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4. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA/EMERGENCY <br />ITEMS <br />None. <br /> <br />5. HURRICANE WILMA UPDATE <br />Nathan McCollum, Emergency Management Coordinator, provided a brief update <br />on Hurricane Wilma that was moving in a north/northwest direction around the Yucatan Peninsula <br />and expected to take a turn towards the United States. South Florida and Southwest Florida are <br />going to take the hit for this storm. Indian River County should see scattered showers on Friday <br />and more rainfall with tropical storm force winds late Saturday as high as 60 to 80 mph and <br />subsiding Monday morning around 8:00 a.m. We expect this hurricane to bring trees down and <br />cause power outages. Frequent updates will be broadcast on Cable TV Channel 27, on radio <br />station Christian FM-99, and on the County website ircgov.com. We have to take protective action <br />for those who have substandard housing because of the hurricanes last year, people who are in <br />FEMA trailers, and possibly call for an evacuation of the Barrier Island. The purpose of this <br />meeting today is to ask the Board to grant the County Administrator the authority at the <br />appropriate time this weekend to issue a local State of Emergency so staff can take the necessary <br />action to protect the County from Hurricane Wilma. <br /> <br />6. RESOLUTION 2005-176 – COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR <br />AUTHORIZED TO DECLARE LOCAL STATE OF <br />EMERGENCY – JOSEPH BAIRD <br /> <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Bowden, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Neuberger, by a 4-0 vote, Commissioner <br />Wheeler absent, the Board adopted Resolution 2005-176 <br />authorizing the County Administrator to declare a local <br />emergency due to Hurricane Wilma. <br />SPECIAL CALL MEETING 2 <br />OCTOBER 20, 2005 <br /> <br />