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GET THEM. MAYOR NOLAN STATED THAT THIS WAS A TOTAL SURPRISE TO HIM <br />AND HE DIDN`T KNOW IT WAS TAKING PLACE, BUT HE STATED THEY WOULD BE <br />RECEPTIVE TO HEARING A PROPOSAL BY THE COUNTY. THEY HAVE A FIGURE OF <br />$52,000 IN THEIR BUDGET AS A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE COUNTY TOWARDS <br />OPERATION OF THEIR FIRE STATION, BUT THEY WOULD BE GLAD TO HEAR <br />ANOTHER PROPOSAL TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 A.M. WHEN THEY HOLD THEIR <br />BUDGET HEARING. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE <br />BOARD TO DECIDE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I.E. <br />WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO FUND THE STATION OUT OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE <br />FUND, GIVE THEM THE $52,0001 OR SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT, OR WHETHER <br />WE ARE GOING TO PURSUE THE ACQUISITION OF THAT STATION WITH A CONTRACT <br />WITH INDIAN RIVER SHORES FOR THEIR PRO RATA SHARE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT IF WE ACQUIRE THE STATION, WE <br />WILL ACCOMPLISH SEVERAL THINGS - END CONTROVERSY AND THE LAWSUIT <br />AND HELP IN ESTABLISHING THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE WOULD LOVE TO SETTLE THE <br />CONTROVERSY AND GET THE EQUIPMENT, BUT HE DID NOT FEEL WE ARE READY <br />TO GET IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUSINESS. HE DID AGREE, HOWEVER, <br />THAT IF WE GET THE INDIAN RIVER SHORES STATION AND EQUIPMENT, WE WILL <br />HAVE A DIFFERENT VOICE THAN WE HAD BEFORE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT WE MUST CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY <br />THAT THE TOWN IS NOT AT ALL INTERESTED. <br />CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON HOW THIS WOULD BE FUNDED, <br />IF IT COULD BE ACQUIRED, AND WHAT PRESENTATION SHOULD BE MADE TO THE <br />TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED IF HE COULD EFFECTIVELY SAY THAT FOR <br />THE FIRST YEAR, FUNDS WOULD BE RAISED THROUGH AD VALOREM TAXATION AND <br />WHEN THE SPECIAL DISTRICT IS SET UP, IT WILL BE ASSESSED TO THE SPECIAL <br />DISTRICT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT WE TOLD THE NORTH <br />COUNTY THAT ANYTHING IN THE SOUTH COUNTY WOULD NOT BE FUNDED BY AD <br />VALOREM TAX DOLLARS, AND COMMISSIONER DEESON AGREED. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SUGGESTED IF WE GOT THE 1,000 GALLON <br />PER MINUTE PUMPER, WE COULD LET SEBASTIAN USE IT FOR ONE YEAR, BUT <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON STATED THAT HE WOULD BE -RELUCTANT TO AGREE TO <br />THAT ON A TEMPORARY BASIS. <br />AUG 2 21979 59 BooK 41 PArt 428 <br />