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CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE 1,250 GALLON PUMPER IS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BECOME THE COUNTY'S IF WE GET INTO A COUNTYWIDE FIRE SYSTEM. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE LIST WHICH HE FELT WOULD BE NEEDED ONLY TO PUT THE TRUCK TO ITS MAXIMUM USE. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER AGREED, NOTING THAT THEY HAVE ASKED FOR 2,000 FEET OF HOSE. HE POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT YOU CAN'T USE THE TRUCK WITHOUT EQUIPMENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED HOW MANY FIREMEN THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES HAS, AND JAMES YOUNG, FINANCE DIRECTOR OF THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES, STATED THAT THEY HAVE SEVEN AND ONE CETA EM— PLOYEE. TWO ARE ON DUTY AT A TIME. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHAT THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES IS PUTTING UP FOR THIS EQUIPMENT. MR. YOUNG ANSWERED THAT THEY HAVE A CONTINGENCY FUND, BUT NO SPECIFIC AMOUNT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR THIS PURPOSE. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY SPENT ABOUT $9,000 EQUIPPING THE FIRST PUMPER. HE FURTHER STATED THAT WHILE THEY DO NOT HAVE A LARGE ORGANIZATION OF PAID FIREMEN, AN ORGANIZATION OF VOLUNTEERS IS IN PROCESS TO SUPPLEMENT THE EGULAR FIREMEN; THUS IF TWO UNITS SHOULD BE NEEDED, IT WILL BE POSSIBLE 0 MAN THEM, MR, YOUNG POINTED OUT THAT THEY HAVE INDICATED WHICH OF HE ITEMS ON THIS LIST ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT, AND THESE ADD UP TO 6,110.00, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT EQUIPPING THIS TRUCK WOULD BE A ANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR THE COUNTY TO SET. MR. YOUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE TOWN HAS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS HIS YEAR THAT WILL NOT BE REPEATED NEXT YEAR. CHAIRMAN WODTKE INQUIRED HOW THE 1,250 GALLON PUMPER IS TITLED, ND MR. -YOUNG STATED THAT IT IS REGISTERED TO THE TOWN, WHICH IS NECES— ARY FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES. CHAIRMAN WODTKE DISCUSSED PURCHASING THE EQUIPMENT ON A TCHING BASIS WITH THE TOWN, MR. YOUNG STATED THAT THE TOWN WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND AORE THAN $2,000 TO $3,000 AT THE VERY MOST AS THEY HAVE A TIGHT BUDGET THIS YEAR AND NOTED THAT IT TAKES TIME TO RAISE MONEY THROUGH CONTRIBU— TIONS. 46 BOOK 31 PAGF 448 w �i