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CHAIRMAN ,'JODTKE INQUIRED ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE AIR CURTAIN <br />DESTRUCTOR, AND ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR IELSON STATED THAT IT WAS <br />INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AND THEY ARE AWAITING DIRECTION. THEY STILL <br />RECOMMEND IT VERY HIGHLY. <br />ti COMMISSIONER SIEBERT QUESTIONED WHERE A PUMP COULD BE RENTED, <br />AND SIR. 'IELSON STATED THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO LOOK AROUMD, AND HE <br />BELIEVED IT WILL BE EXPENSIVE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF THIS IS AN EMERGENCY, AND IR, <br />NELSON STATED THAT IT IS AND HE FELT THEY NEEDED AUTHORIZATION TO RENT <br />A PUMP. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DID NOT FEEL AUTHORIZATION WAS NECESSARY <br />AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR HANDLE THESE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS <br />ADMINISTRATIVELY. THE BOARD AGREED. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS STATED THAT HE WANTED THE 70ARD TO BE <br />AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPE?DING. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy INFORMED THE BOARD THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS <br />IN REGARD TO OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY. IRa THE CO"ITRACT <br />WE SIGNED, WE AGREED TO PAY THEM $30,909 FOR THE CONTRACT YEAR TO <br />HA14DLE THE ANIMALS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN THROUGH THE COUNTY, DUE TO <br />THE ACTIONS OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, HOWEVER, THEIR INCOME HAS BEEN <br />DECREASED BY SOME $13,999 TO $15,009 FOR THE YEAR, AND THERE IS NO <br />WAY THEY FEEL THEY CAN MEET THEIR ACTUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE <br />COMING YEAR AND KEEP IN PERFORMING THE SERVICE FOR THE COUNTY. THEIR <br />TOTAL BUDGET IS $60,999 AND THEY FEEL THEY CAN RAISE APPROXIMATELY <br />$20,909, WHICH LEAVES A BALANCE OF $49,999. SHE CONTINUED THAT THIS <br />IS A REAL EMERGENCY SITUATION BECAUSE WITHOUT A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY <br />OF VERO BEACH, AND WITHOUT A CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY, THE HUMANE <br />SOCIETY HAD DECIDED THEY WERE NO LONGER GOING TO BEAR THE EXPENSE AND <br />BURDEN OF HANDLING ANIMALS ON A CONTRACT BASIS AND WERE GOING TO <br />CLOSE THEIR DOORS AS A RECEIVING UNIT AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE STRICTLY <br />AS A HUMANE SOCIETY. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT OUR ONLY ALTERNATIVES, <br />IF THE HUMANE SOCIETY WILL NOT HANDLE THE ANIMALS FOR THE COUNTY, ARE <br />EITHER TO GET A PLACE OURSELVES AND EMPLOY PERSONNEL, 'gHICH SHE FELT <br />WOULD COST BETWEEN $79,900 AND $90,000, OR JUST BACK AWAY AND NOT <br />ENFORCE THE REGULATIONS WE HAVE FOR ANIMAL CONTROL, SHE STRONGLY <br />75 <br />N0V 1 1978 <br />AZ316 <br />