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COMMISSIONER LYONS REQUESTED AT THIS POINT THAT WE GET <br />THE RECORD STRAIGHT. HE NOTED THAT MR. GREGG HAS WRITTEN INTO OUR <br />RECORD A STATEMENT WHICH IS NOT CORRECT AS FAR AS WHAT COMMISSION <br />LYONS HAS AGREED TO IN REGARD TO DEALING WITH INDIAN RIVER SHORES. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS CONTINUED THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GIVING <br />INDIAN RIVER SHORES 340,000 GALLONS, AND THE CITY WAS TALKING ABOUT <br />GIVING 100,000 GALLONS, FOR A TOTAL OF 440,000, AND HE WISHED THE <br />RECORD TO SET THAT OUT. HE FELT THE QUESTION OF WHO HAS THE RIGHT <br />TO CHANGE THE ALLOCATION SHOULD BE RESOLVED, AND HE BELIEVED THE <br />RESOLUTION DOES DO THAT, HE FURTHER BELIEVED THAT THE CITY AND THE <br />COUNTY HAVE SHOWN RECENTLY THAT WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND ARE AWARE <br />OF EACH OTHER'S PROBLEMS, AND IT SEEMS WE ARE TRYING TO DO A VERY <br />PRACTICAL THING - GET RID OF THE INFLATED COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE <br />BEEN MADE AND GET THEM DOWN TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN GET THE WASTE <br />WATER FLOWING TO THE TREATMENT PLANT. FOR THAT REASON, COMMISSION <br />LYONS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A VOTE. <br />COUNCILMAN GREGG STATED THAT HE DID NOT SAY THAT ANY <br />MEMBER OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION OFFERED 440,000 GALLONS. HIS LAST <br />REMARK WAS THAT HE WOULD HOPE THE COUNTY COMMISSION WOULD ALLOCATE <br />440,000 GALLONS, WHICH IS WHAT THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES IS <br />ASKING FOR. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT COMMISSIONER LYONS HAS CALLED <br />FOR THE QUESTION. HE STATED HE WOULD VOTE FOR THE MOTION BECAUSE HE <br />DID FEEL IT IS THE COUNTY'S 500,000 GALLONS TO ALLOCATE, AND IF IT WAS <br />TOO MUCH, THE COUNTY HAS A RIGHT TO HAVE SOME OF IT BACK. <br />THE BOARD THEREUPON VOTED AND UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION <br />80-92, SETTING AN ALLOCATION OF 400,000 GPD FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT. <br />COUNCILMAN GREGG WISHED THE BOARD TO MAKE ITS POSITION <br />CLEAR AS TO THE ABILITY OF THE COUNTY TO CHANGE THE ALLOCATION. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS POINTED OUT THAT THE AGREEMENTS SAY <br />THAT THE COUNTY WILL ALLOW ITS ALLOCATION TO BE USED TO PROVIDE <br />THE SERVICE NEEDED BY THE HOSPITAL, AND THE FIGURE OF 400,000 GPD <br />IS THE ULTIMATE THAT IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED. THERE IS NOTHING IN <br />ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT INDICATES THERE WAS A PRIOR ALLOCATION, <br />AND IF THERE WAS NO PRIOR ALLOCATION, THEN THE COUNTY HAS THE <br />ABILITY TO MAKE THE ALLOCATION NOW, <br />NMI <br />m <br />44 <br />544 <br />I <br />