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4 <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW WHETHER THERE <br />IS SUFFICIENT TIME TO HOLD A REFERENDUM AND GET BUDGETS APPROVED IN <br />ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A NORTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT YEAR, BUT <br />WE CAN TRY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THE NORTH COUNTY IS READY TO <br />GO AND WANTS IT NEXT YEAR. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED WHAT INTERACTION WE HAVE BETWEEN THE <br />NORTH COUNTY AND SOUTH COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE -BUDGET SITUATION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST SELLING <br />POINTS FOR THE NORTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT WAS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PAYING <br />FOR FIRE PROTECTION IN THE SOUTH COUNTY WHICH DOESN'T BENEFIT THEM. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE AREA CONTAINED IN THE NORTH <br />COUNTY DISTRICT AND THE.POSSIBILITY OF FORMING A NEW MUNICIPAL SERVICE <br />FIRE DISTRICT IF WE CANT GET A DISTRICT SET UP IN THE SOUTH COUNTY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE WILL WRITE THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND THE TOWN <br />OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES .AND TRY TO SET UP A MEETING AS DISCUSSED. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO <br />FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO GIVE US WITHIN 120 DAYS RATIONALE AND <br />SUGGESTIONS FOR AMENDING THE MINING ORDINANCE. HE FELT THAT WE SHOULD <br />TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS ORDINANCE TO SEE THAT WE ARE SUFFICIENTLY <br />PROTECTED, HE STATED THAT HE HAS -PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE, TWO <br />OF THEM BEING MAGGIE BOWMAN AND DR. HERBERT KALE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE IS NOT HAPPY WITH THE <br />MINING ORDINANCE EITHER BUT WAS NOT SURE ABOUT THE SUGGESTED COMMITTEE. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT SHE IS NOT ANXIOUS TO HAVE A <br />GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DON T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE TRY TO COME UP WITH <br />SOME OVERALL SUGGESTIONS FOR REVAMPING THIS ORDINANCE AND FELT THERE <br />SHOULD BE SOMEONE ON SUCH A COMMITTEE WHO IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE OF <br />MINING OPERATIONS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT HE DOES NOT LIKE TO HAVE <br />THE FOX GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE, It AND STATED THAT HE WILL DROP THE <br />MATTER AND JUST -PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HIM <br />SO THAT HE THEN CAN COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD, <br />Y <br />MAY 91979 Bou 40 PAcE 287 <br />