORDER AS TO THE COSTS OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS SERVICES IN REPRESENTING THE IN- DIGENT CLIENT. THIS ORDER IS THEN REDUCED TO A .JUDGMENT AND THE COUNTY HAS THE OBLIGATION OF TRYING TO COLLECT THE FUNDS. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE CHANCES OF COLLECTING THE FUNDS ARE SOMEWHAT LIMITED, BUT STATED HE DOES FEEL IT IS A GOOD IDEA AND ASKED THE BOARD APPROVE THE CONCEPT AND AUTHORIZE HIM TO TAKE WHATEVER STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT SUCH A PROGRAM IN CASES WHERE IT SEEMS 6 REASONABLE TO TRY TO COLLECT. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER Loy, THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONCEPT OF COLLECTION OF FEES FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER AS EXPLAINED BY ATTORNEY COLLINS AND AUTHOR- IZED THE ATTORNEY TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM AS REQUESTED ABOVE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0. 77-102 IN REGARD TO THE LEVY OF TAXES IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FOR 1977. I a filf OCT 19 1977 fix Puf