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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1979 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1979, AT 5:01 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE WILLIAM C. WODTKE, .JR., CHAIRMAN; ALMA LEE Loy, VICE CHAIRMAN; WILLARD W. SIEBERT, .JR.; R. DON DEESON; AND PATRICK B. LYONS. ALSO PRESENT WERE NEIL NELSON, ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMIN- ISTRATOR; GEORGE G. COLLINS, SJR., ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; .JEFFREY K. BARTON, FINANCE OFFICER; AND JANICE W. CALDWELL, DEPUTY CLERK, THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. ON MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AN EMERGENCY ITEM TO BE PRESENTED BY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON REPORTED THAT A GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION HAD ARISEN AS TO WHETHER SEPTEMBER 4TH WOULD BE CONSIDERED A WORK DAY. THE COURTHOUSE WAS CLOSED SEPTEMBER 3RD FOR THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY, BUT DUE TO HURRICANE DAVID, THE RADIO STATED THE COURTS WOULD BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH. AS A RESULT, MANY THOUGHT THE COURTHOUSE WAS CLOSED, AND CIRCUMSTANCES LED PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IT WAS NOT A WORK DAY. MR. NELSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT 37 PEOPLE IN THE ROAD & BRIDGE DEPARTMENT DID COME TO WORK THE DAY AFTER THE HURRICANE. HE RECOMMENDED THAT SEPTEMBER 4TH BE DECLARED A HURRICANE DAY AND FELT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO DID SHOW UP FOR WORK ON SEPTEMBER 4TH SHOULD BE PAID ADDITIONALLY FOR THE HOURS WORKED. HE FURTHER SUGGESTED THAT CRITERIA BE ESTABLISHED FOR SUCH EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. COMMISSIONER LYONS SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNTY ADMIN- ISTRATOR HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK WITH VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS AND MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE A WORK DAY; AND HE FELT ONE ANNOUNCEMENT OUGHT TO BE MADE FOR THE COUNTY. SEP 121979 B©u 41 Pnu 508