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A THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1979 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, MET IN REGULAR SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON THURSDAY, .JULY 5; 1979, AT 8:30 O'CLOCK A.M. PRESENT WERE WILLIAM C. WODTKE, JR., CHAIRMAN; ALMA LEE LOY, VICE CHAIRMAN; WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR.; AND PATRICK B. LYONS, COMMISSIONER R. DON DEESON WAS ABSENT ON VACATION. ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINIS- TRATOR; L. S. "TOMMY" THOMAS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR; GEORGE G. COLLINS, JR., ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; JEFFREY K. BARTON, FINANCE OFFICER; BAILIFF DAN FLEISCHMAN; AND VIRGINIA HARGREAVES, DEPUTY CLERK. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER, ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, AND REVEREND FRED MCCLELLAN, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GAVE THE INVOCATION. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 20, 1979. COMMISSIONER LOY DISCUSSED THE FIRST MOTION ON PAGE 16, PARA- GRAPH 6, AND STATED THAT SHE FELT IT HAD BEEN VOTED DOWN AND THEN THE SECOND MOTION HAD BEEN PASSED DENYING THE REQUEST FOR ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF LOTH STREET. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS AGREED THAT THERE HAD BEEN ONLY ONE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ON THAT MOTION, WHICH WAS THAT OF COMMISSIONER LYONS, THE BOARD INSTRUCTED THAT PARAGRAPH S, PAGE 16, -BE CORRECTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: "THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND DENIED WITH COMMISSIONERS SIEBERT, LOY, DEESON, AND CHAIR- MAN WODTKE VOTING IN OPPOSITION." COMMISSIONER LOY REQUESTED THAT ON PAGE 22, 4TH PARAGRAPH, "LLY" BE CORRECTED TO "LOY." COMMISSIONER LOY THEN QUESTIONED WHETHER THE MOTION ON PAGE 27, FIRST PARAGRAPH, ACTUALLY WAS INTENDED TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY AND HAROLD WHITAKER. J U L 51979 ` lam U8