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INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS EXPLAINED THAT THERE IS A DEADLINE THAT MUST BE MET IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS GRANT. HE REALIZED THAT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS IS A CUMBERSOME PROCEDURE FOR THE GRANT, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT MUST BE DONE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS FOR EDA FUNDING, AND TO CONTACT THE PROPER OFFICIALS IN ORDER TO GET AN EXTENSION. PLANNER REVER REPORTED THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE FOLLOWING ONE, HE WILL PROVIDE SOME DATA CONCERNING THIS MATTER FOR THE BOARD. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT THEN CONTINUED THE DISCUSSION OF THE RATE INCREASE FOR INDIAN RIVER SANITATION, HELD INITIALLY AT THE JUNE 18, 1980 PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER Loy COMMENTED THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED ALL OF THE INFORMATION THE BOARD HAD REQUESTED. FINANCE OFFICER QUESTIONED THE RATE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. MARIAN BOSSONG, EMPLOYEE OF REED KNIGHT AND SPEAKING IN H I S BEHALF, STATED THAT ACCORDING TO THEIR FRANCHISE, THE COMMERCIAL RATE IS BASED ON A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE. SHE ADVISED THAT THE COMMERCIAL RATE IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RATE INCREASE REQUEST, MS. BOSSONG INFORMED THE BOARD INDIAN RIVER SANITATION HAS APPROXIMATELY 725 RESIDENTIAL AND 75 COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INTERJECTED THAT THE NOTICE OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS MADE AT THE PRIOR MEETING, AS REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES OF JUNE 18, 1980, THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHED TO BE HEARD. THERE WERE NONE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. DISCUSSION ENSUED, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LAST RATE INCREASE WAS RECEIVED IN 1977, AND IN 1978 FOR THE SANITARY LANDFILL. JUL 91980 9 Boa 44 PAGE 09