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ATTORNEY COLLINS NEXT DISCUSSED THE LAWSUIT OF <br />RUFUS STEEL VS. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. HE CONTINUED THAT THE'LAWSUIT <br />HAD SOME CONTINGENT POSSIBILITIES OF LIABILITIES, AND SUGGESTED THAT <br />THE BOARD GIVE HIM AUTHORIZATION TO LOOK AFTER THE COUNTY'S INTEREST. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />WODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY COLLINS TO FOLLOW <br />THE CASE OF RUFUS STEEL VS. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY TO LOOK AFTER THE <br />COUNTY'S INTEREST. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NEXT ASKED THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL TO <br />ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE UPDATING OF THE BUILDING <br />CODES. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY COLLINS TO ADVERTISE <br />FOR A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE UP -DATING OF THE MECHANICAL, <br />PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL BUILDING CODES. <br />ENGINEER RALPH ENG, OF THE JOINT VENTURE, APPROACHED THE <br />BOARD AND NOTED THAT SEVERAL MEMBERS OF FMHA WERE HERETO PRESENT THE <br />NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO FURNISH THE GRANT AND LOAN TO THE COUNTY FOR <br />THE SOUTH COUNTY WATER SYSTEM PROJECT. <br />CHARLIE HUDNELL, FMHA DISTRICT DIRECTOR, COMMENTED THAT <br />THIS GIVES THEM A SECOND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THE CITIZENS OF <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. HE THEN REVIEWED THE LETTER OF INTENT AND <br />LETTER OF CONDITIONS WITH THE ATTORNEY AND ADVISED THE AMOUNT OF THE <br />GRANT IS $796,900, AND THE AMOUNT OF THE LOAN IS $5,825,900. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ADVISED THE BOARD THAT THE INFORMATION IN <br />THE LETTER OF INTENT APPEARS CONSISTENT WITH THE SAME PROCEDURES <br />WHICH THE COUNTY FOLLOWED IN THE GIFFORD WATER SYSTEM PROJECT. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT HE READ THE LETTER OF CONDITIONS IN DETAIL AND WOULD <br />RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNTY IS IN A POSITION TO APPROVE THE LETTER. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE LETTER OF CONDITIONS DATED <br />FEBRUARY 14, 1980 AND THE LETTER OF INTENT DATED FEBRUARY 14, 1980. <br />THE BOARD COMMENTED THEY WERE PLEASED THAT THE AMOUNT OF <br />THE GRANT -WAS MORE THAN THEY HAD ANTICIPATED. <br />FEB 2 01980 <br />43 soon _ 42 :4* 737 n <br />