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THE FOLLOWING REPORTS WERE RECEIVED AND PLACE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK: REPORT OF TRAFFIC VIOLATION BUREAU - SPECIAL TRUST FUND, MAY, 1979 REPORT OF CONVICTIONS, CIRCUIT COURT, MAY, 1979 TRAFFIC VIOLATION FINES BY NAME - MAY, 1979 INSPECTION REPORT OF COUNTY AND MUNCIPAL DETENTION FACILITIES: INDIAN RIVER COUNTY JAIL - MAY 29, 1979 SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS ROSEMARY RICHEY APPROACHED THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THE PRECINCT CHANGES AND THE PURCHASE OF NEW VOTING MACHINES. SHE RECOMMENDED THAT PRECINCT 5, CARPENTERS HALL - WITH 3,000 VOTERS BE SPLIT USING ROUTE 60 AS THE DIVIDING LINE. THE SECTION SOUTH OF ROUTE 60 WOULD BECOME PRECINCT 5E AND WOULD VOTE AT OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH. MRS. RICHEY STATED THAT SHE SPOKE TO MR. BENEDICT AT ST. EDWARDS SCHOOL, AND THEIR LARGE CAFETERIA CAN BE USED AS A VOTING PLACE. SHE CONTINUED THAT BY USING THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AS THE DIVIDING LINE, EVERYONE WHO LIVES ON SOUTH BEACH OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS WOULD VOTE AT ST. EDWARDS SCHOOL, WHICH WILL BE PRECINCT 5D; ROCKRIDGE WILL REMAIN PRECINCT 5B. SHE CONTINUED THAT BY DOING THIS, THE PRECINCTS WILL BE EVEN, AND THE TRAFFIC FLOW WILL BE BETTER, FIRS. RICHEY CONCLUDED THAT ALL PRECINCT LINES•ARE NOT MOVED, JUST SPLIT; SHE MUST SEND THE CHANGES AND MAPS TO TALLAHASSEE, AND REQUESTED THAT THESE CHANGES BECOME EFFECTIVE .JANUARY 1, 1980. ON MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TWO NEW PRECINCTS, AS OUTLINED BY MRS. RICHEY, TO BE EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 1980, AND INCLUDED AUTHORIZATION FOR ADVERTISEMENT. MRS. RICHEY INTERJECTED THAT WE SHOULD ADVERTISE THE WILD TURKEY AREA ALSO, WHICH WAS RECENTLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. SHE CONTINUED THAT MORE VOTING MACHINES ARE NECESSARY -AS WE NEED ONE VOTING MACHINE FOR EVERY 350 PEOPLE.. MRS. RICHEY STATED THAT,$13,000 IS LEFT OVER FROM LAST YEAR S BUDGET, AND POSSIBLY SHE CAN FIND SOME RE- CONDITIONED VOTING MACHINES THAT COST BETWEEN $700 TO $900 APIECE. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT 15 MACHINES ARE NEEDED, AND SHE HAS TO ADVERTISE FORBIDS. MRS. RICHEY COMMENTED THAT WE HAVE OVER 25,000 REGISTERED•VOTERS NOW, AND THEY TRY TO PUT AT LEAST TWO MACHINES IN EVERY PRECINCT. DISCUSSION OF PURGING THE BOOKS FOLLOWED, AND -MRS. RICHEY ADVISED THAT POSTCARDS ARE SENT OUT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVEN IT VOTED IN TWO 2 • BOOK 4�; FA. �E ®2 ;lU�12 01�7�