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Frank Coffey , 1200 Admirals Walk, restated the petition that was discussed at the last meeting of the Emergency Services District Advisory Committee. The concern was whether there is sufficient staff to ensure that this job is done properly. He hoped this would not affect the other services being provided by the firefighters. In response to Commissioner Lowther’s inquiry, Director King stated that fire prevention applies to existing buildings and facilities as well as new construction. Staff is being reassigned from re-inspections of existing buildings to new construction so we are not delaying the contractors. It would take a huge staff to annually inspect the several thousand existing buildings, so nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and daycare centers have been prioritized as #1 and are inspected annually. Facilities that are #2 priorities are inspected every other year, and #3 priorities are worked in as time permits. It is not a perfect solution, but there is a major effort to go in that direction. Chairman Ginn had talked with someone in the Building Department who told her they had 490 plans to evaluate and only 6 employees to review those plans, so they are under a tremendous amount of pressure also. She understood that sometimes it takes additional personnel. The Chairman asked if anyone else wished to be heard regarding this matter. There were none and the Chairman closed the public hearing. ON MOTION by Commissioner Neuberger, SECONDED by Commissioner Lowther, the Board unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 2004-021 amending the Indian River County Code Chapter 208, Emergency Services District by adding a fire protection code section; providing definitions; providing for assessing costs of cleanup of spills of hazardous materials, providing for costs of re-inspections of fire safety inspections; providing for payment of costs associated with extraordinary duties July 6, 2004 20