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ADMINISTERED BY A PUBLIC BODY, AND HE IS AGAINST MONEY BEING <br />ADMINISTERED BY ANYTHING OTHER THAN A PUBLIC BODY. HE FURTHER <br />NOTED THAT THE RECALL REFERENDUM IS A DIFFICULT THING. MR. KOOLAGE <br />ABACTED TO THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE TOURIST TAX AND DID NOT FEEL <br />IT IS NEEDED HERE. MR. KOOLAGE POINTED OUT THAT ANY FACILITIES <br />GAINED THROUGH THIS TAX WOULD AFFECT THE AD VALOREM TAX BECAUSE <br />THEY WILL HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED. HE ALSO FELT HAVING THE REFERENDUM <br />ON THE SEPTEMBER BALLOT IS WRONG�BECAUSE MANY PERMANENT RESIDENTS <br />WILL NOT BE HERE. HE FURTHER BROUGHT UP THE PRESENT WATER AND SEWER <br />PROBLEMS WHICH MORE TOURISTS WOULD ONLY AGGRAVATE. <br />TOM LOCKWOOD, CITY COUNCILMAN AND MEMBER OF THE TOURIST <br />DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, STATED THAT IN REGARD TO POLICING THE <br />DISTRIBUTION OF THESE FUNDS, HE FELT THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS'THE <br />FINAL SAY-SO BY ADOPTING THE BUDGET, WHICH IS A SAFEGUARD. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT HAVING A TWO-YEAR LIMITATION ON THIS <br />TAX AND THEN REVIEWING IT AND ALSO FELT THAT POSSIBLY GREATER EMPHASIS <br />SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE AREA GENERATING MOST OF THIS TAX, WHICH <br />WOULD BE THE CITY. MR. LOCKWOOD STATED THAT HE DID FEEL THAT THE <br />PROPOSED TAX HAS MERIT, BUT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE FINE TUNED. <br />DAVID GREGG, CITY COUNCILMAN, STATED THAT HE APPEARED AS <br />AN INDIVIDUAL, AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE CITY <br />OF V.ERO BEACH HAS HAD NO INPUT INTO WHERE THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED, <br />WHICH HE FELT IS A GREAT MISTAKE BECAUSE°THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST <br />CONCERNED WITH PROVI.ING SERVICES FOR THE TOURIST INDUSTRY SHOULD <br />BE INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION OF THESE ITEMS. HE DID NOT BELIEVE <br />THAT THE CITY WOULD CONSIDER $80,009 FOR A WALKWAY ALONG THE RIVER <br />AT THE CIVIC ARTS CENTER ONE OF THEIR HIGH PRIORITIES. SIR. GREGG <br />ALSO FELT STRONGLY THAT THE TAX SHOULD EXPIRE AT THE END OF TWO <br />YEARS AND NOTED THAT EVERY TIME YOU PUT UP A CAPITAL ASSET, SOMEONE <br />HAS TO PUT IN THE MONEY FOR. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT HE FELT THE REASON' <br />TOM LOCKWOOD WAS ON THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WAS SPECIFICALLY <br />FOR INPUT FROM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT <br />APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT WITHIN THE CITY. <br />COUNCILMAN GREGG ASKED IF THE MONIES DESIGNATED FOR THE <br />52 <br />