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MAY 7 19 80 , Box 43 PAGE 4:34 <br />PETITION COPIES ACCOMPANYING THE PRECEDING LETTER ARE ON <br />FILE IN THE CLERKS OFFICE. <br />BETH MEGELIN, OF THE PILOT CLUB, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND <br />PLAYED A TAPE RECORDING OF A CONVERSATION SHE HAD WITH THE STATE <br />COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER, EDWARD J. TELANDER. <br />MR. TELANDER EXPLAINED THAT THE INSTALLATION OF EMERGENCY <br />NUMBER 911 IS NOW ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS AND THERE IS $160,000 AVAILABLE <br />FOR COUNTIES TO USE IN STARTING THEIR PROGRAMS. HE CONTINUED THAT <br />IF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY WOULD WANT TO START THE PROGRAM, IT SHOULD <br />LOOK AT NEW APPROACHES AND EQUIPMENT, MR. TELANDER REPORTED THAT <br />THEY HAVE 25 OPERATIONAL 911 SYSTEMS IN THE STATE AND 5 MORE ARE ON <br />ORDER; THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT 71% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION. HE ADDED <br />THAT NATIONWIDE, THERE ARE 853 DIFFERENT 911 SYSTEMS. MR. TELANDER <br />SUGGESTED IF INTEREST WAS RENEWED IN THE COMMUNITY, THE MATTER SHOULD <br />BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR APPROVAL. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT THE $160,000 IS NOT <br />TOTALLY AVAILABLE TO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, JUST THE START-UP COSTS <br />WHICH WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $29,000. HE CONTINUED THE PLAN THAT WAS <br />_PROPOSED TO THE COMMISSION BACK IN 1974 WAS ADOPTED WITH THE CON- <br />CURRENCE OF THE SHERIFF, POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, ETC., BUT IT SHOULD <br />NOW BE UP -DATED WITH SOUTHERN BELL AS TO THE COST. COMMISSIONER <br />WODTKE PERSONALLY FELT THAT EMERGENCY NUMBER 911 IS A GOOD SYSTEM <br />AND WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IT IN THE NEXT BUDGET. HE <br />ESTIMATED THE YEARLY OPERATIONAL COST WOULD BE BETWEEN $70,000 TO <br />$100,000 FOR THE PROGRAM. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT 71% OF THE POPULATION HAS IT <br />YET LESS THAN HALF OF THE COUNTIES HAVE THE SYSTEM, WHICH MEANS THAT <br />THE SMALLER COUNTIES ARE NOT IN THE PROGRAM. <br />MS. MEGELIN NOTED THAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY HAS HAD THEIR <br />PROGRAM SINCE 1974 AND THEY ARE A SMALL COUNTY. SHE CLARIFIED THE <br />POSITION OF THE PILOT CLUB THAT IT IS NOT THEIR BELIEF THIS PROGRAM <br />SHOULD BE FUNDED BY THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT THAT THE <br />w <br />