Laserfiche WebLink
V <br />t <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS PRESENTED THE BOARD WITH A DRAFT OF AN <br />ORDINANCE ADOPTING A FIRE PREVENTION CODE, AND ASKED FIRE CHIEF SMITH <br />TO COMMENT ON IT. <br />CHIEF SMITH STATED THAT HE FELT THE COUNTY DOES NEED A. -FIRE <br />PREVENTION ORDINANCE AND EMPHASIZED THAT IN NO WAY IS IT THE INTENT <br />OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GO INTO THE COUNTY AS AN AUTHORITY AND CLOSE- <br />DOWN BUSINESSES AND ARREST PEOPLE, ETC. HE NOTED THAT IF THE BOARD <br />FEELS THAT THEY WOULD RATHER ADMINISTER THE CODE, THAT IS FINE WITH <br />THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE JUST SAYING THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE, <br />HAVE THE EXPERTISE, AND ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY. HE <br />POINTED OUT THAT THEY•DID MAKE A CHANGE RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING <br />DEPARTMENT WHICH WOULD MAKE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR THE HEAD MAN, AND <br />ALL PERMITS AND COMPLAINTS WOULD BE HANDLED THROUGH HIS OFFICE. CHIEF <br />SMITH FELT THIS ORDINANCE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR A <br />LONG TIME AND NOTED THAT IT WON T COST ANYTHING AS THERE WOULD BE NO <br />NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL -TO BE EMPLOYED. CHIEF SMITH STATED THAT <br />THERE HAVE BEEN FIRES WHICH HE BELIEVES COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED crF' <br />PEOPLE HAD BEEN REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH A CODE. HE NOTED THAT THE <br />CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS ADOPTED THIS CODE. CHIEF SMITH THEN READ TO <br />THE BOARD THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM THE INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ENDORSING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. <br />APR 51978 <br />58 <br />9 <br />Box 34' PACE <br />N <br />