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BOOK 41 PAGE 610 FIGURE IT WILL BRING IN FROM THE UNINCORPORATED AREA FROM WABASSO NORTH. $45,000. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT GUESSED A BALL PARK FIGURE OF CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT MR. WARD ESTIMATED THAT THE VALUATION IN THE ROSELAND AREA WAS $I$,000,000 WHICH WOULD BRING IN AROUND $12,000 OR $13,000; THOSE FIGURES WILL BE WORKED ON FOR THE MARCH REFERENDUM WHEN THE CITIES OF SEBASTIAN, FELLSMERE, AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON WHETHER THEY WANT TO HAVE A TAXING DISTRICT. CHAIRMAN WODTKE SAID THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE WABASSO, SEBASTIAN, ROSELAND AND FELLSMERE AREA WAS $66,000 BASED UPON A REPORT WORKED OUT ON THE BASIS OF 1/2 MILL, INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES; AND BASED UPON LAST YEAR'S VALUATION IT MIGHT NOW BE .4 MILLS RATHER THAN .67 MILLS. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET COULD BE SUPPORTED WITH 3/10 of A MILL AT THE NORTH COUNTY BUT THIS INCLUDES MUNICIPALITIES, WHICH YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT A REFERENDUM VOTE. MRS. THOMAS NOTED THAT THE COUNTY NOW IS SUPPORTING THE NORTH COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH $38,000. SHE AGAIN EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT HOW MUCH WILL BE COLLECTED FROM THE NORTH COUNTY; HOW MUCH THEY WOULD RECEIVE; AND WHETHER THEY WOULD BE HELPING TO PAY FOR THE REST OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, WHICH SHE WAS AGAINST. SHE FELT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING JUST FINE WITH THE NORTH COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SHE FELT SECURE IN HAVING THE ROSELAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE NORTH COUNTY, BUT THE BOARD DISAGREED WITH HIS STATEMENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THAT IT WASN'T DONE EO.UITABLY IN THE PAST AND THE COUNTY NEEDS SUPPORT IN MARCH WITH THE REFERENDUM; IF IT IS PASSED, -THE NORTH AREA WILL BE PAYING, FOR THEIR OWN FIRE DISTRICT. wo m I