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SEP 2 41979 my 41 FAcF 586 CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS A FUND THAT HAS NOT BEEN IN EXISTENCE IN PAST YEARS, BUT IS A RESULT OF THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE SOUTHERN-KELTON DUAL TAXATION STUDY THAT THE COUNTY RAISE IN A SEPARATE FUND THE DOLLARS WE ARE USING IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. ED WARD OF THE ROSELAND PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION NOTED THAT THIS DISTRICT APPARENTLY WAS CREATED BY ORDINANCE 78-43, WHICH WAS ADOPTED DECEMBER 20, 1978, AND MADE EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 26, 1978. HE STATED THAT HIS ASSOCIATION HAD NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND ASKED IF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAS THE AUTHORITY TO INITIATE SUCH AN ORDINANCE WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM THE TAXPAYERS AFFECTED. ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED MR, WARD THAT AT THE TIME THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED, IT WAS PROPERLY ADVERTISED; FIFTEEN DAYS NOTICE WAS GIVEN; A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD; AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. THE REASON FOR TODAY'S HEARING IS TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT TO THE MILLAGE PROPOSED, TO SUGGEST ALTERNA- TIVES, OR TO PRAISE. THERE WILL BE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS SAME MATTER ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THIS SHOULD COME AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE THE BUDGET SESSIONS WENT ON FOR SOME TIME, AND THEY WERE PUBLICLY NOTED, HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY WORD DOESN'T GET OUT AND STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE A DISTINCT INTEREST. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT TO MR. WARD THAT A MEMBER OF THEIR ASSOCIATION IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE FIRE STUDY COMMITTEE AT WHICH THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL, ALTHOUGH POSSIBLY AT A MEETING HE MISSED. MR. WARD REPLIED THAT THE MEMBER MR. SIEBERT IS REFERRING TO STATED HE DID NOT KNOW OF THIS ORDINANCE. ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED MR. WARD THAT HE PERSONALLY HAS DISCUSSED THIS ORDINANCE WITH GROVER FLETCHER, THE MEMBER IN QUESTION, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. 2 i