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THIS MATTER IS A MEMO FROM FORMER COUNTY FINANCE OFFICER .JACK HOCKMAN <br />TO THE CITY STATING THAT WE HAD $15,000 IN THE BUDGET FOR THE FIRE <br />TOWER AS OF THE PREVIOUS BUDGET YEAR. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THIS IS AN HONEST MISUNDERSTANDING <br />AND CONTINUED THAT HE FELT THE TOWER IS WELL WORTH THE MONEY. <br />COMMISSIONER LAY COMMENTED THAT IT POINTS OUT TO HER THAT IF, <br />IN THE FUTURE, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE ON A "NEW ENTITY" BASIS, <br />WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE THAT MUCH MORE CAREFUL, SHE NOTED THAT <br />MR. NASON'S LETTER STATES THAT THE COUNTY ESTABLISHED A FIRE EQUIPMENT <br />FUND IN 1969, WHICH APPARENTLY THE BOARD WAS NOT AWARE OF. SHE INFORMED <br />THE BOARD THAT THE MINUTES OF 1969 INDICATE THAT THE COUNTY GAVE THE <br />CITY $60,000 TO TAKE CARE OF THE AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, AND SHE FELT <br />THEY PROBABLY TOOK $15,000 OUT OF THAT AND MARKED IT FOR A FIRE EQUIP- <br />MENT FUND. SHE CONTINUED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BUYING BITS AND PIECES OF <br />EQUIPMENT OUT OF THAT FUND SINCE 1969, AND AT THE PRESENT MOMENT IT HAS <br />SOMETHING OVER $100 LEFT IN IT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE SEEMS TO RECALL AT THE <br />WORKSHOP MEETINGS, WHEN THE TRAINING TOWER.WAS DISCUSSED, IT WAS INDI- <br />CATED THAT IT WOULD COST MORE THAN $15,000, BUT THERE ARE NO MINUTES <br />OF THE WORKSHOP SESSIONS. <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED, AND IT WAS FELT IF WE PAY THIS BILL, IT <br />SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR THAT IT IS NOT COUNTY POLICY TO MAKE THIS A NEW <br />ENTITY EVERY YEAR. <br />ON MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE FINANCE OFFICER TO <br />PAY THE CITY OF VERO BEACH $4,000, THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THEIR BILL <br />FOR $5,081.00, WHICH WILL COMPLETE THE AMOUNT DUE ON THE CITY -COUNTY <br />FIRE TRAINING TOWER, ACCORDING TO LETTER DATED .JANUARY 10, 1979, FROM <br />CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR T. R. MASON, AND TO INFORM THE CITY THAT IT IS <br />COUNTY POLICY THAT BUDGETED ITEMS ARE NOTA NEW ENTITY TO BE FUNDED FROM <br />CURRENT AND/OR FUTURE RESOURCES. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY REFERRED TO k LETTER RECEIVED FROM ST. JOHNS <br />RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: <br />BOOK 500 <br />JAN 2 41979 <br />