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a <br />a <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LOY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY INCREASED THE SALARY OF ASSISTANT <br />ADMINISTRATOR NEIL NELSON TO $18,400, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 1978. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE HAD A RE— <br />QUEST FROM DR. FLOOD TO PAINT THE INTERIOR OF THE COUNTY HEALTH DE— <br />PARTMENT. SHi NOTED THAT THIS WAS DISCUSSED BRIEFLY IN BUDGET SESSIONS, <br />AND SINCE THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN 12 YEARS AND THIS IS A COUNTY <br />BUILDING, SHE'SUGGESTED THAT IT BE PAINTED BY A CONTRACTOR. <br />THE BOARD AGREED THAT PROPOSALS SHOULD BE OBTAINED. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LOY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO SECURE <br />PROPOSALS FOR REPAINTING THE INTERIOR OF THE. COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED A LETTER <br />FROM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH INDICATING THAT THEY NO LONGER ARE GOING <br />TO HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL. SHE SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD SHOULD RESPOND <br />IMMEDIATELY AND POINT OUT TO THEM THAT PERHAPS THEY SHOULD RECONSIDER <br />OR GIVE US SOME IDEA OF THEIR FUTURE PLANS, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE <br />FACT THAT WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES. SHE <br />CONTINUED THAT IF THEY HAVE ANY PLANS TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT <br />OF THEIR MUNICIPAL LAWS, THE BOARD WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING WHAT KIND <br />OF FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE AS WE NEED TO KNOW <br />BEFORE ADOPTING THE FINAL BUDGET. <br />ATTORNEY BROWN AGREED THAT THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE.ANY <br />AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE MUNICIPAL LAWS, BUT FELT POSSIBLY THE SITUATION <br />SHOULD JUST BE LEFT ALONE UNTIL THEY SEE THAT THEY ARE MAKING'A <br />DRASTIC ERROR. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THE PEOPLE OF VERO BEACH SHOULD BE <br />MADE AWARE THAT THE SITUATION WILL CAUSE SOME CHAOTIC PROBLEMS, SHE <br />SUGGESTED THAT THE CHAIRMAN WRITE A LETTER TO THE CITY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE WILL WRITE. SUCH A LETTER <br />STATING THAT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY COUNSEL AND THE SHERIFF THAT OUR <br />ANIMAL WARDEN IS A DEPUTY SHERIFF AND IS STRICTLY RESTRICTED TO EN— <br />FORCEMENT OF STATE STATUTES IN•ANY MUNICIPAL LIMITS, AND IF THE CITY <br />IS INTENDING THAT THERE IS TO BE ANY ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THEIR <br />MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES, THESE ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE BY THE COUNTY AS WE <br />ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED. <br />57 <br />AUG. ®�g 197 <br />UfiK. 'JJ! PAGE 57 <br />