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DIFFERENCE OF -OPINION, <br />IT WAS NOTED TESTING ALREADY HAS <br />TAKEN PLACE IN THE HOBART PARK AREA, <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK NOTED THAT HE HAD BEEN PERSONALLY <br />CONTACTED BY THE CITY OF THE SEBASTIAN, AND WE MUST NOT HIDE <br />OUR HEADS IN THE SAND BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE NORTH <br />COUNTY WITH WATER NEEDS. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER STATED THEY ARE IN THE MUNICIPALITIESO <br />HE ASKED IF THE MINUTES WILL REFLECT THAT IT IS THE PHILOSOPHICAL <br />POLICY OF THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION TO HAVE A COUNTY WIDE <br />WATER SYSTEM. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS DID NOT BELIEVE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AN <br />ENTIRE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM, BUT NOTED THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT <br />ONE EXTENDING AS FAR NORTH AS CUSTOMERS WERE AVAILABLE. HE <br />FELT WHEN WE HAVE A FULL. COMMISSION, WE CAN HAVE A STATEMENT <br />REGARDING THE COMMISSION`S VIEWS ON THIS MATTER. <br />RESOLUTION 81-61 - LAWN RCE T RUST !ND_- <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE EFFECT OF THE FLORIDA <br />CONTRABAND FORFEITURE ACT IS THAT MONIES OBTAINED THROUGH THE <br />FORFEITURE OF CONTRABAND ARTICLES ( VEHICLES, BOATS, AIRPLANES, <br />ETC., CONTRABAND ITSELF) GO INTO A SEPARATE FUND WHERE THESE <br />MONIES CAN BE USED TO BUY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE SHERIFF <br />TO HANDLE COMPLEX INVESTIGATIONS, ETC. UNDER THE PREVIOUS LAW, <br />THESE MONIES WENT INTO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE COUNTY. THIS IS A <br />VERY IMPORTANT FUND TO THE SHERIFF BECAUSE IT ALLOWS HIM TO <br />BUY EQUIPMENT USED FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES WITHOUT GOING INTO <br />HIS BUDGET, AND YOU CANNOT ANTICIPATE THESE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT THE STATUTE DOES CONSIDER SOME <br />SORT OF CONTROL BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION BY REQUIRING THE SHERIFF <br />TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH A QUARTERLY REPORT. HE FELT THE PRO- <br />POSED RESOLUTION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATUTE. <br />IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THESE FUNDS COULD <br />NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JAIL$ <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FLETCHERiSECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 81-61 As DISCUSSED. <br />FINANCE OFFICER BARTON NOTED THAT THE BOARD IS CHARGED WITH <br />THE REPONSIBILITY OF APPROPRIATE USE OF THAT FUND AND WISHED TO <br />KNOW IF HIS OFFICE IS TO HOLD THESE MONIES. IT WAS GENERALLY FELT <br />THAT IT SHOULD. THE CAHIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTIONS ITS VOT D <br />R <br />N AND CARRIED BOOK �c P�G�`i►-2 <br />SEP 2 1981 D UNANIMOUSLY. <br />