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C <br />MR. WARD STATED THAT HE FELT THE MORE EQUITABLE METHOD FOR FUNDING <br />THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS WOULD BE TO STAY WITH THE PREVIOUS METHODS <br />SO THAT THE FINALIZATION OF THE TAX DISTRICTS AND THE FIRE DISTRICTS <br />WILL STAND ON THEIR OWN AND REFLECT THE BUDGETS FOR THE NORTH <br />AND SOUTH COUNTY AREAS. <br />MR. DAVIES, OWNER OF INDIAN RIVER BILLOWS, WABASSO, <br />CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO STATE THAT HE THOUGHT THE VERO BEACH <br />FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN CALLED NORTH OF WINTER BEACH MORE <br />THAN EIGHT OR TEN TIMES IN THE NINE YEARS THAT HE HAS LIVED THERE, <br />HE NOTED THAT THEY HAVE THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN SEBASTIAN <br />AND ROSELAND, AND HE FELT THAT WHEN YOU START TO TAX EVERYONE IN <br />THE COUNTY, PEOPLE MIGHT NOT WANT TO VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES. MR, <br />DAVIES FELT THE ONLY FAIR WAY TO TAX THE PEOPLE ON A FIRE BASIS <br />IS TO START WITH CENTRIFUGAL OR RECTANGULAR LINES WITHIN A RADIUS <br />OF VERO BEACH, AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING SERVICED CLOSER TO <br />TOWN ARE THE ONES THAT SHOULD PAY THE MOST FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION; <br />THE NORTH COUNTY REALLY HAS NO NEED FOR IT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE HOPED THAT IN MARCH, WHEN WE HAVE A <br />REFERENDUM ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, WE WILL HAVE THAT KIND OF <br />SUPPORT FOR A SEPARATE DISTRICT FOR THE NORTH COUNTY AREA, AND <br />THAT THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS WILL GROW AND FLOURISH, AND THEIR <br />FIRE TAX BILLS WILL NOT BE AS HIGH AS THEY ARE UNDER THE PRESENT <br />METHOD. <br />RITA THOMAS NEXT APPROACHED THE BOARD AND STATED THAT <br />SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE NORTH COUNTY VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENTS ARE <br />RECEIVING $40,000 A YEAR.FROM THE COUNTY TO SUPPORT THEIR DEPART- <br />MENT. SHE THEN ASKED HOW MUCH MONEY WILL THE COUNTY BE RECEIVING <br />FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE NORTH COUNTY UNDER THIS PLAN, AND WILL THAT <br />$40,000 BE INCREASED, AND IF S0, BY HOW MUCH? <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT THE MILLAGE THAT WE -ARE <br />TALKING ABOUT HERE WILL RAISE $407,000 OF A FIRE BUDGET OF $450,000 <br />THAT WE ARE PAYING, AND THAT WILL BE PAID FOR BY ONLY RESIDENTS IN <br />THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. <br />SEP 2 71979 <br />HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THE EXACT <br />19 <br />BOOK 1 PAGE 6Uo <br />