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I <br />BOOK 41 FAcE 259 <br />MR. BUCHANAN, CHIEF OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY VOLUNTEER <br />AMBULANCE SQUAD, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND STATED THAT THE CAT SCANNER <br />HAS CREATED THIS SITUATION AND MOST OF THE NON -EMERGENCY CALLS ARE FOR <br />THIS. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY HAVE REFUSED TO MAKE THE CAT SCANNER CALLS <br />AS THEY WOULD HAVE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE TIED UP. MR. BUCHANAN FURTHER <br />STATED THAT THEY HAVE HAD NO COMPLAINTS WHATSOEVER REGARDING THE NON- <br />EMERGENCY SERVICE THAT THEY DO USE. <br />DON MOLITAR, OWNER OF A TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE IN VERO <br />BEACH SINCE 1969, AND SINCE 1959 IN BREVARD COUNTY, SPOKE BEFORE THE <br />BOARD IN BEHALF OF MR. CHAPPELL, WHOM HE HAS KNOWN FOR 20 YEARS. HE <br />SAID HIS PURPOSE IN BEING HERE TODAY WAS TO INFORM THE BOARD HE IS <br />PREPARED TO PROVIDE A LOCAL NUMBER, AS WELL AS MOBILE DISPATCH SERVICE, <br />IF'THIS WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE NON -EMERGENCY CALLS, <br />COMMISSIONER Loy SUGGESTED WE CHECK FURTHER WITH THE SEBASTIAN <br />MEDICAL CENTER AND THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD IN THAT AREA AND THAT <br />THIS ITEM BE RETURNED TO OUR AGENDA AT THE NEXT MEETING. <br />- CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED MR. CHAPPELL THAT THERE WAS A GREAT <br />DEAL OF RESPONSIBILITY ON HIS PART TO RETURN WITH STATISTICAL DATA TO <br />BACK UP WHAT HE HAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, AND HE REQUESTED THAT HE <br />MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSIONERS' SECRETARY BEFORE THE MEETING <br />OF AUGUST 22, 1979. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS WOULD CONTACT BOTH VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUADS, AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE <br />WOULD. CONTACT THE SEBASTIAN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMA- <br />TION. <br />THE HOUR OF 10:30 O'CLOCK A.M. HAVING PASSED, THE DEPUTY CLERK <br />READ THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WITH PROOF OF PUBLICATION ATTACHED, TO -WIT: <br />