Laserfiche WebLink
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980 <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, <br />1053 20TH PLACE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1.8, 1980, <br />AT 8:30 O'CLOCK A.M. PRESENT WERE COMMISSIONERS WILLIAM C. WODTKE, <br />JR., AND PATRICK B. LYONS. PRESENT WERE COMMISSIONERS ELECT DICK <br />BIRD, ALFRED GROVER FLETCHER, AND DON C. SCURLOCK, JR-. ALSO PRESENT <br />WERE NEIL A. NELSON, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; L. S. "Tommy" THOMAS, <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR; GEORGE G. COLLINS, JR., ATTORNEY TO <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; JEFFREY K. BARTON, FINANCE OFFICER; <br />AND VIRGINIA HARGREAVES, DEPUTY CLERK. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS PRESIDED AND CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, <br />AND DR. JULIUS RICE, PASTOR, COMMUNITY CHURCH - UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, <br />GAVE THE INVOCATION. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT THE PURPOSE OF <br />THIS MEETING IS TO INSTALL THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND <br />TO HAVE A REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD. HE NOTED THAT IT IS VERY SELDOM <br />THE ATTORNEY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE GAVEL AND PRESIDE, AND <br />THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY RARE HAPPENING WHEN THERE IS ONLY A MINORITY <br />OF COMMISSIONERS REMAINING IN OFFICE, ATTORNEY COLLINS ANNOUNCED <br />THAT HE HAD REQUESTED CIRCUIT JUDGE CHARLES SMITH TO SWEAR IN THE <br />NEW COMMISSIONERS. <br />CIRCUIT JUDGE CHARLES E. SMITH APPEARED AND CALLED THE <br />COMMISSIONERS ELECT FORWARD, HE SPOKE BRIEFLY OF THE FUNCTIONS AND <br />DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, NOTING THAT IT IS A <br />UNIQUE GOVERNING BODY IN THAT IT SERVES BOTH AS A LEGISLATIVE AND <br />GOVERNING BODY FOR THE COUNTY. JUDGE SMITH THEN ADMINISTERED THE <br />OATH OF OFFICE TO THE NEWLY -ELECTED COMMISSIONERS, WHO HAD RECEIVED <br />THEIR COMMISSIONS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: <br />ALFRED GROVER FLETCHER SE No. 9807 <br />DON C. SCURLOCK, JR. SE No. 9808 <br />DICK BIRD SE No. 9809 <br />Boa 45 Par���4 <br />NOV 1 � 190 <br />