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ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Lay, THE BOARD'UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED GIVING THE SEBASTIAN VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD AN ADDITIONAL $5,000 OUT OF THE REVENUE SHARING BUDGET FOR THE PURCHASE OF AN AMBULANCE, AND APPROVED THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AS FOLLOWS: ACCOUNT TITLE EQUIPMENT RESERVE FOR CONTINGENCIES ACCOUNT N0. 62-5105-402.12 62-9990-701.00 CREASE $5,000.00 DECREASE $5,000.00 ROSEMARY RICHEY, SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND REQUESTED ADVICE ON SETTING UP NEW PRECINCTS. SHE CONTINUED THAT SINCE THE "WILD TURKEY" AREA ON SOUTH BEACH HAS BEEN ANNEXED, IT COULD BE INCLUDED IN PRECINCT 5A WITH THE VOTING PLACE LOCATED AT THE FIREHOUSE. ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT NOBODY LIVES IN THE AREA THAT WAS RECENTLY ANNEXED. SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS RICHEY CONTINUED THAT TO ACCOMMODATE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE-IN THE MOORINGS, THE ST,. EDWARD'S UPPER SCHOOL MIGHT BE USED AS A VOTING PLACE. S -HE CONTINUED THAT A PARKING AREA, RAMPS AND A PUBLIC TELEPHONE ARE NEEDED AT THE PLACE WE SELECT AS A VOTING PLACE; AND TO ACCOMMODATE THE USE OF A,WHEELCHAIR, A BOARD RAMP COULD BE TEMPORARILY INSTALLED. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SUGGESTED THE SALES PAVILION IN THE MOORINGS MIGHT BE A SUITABLE POLLING PLACE. SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS RICHEY NEXT DISCUSSED SPLITTING PRECINCT 5B IN ROCKRIDGE WITH SOUTH BEACH, WHICH WOULD BECOME 5D; THIS WOULD LEAVE 1000 VOTERS IN ROCKRIDGE AND 600 ON THE SOUTH REACH. SHE CONTINUED THAT THERE ARE 2500 PEOPLE IN PRECINCT 5, WHICH VOTE AT THE CARPENTERS' HALL, AND WE ARE UNABLE TO INSTALL ANOTHER VOTING MACHINE AT ti THIS LOCATION; ALSO THE PARKING IS NOT SUFFICIENT. i COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED HE WILL LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AS A POLLING PLACE. MRS. RICHEY NEXT DISCUSSED PRECINCT 1 AND STATED THAT THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN WILL BE ANNEXING SOON. THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO ANNEX THE 7 :F 39 F E B 2 11979