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ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE NOTICE DOES NOT REFLECT <br />THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH TOOK ABOUT TWO MILLION OUT OF THEIR <br />BUDGET AFTER THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT WAS CREATED, <br />MS. KESINGER COMMENTED THAT THE LINE ITEM CALLED "OTHER" IN <br />THE NOTICE IS ABOUT FIVE TIMES AS MUCH, AND THAT IS STAGGERING. <br />MR. BARTON INFORMED HER THAT "OTHER" INCLUDES THE FIRE, AS <br />STATED EARLY IN THE MEETING, SOME OF THE LINE ITEMS HAD THE SAME <br />THING IN TWICE BECAUSE THE NOTICE WAS PRINTED TO BE SENT BEFORE THE <br />VOTE ON THE FIRE DISTRICT. BECAUSE OF THE COST OF THE NOTICE, IF WE <br />DIDNIT DOUBLE STATE AND ROLL BACK, WE WOULD HAVE TO SEND THE NOTICE <br />A SECOND TIME TO EVERY TAXPAYER AT A VERY LARGE COST. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT BASICALLY THE TWO MILLION <br />TAKEN OUT OF THE CITY BUDGET SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CITY AND THEN <br />PUT IN "OTHER." <br />MS. KESINGER STATED THAT IS WHAT SHE WAS LEADING UP T0, <br />THAT NONE OF THE LINE ITEMS REFLECT THAT YOU ARE MOVING ONE LINE ITEM <br />TO ANOTHER FROM LAST YEAR S BUDGET. <br />MR. BARTON NOTED THAT THE STATE EDICTED HOW THE NOTICE <br />WOULD BE PRESENTED, AND COMMISSIONER LOY REITERATED THAT THESE NOTICES <br />COULDN'T SHOW ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN THE EARLIEST FIGURES, WHICH <br />WERE HIGH. <br />Ms. KESINGER STATED THAT SHE COULD NOT AGREE WITH MR. <br />KOOLAGE, WHO URGED THE BOARD TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, AND SHE WOULD NOT <br />LIKE THE BOARD TO PASS THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED. SHE NOTED THAT EVERY- <br />BODY IN THE NATION IS UPSET ABOUT THE COST OF GOVERNMENT, LOCAL, <br />STATE AND FEDERAL, AND WHILE SHE DID NOT WISH TO GIVE UP NECESSARY <br />PROGRAMS, SHE FELT IT IS TIME FOR ALL OF US TO THINK WHAT WE CAN DO <br />TO HOLD OFF UNTIL INFLATION IS UNDER CONTROL. SHE URGED AGAIN THAT <br />THE BOARD TRY TO HOLD THIS BUDGET TO THE BASICS. MS. KESINGER <br />CONTINUED THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THIS SITUATION HAS BEEN FORCED ON <br />TO EVERYONE, SHE FELT THE PERCEPTION THE TAXPAYER IS GETTING, WHETHER <br />IT IS DELIBERATE OR NOT, IS THAT WE HAVE A COMBINATION SITUATION WHICH <br />LOOKS LIKE A REAL "SNOW JOB, 11 SHE NOTED THAT THE TIME OF THE HEARINGS <br />23 <br />Boa 44 Pact 727 <br />