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BOOK -42 PAGE 1810 <br />�E� 2 0190 - <br />PLANNING COUNCILS. COMMISSIONER LYONS CONTINUED THAT THEY TOLD THE <br />GOVERNOR THERE WERE MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ADDITION OF APPOINTED <br />PEOPLE, HAVING THE PROPER BALANCE, ETC., AND THE GOVERNOR STATED <br />THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL <br />ASSOCIATION WRITE INTO THE LEGISLATION WHAT THEY CONSIDER SAFEGUARDS <br />FOR PROPER BALANCE. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REPORTED THAT HE HAD CONTACTED THE ELECTED <br />OFFICIALS ABOUT THE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE AND SUGGESTED THAT THEY CONSIDER <br />BIRTHDAYS INSTEAD OF ADDING GOOD FRIDAY TO THE SCHEDULE. HE STATED <br />THAT THE CLERK HAD A PROBLEM WITH GIVING BIRTHDAYS BECAUSE SHE COULDN�T <br />RELEASE HER PEOPLE IF THEY ARE HAVING COURT, AND THE JUDGES HAVE SAID <br />THEY WILL CLOSE THE COURTS ON GOOD FRIDAY. TAX COLLECTOR GENE MORRIS <br />SAID THAT WHEN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH IS NOT WORKING, IT CAUSES <br />PROBLEMS FOR HIS OFFICE, AND HE LIKES THE IDEA OF GOOD FRIDAY. THE <br />PROPERTY APPRAISER GOES ALONG WITH THE OTHERS, AND SHERIFF JOYCE ADDS <br />THIS ON TO THEIR VACATION REGARDLESS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PEOPLE <br />WHO WORK IN THE COURTHOUSE. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THE SHERIFF <br />IS IN FAVOR OF HAVING THE EMPLOYEES SELECT WHATEVER DAY THEY WANT. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT HE DID NOT CONTACT THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS BUT <br />FELT SHE WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS. THE CHAIRMAN <br />STATED THAT HE TALKED WITH CITY MANAGER LITTLE, AND HE SAID WE WERE <br />INCORRECT ABOUT THE NUMBER OF HOLIDAYS SHOWN FOR THE CITY OF VERO <br />BEACH. <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE <br />CHECKED THIS WITH THE CITY PERSONNEL DIRECTOR TO OBTAIN ACTUAL DATES, <br />AND THE CITY OF VERO BEACH DID HAVE 11 HOLIDAYS, PLUS NEW YEARS IN <br />1979. THEY GIVE A DAY OFF ON BIRTHDAYS IF THE EMPLOYEE HAS USED <br />ONLY 25% OF THEIR SICK LEAVE, IT, THEREFORE, APPEARS THAT MR. LITTLE <br />WAS INCORRECT. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT IT APPEARS THAT THE BOTTOM <br />LINE FROM THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IS THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE <br />BIRTHDAYS, AND HE FELT WE MUST MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER TO <br />ACQUIESCE AND GIVE GOOD FRIDAY. <br />