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AUG 2 21979 Roos 41 FAUc47 <br />VICE CHAIRMAN LAY REPORTED THAT A LETTER HAD BEEN RECEIVED <br />FROM THE -TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES REPUESTING FUNDING INFORMATION <br />FOR THEIR BUDGET HEARING, AND REQUESTED THAT THIS BE ADDED TO TODAY IS <br />AGENDA. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADDED TO TODAY'S AGENDA THE EMERGENCY <br />ITEMS REQUESTED BY VICE CHAIRMAN LAY. <br />VICE CHAIRMAN LOY REQUESTED THAT.'COMMISSIONER SIEBERT REPORT <br />ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SITUATION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT REPORTED THAT HE, ATTORNEY COLLINS, <br />ATTORNEY CLEM, AND ATTORNEY SUZANNE BODEN, MET ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO <br />TO DISCUSS SOME ALTERNATIVES FOR TAKING OVER THE INDIAN RIVER SHORES <br />FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT WE HAD WITH THEM <br />THAT WHEN WE WENT INTO COUNTYWIDE PROTECTION, THE FACILITIES WOULD BE <br />TURNED OVER TO THE COUNTY AT NO COST. HE STATED THAT MISS BODEN IN- <br />DICATED THE TOWN WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE OR LEASE ALL THE EQUIPMENT <br />FOR THE $1.00 A YEAR AND LEASE THAT PORTION OF THE STATION BEING USED <br />BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SAME DOLLAR A YEAR, PROVIDED THE COUNTY <br />WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRO RATA MAINTENANCE AND ALL UTILITIES. SHE <br />INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD ALSO REQUIRE ASSURANCE THAT THE PRESENT <br />MANNING LEVEL WOULD.BE MAINTAINED EITHER AS A COUNTY OFFICE OR IF <br />WE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, AND THE EQUIPMENT WOULD ALL <br />REMAIN IN THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE <br />11000 GALLON PER MINUTE PUMPER, WHICH THE COUNTY COULD MOVE TO AN <br />ALTERNATE SITE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT CONTINUED THAT IN REGARD TO <br />FUNDING THE STATION THIS YEAR, WE PROPOSED TO HAVE SOUTHERN-KELTON <br />COME UP WITH THE COST PER TAXPAYER FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE <br />COUNTY AND PRO RATE THAT TO THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES SO WE <br />COULD ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR THE PRO RATA SHARE OF THEIR <br />COST TO OPERATE THAT STATION. THAT WAS HOW IT LAST STOOD. AT THAT <br />TIME ATTORNEY COLLINS WAS GOING ON VACATION, AND HE ASKED ATTORNEY <br />CLEM TO GET WITH MR. KELTON AND COME UP WITH THE FIGURES. COMMIS- <br />SIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT.HE ALSO CALLED MR. KELTON AND ASKED HIM <br />TO CONTACT ATTORNEY CLEM, APPARENTLY NONE OF THEM GOT TOGETHER UNTIL <br />LAST WEEK. WE DO NOT HAVE FIGURES FROM SOUTHERN-KELTON AND CANNOT <br />