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• <br />COMMISSIONER Loy COMMENTED THAT SHE MET WITH MR. MCCOLLESTER <br />LAST WEEK REGARDING THESE MATTERS AND FELT THAT AN UPGRADING OF THE <br />SYSTEM IS THE LEAST THE COUNTY CAN DO FOR A GROUP THAT PROVIDES THIS <br />SERVICE. SHE CONTINUED THAT IF WE WAIT A YEAR, WE CAN ANTICIPATE AN' <br />INCREASE IN COST FOR THIS SYSTEM, OR .WE CAN GO AHEAD NOW AND BACK THEM <br />WITH THEIR APPLICATION. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED ABOUT THE TIME ELEMENT, <br />AND MR. MCCOLLESTER THOUGHT WE COULD GET THIS SYSTEM BY SEPTEMAER. SHE <br />STATED SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT AN OVERALL PLAN, NOT MAKE ARRANGEMENTS'.FOR <br />FUNDING OR CHANGE THE BUDGET, BUT JUST INDICATE TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA <br />THAT THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED WHAT WOULD BECOME OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM., <br />AND MR, MCCOLLESTER SAID THEY WOULD SELL IT FOR APPROXIMATELY $2,400. <br />MR. MCCOLLESTER RECENTLY DISCUSSED A MICROWAVE SYSTEM WITH <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS BUT IT WAS DECIDED THAT $15,000 INSTALLATION, PLUS <br />MAINTENANCE, WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO CONSIDER. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT <br />THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT BY TELEPHONE AT THE <br />PRESENT TIME. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy COMMENTED THAT THIS IS A VERY BUDGET -CONSCIOUS <br />BOARD,BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN EMERGENCIES THAT ARISE AND WE MUST BE <br />FLEXIBLE IN THESE AREAS. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION No. 79-18 SETTING FORTH THAT <br />THE COUNTY WILL GIVE $19,350, PLUS INSTALLATION COST FOR THE FIRST YEAR, <br />AS THE COUNTY'S SHARE OF MATCHING FUNDS, AND AUTHORIZE THE INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD TO MAKE APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT. <br />OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AS OUTLINED IN THEIR <br />LETTER OF .JANUARY 17, 1979. <br />F E B 7* 1979 <br />10 <br />R .0 <br />