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Fp - <br />J U L 16 19 80 <br />Boox 44 PAGE 7$ <br />MAYOR SCURLOCK, CITY OF VERO BEACH, COMMENTED THAT THE <br />CITY COUNCIL HAD A SIMILAR DISCUSSION AND VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE <br />911 SYSTEM - THEY ALSO SUPPORTED THE SAME CONCEPT, OR A FLOW-THROUGH <br />ON THE TELEPHONE BILL. HIS PERSONAL FEELING WOULD FAVOR THE <br />IMPLEMENTATION OF A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND FEE, WHICH WOULD NOT <br />ONLY MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE, BUT ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE FUTURE GROWTH. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS, AND MS. <br />HALL ADVISED THEY ONLY HAVE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS WITH MUNICIPALITIES. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED WHAT THE DOWN PAYMENT FOR THIS <br />SYSTEM WOULD BE IN ORDER TO GET STARTED. <br />MS. HALL ADVISED THAT IF THE COUNTY WERE TO WANT TO ENTER <br />INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 911 SYSTEM, THE <br />COUNTY WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THE TELEPHONE COMPANY ANY FUNDS UNTIL <br />THE SYSTEM WERE IMPLEMENTED AND WORKING - THIS WOULD TAKE ONE OR TWO <br />YEARS. SHE CONTINUED THAT THEY WOULD WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH A CO- <br />ORDINATING TEAM JUST GATHERING THE DATA, AND THE COUNTY'S LIABILITY <br />UP TO THAT PERIOD OF TIME, BEFORE ANY EQUIPMENT WAS PURCHASED, WOULD <br />BE THE EXPENSES OF THE PERSONNEL. MS. HALL ADDED THAT IF THIS PROJECT <br />STRETCHED OUT TO A YEAR, AND THE COUNTY'S NEW ADMINISTRATION DID NOT <br />LIKE THE SYSTEM, THEN THE COUNTY'S LIABILITY WOULD BE FOR THE EQUIPMENT <br />THEY HAD ORDERED. SHE FELT IF ADDED TO THE TELEPHONE BILL, IT WOULD <br />AMOUNT TO ABOUT $1.00 OR $1.50 A YEAR FOR EACH CITIZEN. <br />A GENTLEMAN FROM INDIAN RIVER SHORES STATED THAT THE CITY <br />OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE 911 SYSTEM AND WOULD <br />WORK COLLECTIVELY WITH THE COUNTY AND THE OTHER AGENCIES. <br />DAPHNE STRICKLAND, OF THE PILOT CLUB, COMMENTED THAT THIS <br />IS A GOOD SYSTEM AND URGED THE BOARD TO GIVE THE ORDER NOW TO PROCEED; <br />THEN THE DETAILS COULD BE WORKED OUT,SUCH AS GETTING A LOCAL BILL <br />PASSED OR HAVING AN AD VALOREM TAX, IN ORDER TO FINANCE IT. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE, INTERESTED CITIZEN, ALSO THOUGHT THAT THE <br />911 SYSTEM IS VERY MUCH NEEDED AND WOULD BE A BOON TO THE ELDERLY. <br />HE THOUGHT THE FINANCING SHOULD COME OUT OF AD VALOREM TAXES. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF A <br />LOCAL BILL, AND THE VARIOUS COSTS TO THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF VERO <br />BEACH. <br />3W <br />