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J u L 9 1g8a <br />BOOK 44. PAGE 04 <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND EACH COMMISSIONER THEN PRAISED THE <br />ADMINISTRATOR, EXPRESSING THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE FINE WORK HE HAS <br />DONE IN THE COUNTY OVER THE YEARS - HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY <br />EVERYONE. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE, SEATED IN THE AUDIENCE, THEN WELCOMED <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS TO JOIN HIM IN SPECTATORS ROW WHEN HE RETIRES. <br />JOHN BEIDLER. PRESIDENT OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LIBRARY <br />ASSOCIATION. CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO REVIEW THE PLANNING GRANT DISCUSSED <br />AT THE MEETING OF .JUNE 25TH. WITH WHICH THE LIBRARY BOARD WISHES TO CON- <br />DUCT AN INDEPENDENT STUDY. HE INFORMED THE COMMISSIONERS THAT THERE <br />WOULD BE $3.000 AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY TO DO A 10 YEAR PROJECTION AND <br />STUDY OF THE LIBRARY NEEDS. HE CONTINUED THAT A LIST OF CONSULTANTS <br />WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM OR THE COMMITTEE COULD CHOOSE A CONSULTANT <br />ON THEIR OWN. <br />ATTORNEY SOVIERO ADVISED THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE <br />CONTRACT WITH THE CONSULTANT WOULD EXCEED $3,000, AND ADVISED THAT <br />THE COUNTY MUST BE CAREFUL AND NOT OBLIGATE ITSELF TO PICK UP THE <br />ADDITIONAL TAB, UNLESS THE BOARD WANTS TO DO THIS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS DID NOT THINK THEY OUGHT TO EXCEED $3,000, <br />AND THOUGHT THE PLANNING GRANT COULD HELP GIVE A BETTER PICTURE OF THE <br />GROWTH AND WHERE THE ASSETS OUGHT TO BE SPREAD AROUND THE COUNTY. HE <br />ADDED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A THIRD PARTY SELECT A CONSULTANT, <br />AND SUGGESTED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE JOB. <br />MR. BEIDLER AGREED, AND ALSO DID NOT THINK THE COUNTY SHOULD <br />ENCUMBER ITSELF IN ANY WAY REGARDING THE STATE GRANT. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS THAT THE COUNTY ADOPT <br />RESOLUTION 80-64 APPROVING THE PLANNING GRANT FROM THE STATE OF <br />FLORIDA, LIMITING THE AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED TO THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT, <br />AND THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE BE EMPOWERED TO CHOOSE THE CONSULTANT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE <br />WORDING - THE BOARD WOULD ACTUALLY BE EMPOWERING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE <br />TO MAKE A SELECTION. HE PREFERRED THAT THEY MAKE A SELECTION AND A <br />RECOMMENDATION, BUT THAT THE FINAL SELECTION BE MADE BY THE COUNTY <br />COMMISSION. <br />