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f <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT ONLY THROUGH THE QUICK ACTION OF <br />MR. LITTLE, THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, AND THE CITY COUNCIL, WERE WE <br />ABLE TO AVERT A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. HE STATED THAT HE WISHED TO <br />THANK THE CITY OF VERO BEACH FOR COMING THROUGH WITH AN EXTRA SPECIAL <br />EFFORT AND DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN SOLVING TEMPORARILY AN EMERGENCY <br />PROBLEM. THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT THE AGREEMENT IS ONLY A TEMPORARY <br />ONE AND WILL IN NO WAY SOLVE MID FLORIDA'S PROBLEM SO WE MUST -GET <br />TOGETHER WITH MID FLORIDA IMMEDIATELY TO WORK ON THIS PROBLEM. CHAIR- <br />MAN WODTKE RECOMMENDED THAT WE SIGN THE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY WATER <br />SERVICE AGREEMENT AND TAKE EVERY STEP WE CAN TO ASSIST IN BEING SURE <br />THAT THE USE OF WATER IS HELD TO A MINIMUM. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHAT EFFORTS MID FLORIDA HAS MADE TO <br />CONTACT THEIR CUSTOMERS IN REGARD TO CURTAILING USE OF WATER, AND IRA <br />MCALLISTER, LOCAL MANAGER FOR MID FLORIDA UTILITIES, STATED THAT NOTHING <br />HAS BEEN DONE BEYOND WHAT THE CUSTOMERS HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THE NEWS <br />MEDIA AND THE FIRST NOTIFICATION. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE DID NOT APPRECIATE MID <br />FLORIDA'S STATEMENT THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION AND <br />WERE STILL WATERING THEIR LAWNS AS SHE DID NOT FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN <br />ADEQUATELY APPRISED OF THE SITUATION. SHE FELT IT WOULD BEHOOVE MID <br />FLORIDA TO NOTIFY THEIR CUSTOMERS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY WATER <br />SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, MID FLORIDA, AND <br />THE COUNTY, AND AUTHORIZED THE SIGNATURE OF THE CHAIRMAN. <br />e <br />70 <br />l <br />Boos 34 PAcF <br />