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-APR 2 31980 Boor. 43 PAGE000 <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ANNOUNCED THAT DOUG SCURLOCK, MAYOR OF <br />THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND CITY COUNCILMAN DAVID GREGG WERE PRESENT <br />TO DISCUSS THE FORMATION OF A SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT <br />OF THE NORTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT HAS BEEN AGREED UPON, IT IS IM- <br />PORTANT TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS BEFORE BUDGET SESSIONS ON HOW TO <br />APPROACH THE FUNDING OF FIRE PROTECTION FOR THE SOUTH COUNTY. <br />IN DISCUSSION, IT WAS NOTED THAT WE NEED TO GET THE NORTH <br />COUNTY DISTRICT OUT OF THE MUNICIPAL FIRE SERVICE TAXING DISTRICT, <br />AND ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY AMENDING <br />THE ORDINANCE. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REQUESTED THAT THE ATTORNEY DRAFT <br />SUCH AN AMENDMENT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN REREADING THE <br />REPORT SUBMITTED BY OUR CONSULTANTS SOME TIME AGO IN REGARD TO FIRE <br />DISTRICTS AND BELIEVED WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TO <br />FORMULATE A PLAN FOR A DISTRICT IN THE SOUTH COUNTY. ALTHOUGH HE <br />HOPED WE CAN WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND <br />THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES TO SET UP SUCH A DISTRICT, COMMIS- <br />SIONER WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE MUNICIPALITIES <br />DECIDE, THE COUNTY MUST BE PREPARED WITH A PLAN OF ACTION, AND IF <br />IT SHOULD HAVE TO BE A DISTRICT IN WHICH ONLY THE COUNTY PARTICIPATES, <br />WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS IN REGARD TO FACILITIES TO BE BUILT <br />AND EQUIPMENT TO BE PURCHASED, ALL TO GO INTO OPERATION BY OCTOBER 1ST. <br />HE FELT REGARDLESS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT, FIRE INSUR- <br />ANCE RATES WOULD NOT CHANGE IN THE COUNTY. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGREED WE WOULD BE DERELICT IN OUR RE- <br />SPONSIBILITIES IF WE DID NOT AT LEAST RECOGNIZE THE POSSIBILITY THAT <br />WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A DISTRICT IN THE SOUTH COUNTY <br />WHICH WILL INCLUDE ONE OR MORE OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, BUT HE EMPHA- <br />SIZED THAT HE CONSIDERS THIS A LAST RESORT AND DOES NOT BELIEVE IT <br />IS THE WAY WE SHOULD GO. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS INQUIRED WHEN THE COUNTY LAST HAD ANY <br />DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES <br />ON THIS MATTER, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT WE HAD HIRED CON- <br />SULTANTS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED AT A MEETING WITH <br />