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appointed chairmen of the drainage committee. For almost two <br />years they went around and tried to see what the county was doing <br />and tried to explain to Director Davis what the problem was and <br />that the county people were trying to make the water go upstream <br />instead of down. Mr. Vutano discussed at length how <br />inefficiently the county crews worked on the drainage and stated <br />his point is that you need to study how you spend the money. He <br />noted that although the firefighters needed fill for their fire <br />station site, they were refused, but two weeks later the county <br />took many truckloads to the school, and he wondered how much it <br />cost the county to move all this dirt. <br />Arthur Reynolds, 9745 83rd Ave., stated that he previously <br />worked for the county and has seen them waste large amounts of <br />money by having to do the job several times before they do it <br />right. He asked how long $50,000 is going to last out there at <br />that rate and wondered where all the money has gone that the <br />people have been paying all these years since no work has been <br />done there for a few years. He stated that money was appropri- <br />ated years ago for 87th St, and 101st Avenue and wondered where <br />that went. Mr. Reynolds did not feel he should have to pay to <br />benefit other people's property. He stated that he already pays <br />as much taxes as some people in Vero Beach who have roads, <br />lights, mosquito control, etc., and in Vero Lakes they can't even <br />have decent police protection and have to tie their dogs up. <br />Vice Chairman Scurlock believed the area chose not to <br />participate in the Mosquito Control District because they did not <br />want to pay the taxes. He then asked the OMB Director what the <br />total generation of tax dollars from this area is. <br />OMB Barton stated that if all of Vero Lake Estates was on <br />the tax roll, the total assessed value of what is in the <br />boundaries of this MSTU is 18 million dollars; so, if one mill <br />was assessed, it would create $18,000. For an example, he noted <br />that the North County Fire District, which is in this same <br />district, taxed one mill last year to buy capital equipment. <br />9 <br />SEP 111985 Bao y FtAuE <br />L: <br />