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CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION ABOUT <br />WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND EXPLAINED THAT WE ARE NOT <br />TAXING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, THESE DOLLARS HAVE SIMPLY BEEN MOVED <br />OUT OF THE AD VALOREM TAX AND ARE NOW BEING RAISED ONLY IN THE UNIN- <br />CORPORATED AREA. HOPEFULLY, NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE A NORTH COUNTY <br />FIRE DISTRICT AND A SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. <br />MR. WARD INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE ROSELAND AREA IS <br />SERVICED BY THE ROSELAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH RECIPROCAL <br />ARRANGEMENTS WITH MICCO, THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, AND THE CITY OF <br />FELLSMERE, AND THEY HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS MEETING THEIR NEEDS THROUGH <br />THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. HE CONTINUED THAT THE PEOPLE OF ROSELAND HAVE <br />RAISED OVER $10,000, AND WITH VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AND MATERIALS CONTRIBU- <br />TED, HAVE ALMOST COMPLETED A FIREHOUSE ON DONATED LAND, WHICH FIRE- <br />HOUSE WILL HOUSE THEIR NEEDS, AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT IS CONCERNED; FOR <br />SEVERAL YEARS TO COME. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT APPLYING THE PROPOSED <br />TAX RATE TO ROSELAND'S TAX BASE (OR APPROXIMATELY $18,500,000) WILL <br />RAISE ABOUT TWICE WHAT IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THAT DEPARTMENT. MR, WARD <br />STATED THAT WHILE HIS FIGURES MAY NOT BE ENTIRELY ACCURATE, HE BE- <br />LIEVED THEY WERE CONSERVATIVE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE NEW ROSELAND <br />SHOPPING CENTER WAS NOT INCLUDED AT ALL. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE <br />AREA HE IS TALKING ABOUT IS THE AREA FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE CITY <br />OF SEBASTIAN TO THE NORTH COUNTY LINE, NOT THE SAME AREA AS PRECINCT <br />#1, HE FELT THAT EVEN THOUGH MORE FUNDS WILL BE RAISED THAN ARE <br />NEEDED BY THE AREA, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE TOTAL FUNDS WOULD <br />BE SPENT IN THAT AREA; PRESUMABLY SOME OF IT WOULD BE USED TO TAKE <br />CARE OF THE SOUTH COUNTY UNINCORPORATED AREA, MR, WARD FELT IT IS <br />IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISH ROSELAND AS AN ENTITY, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW <br />HOW IT CAN BE DONE SINCE THEY ARE WITHIN TWO MILES OF SEBASTIAN AND <br />UNDER STATE LAW CANNOT INCORPORATE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE ASKING <br />THEM TO DO NEXT MARCH - FORM A TAXING DISTRICT FROM WABASSO ON THE <br />MAINLAND ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH COUNTY LINE JUST TO SUPPORT THE <br />FELLSMERE, SEBASTIAN, ROSELAND AREA. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE MUNICI- <br />PALITIES AS WELL. <br />3 <br />E00� 41 PAGE 587 <br />A <br />