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APR 2 31980 wx 43 PAGE 364 RAY SCENT SPOKE AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF THE SOUTH COUNTY AREA AND NOTED THAT THE NORTH COUNTY, WHICH CONSISTS.OF FELLSMERE. SEBASTIAN, ETC., HAS AN IDENTITY, BUT THE SOUTH COUNTY DOES NOT. HE DID NOT FEEL WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT NORTH AND SOUTH BECAUSE VERO BEACH AND INDIAN RIVER SHORES ARE NOT THE SOUTH COUNTY: THEY ARE THE CENTRAL COUNTY. HE CONTINUED THAT THE SOUTH COUNTY HAS MUSHROOMED: WE ARE GETTING READY TO PUT A SCHOOL THERE: AND HE FELT THE COUNTY SHOULD BLTE THE BULLET AND PUT IN A FIRE STATION FOR THE SOUTH COUNTY REGARDLESS OF WHAT VERO BEACH AND INDIAN RIVER SHORES WANT. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT IF WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER, WE ARE A LOT BETTER OFF THAN DOING IT SEPARATELY. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE SCOPE OF ADDITIONAL WORK FOR SOUTHERN KELTON & ASSOCIATES AS OUTLINED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE IN ORDER TO GET INTO DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH -AND TO PREPARE US FOR BUDGET SESSION IN CASE WE DO NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE SETTING UP A WEST COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES,'AND ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE WILL COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION AT THE TIME THE WEST COUNTY MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING DISTRICT HEARING IS HELD. CHAIRMAN.SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FAVORS NOTIFYING INDIAN RIVER SHORES THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXERCISE OUR OPTION RE THE CON- TRACTUAL AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE CANNOT GET ANY KIND OF A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT WITHOUT TAKING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED: AND WE MUST FIND OUT IF WE HAVE A VALID CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO DETERMINE OUR POSITION. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON REPORTED THAT THE BID COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT BID #39 ON THE COMBINATION BACKHOE AND TRENCHER FOR THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT BE AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER, CASE POWER & EQUIPMENT CO.