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MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1981 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1053 20TH PLACE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1981, AT 2:15 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE PATRICK B. LYONS, CHAIRMAN; WILLIAM C. WODTKE, .JR., VICE CHAIRMAN; DICK BIRD, ALFRED GROVER FLETCHER, AND DON C. SCURLOCK, .JR. ALSO PRESENT WERE NEIL A. NELSON, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; R. STEPHEN HOULIHAN, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; AND JANICE CALDWELL, DEPUTY CLERK. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECESSED AT 2:15 O'CLOCK P.M. IN ORDER THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD OF FIRE COMMIS— SIONERS OF THE SOUTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT MIGHT CONVENE. MINUTES OF THAT MEETING WILL BE PREPARED SEPARATELY. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECONVENED AT 2:18 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCED THAo IT WAS CALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE CONTRACT FOR THE FIRE FIGHTERS OF THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DTSTRICT. HE CONTINUED THAT THE BOARD'S BARGAINING AGENT HAD DONE WELL, HE FOLLOWED THE WISH OF THE COMMISSION, AND THE SETTLEMENT WAS IN LINE. THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT IT WILL BE A POSITIVE ACT, ON THE PART OF THE COMMISSION, THAT THEY DO NOT PLAN TO APPROVE ANY GENERAL INCREASES THAT WOULD EXCEED THE INCREASES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK FELT THIS WAS IMPORTANT AS THE BOARD IS CHARGED WITH LOOKING AT THE TOTAL BUDGET. REGARDING WAGES, HE CONTINUED, THERE IS AN INTERRELATIONSHIP AND TRYING TO BALANCE WHAT THE COMMUNITY CAN AFFORD IS NOT AN EASY TASK; WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO FAIRLY COMPENSATE OUR EMPLOYEES. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED THAT THE COUNTY'S PURSE STRINGS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE AT HOME,.AND WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD MAKE IT KNOWN THAT THIS AUG 101991 47 PAGE S8