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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1980 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ACTING AS THE DISTRICT BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, MET AT THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1053 20TH PLACE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1980, AT 5:22 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE WILLIAM W. SIEBERT, SJR., CHAIRMAN; ALMA LEE SOY, VICE CHAIRMAN; WILLIAM C. WODTKE, JR.; AND PATRICK B. LYONS, ABSENT WAS R, DON DEESON FOR BUSINESS REASONS. ALSO PRESENT WERE GEORGE G. COLLINS, JR., ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; JEFFREY K. BARTON, FINANCE OFFICER; AND VIRGINIA HARGREAVES, DEPUTY CLERK. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCED THAT THE PROPOSED MILLAGE FOR THE DISTRICT IS 2.37591, FINANCE OFFICER BARTON INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT THIS IS A NEWLY CREATED DISTRICT, AND, THEREFORE, THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN MILLAGE OVER THE ROLLED BACK RATE IS 100%. THE CHAIRMAN EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS AN ITEM WHICH HAS BEEN DROPPED FROM BOTH THE BUDGET OF THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND NOW COMES UNDER A SEPARATE TAXING DISTRICT. THIS DISTRICT IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY I-95, ON THE NORTH BY HOBART ROAD, SOUTH BY THE COUNTY LINE AND INCLUDES ALL THE BARRIER ISLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND ORCHID. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. THERE WERE NONE. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER Loy, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 80-3 ESTABLISHING A MILLAGE FOR THE DISTRICT FOR 1980-81 of 2.37591. ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT THE PROCEEDS DERIVED FROM THE LEVY WILL BE USED FOR A PLEDGE ON TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES TO BE ISSUED IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THE UPCOMING TAX YEAR, AND THE NOTES WILL BE PAID FROM THE TAX REVENUE RECEIVED FROM THE TAX YEAR. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRESENT. OCT 71980 33 ma 44 PAGE 774