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RESOLUTION NO. 82-5 <br />-I <br />HOK 48 P4481 <br />RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY URGING THE GOVERNOR OF THE <br />STATE OF FLORIDA TO MAINTAIN THE VERO BEACH BRANCH <br />OFFICE OF THE FLORIDA STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian <br />River County has been advised that due to Federal budget cuts the <br />Vero Beach branch of the State of Florida Unemployment Service office <br />will close on February 28, 1932, and <br />WHEREAS, the closing of this office will place an additional <br />hardship on those unemployed individuals who are genuinely looking for <br />work by having to travel at least twenty (20) miles to the nearest <br />employment service office, and <br />WHEREAS, the Vero Beach office served six thousand (6,000) <br />individuals in fiscal year 1981, comprising 23% of the total labor <br />force in Vero Beach/Indian River County, and <br />WHEREAS, the service provided some assistance to five thousand <br />five hundred (5,500) individuals and found employment for two thousand <br />four hundred (2,400) individuals, and <br />WHEREAS, the business community of Indian River County supports <br />the branch office through the payment of unemployment compensation <br />tax, and <br />WHEREAS, it is not in the best interest of the citizens of <br />Indian River County to close the office during this time of unusually <br />high unemployment. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY sitting in public session this <br />6th day of January , 7982, that; the County Commission urges <br />the Honorable Robert Graham to reconsider the decision to close the <br />Vero Beach branch of the State of Florida Unemployment Service, and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Commission considers <br />the closing of said office a costly error that will cause the loss of <br />a necessary and important service to the business community and labor <br />force of Indian River County, Florida. <br />-1- <br />