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77M WEDNESDAY, .JANUARY 23: 1980 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, MET IN REGULAR SESSION AT -THE COURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 19801 AT 8:30 O'CLOCK-A.M. PRESENT WERE WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR., CHAIRMAN; ALMA LEE Loy, VICE CHAIRMAN; WILLIAM C. WODTKE, JR.; R. DON DEESON; AND PATRICK B. LYONS. ALSO PRESENT WERE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JACK G. JENNINGS; INTER- GOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR L. S. "TOMMY" THOMAS; GEORGE G. COLLINS, JR., ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; JEFFREY K. BARTON, FINANCE OFFICER; VIRGINIA HARGREAVES AND JANICE W. CALDWELL, DEPUTY CLERKS. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. COMMISSIONER DEESON LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, AND REVEREND FRED W. MCCLELLAN, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GAVE THE INVOCATION. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO ADD TWO EMERGENCY ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 19, 1979. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 19, 1979, AS WRITTEN. COMMISSIONER LOY THEN ASKED THE BOARD IF THERE SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION LATER TODAY WITH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER REGARDING THE FUNDING ISSUE CONCERNING REASSESSMENT. SHE CONTINUED THAT SHE WAS APPALLED THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, COULD CHARGE THE COUNTY 12% INTEREST AND SHE SUGGESTED THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER BORROWING THE MONEY OURSELVES, AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH. ATTORNEY COLLINS' REACTION TO THE FUNDING ISSUE WOULD BE TO SIT BACK AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE STATE. HE STATED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WILL ISSUE AN ORDER BY MARCH SETTING OUT THEIR REQUIREMENTS AND IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO RESPOND TO THAT ORDER. JAN 2 31980 42 pwx 548 i