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J BOCK 66 F'+`ur ?.l A comparable election for you to look at if the BCC decides to hold a special county -wide election on March 10, 1987, would be the Presidential Preference Election held in March, 1984. Mrs. Richey's costs were $14,384; she didn't list the supplies costs; the transportation costs were about $4,000. So the cost of a medium size election using the old machines was about $19,000. At that time there were 29 precincts with 33,354 registered voters, and a turnout of 40% (13,300 voters). Not long after I took office in January, 1985, the School Board held a Special Bond Referendum Election on February 19, 1985. The election cost the School Board $20,142 plus their required legal ads for a special election. There were 29 precincts with 39,736 registered voters, and a turnout of 9% (3,773 voters). Because of the new voting equipment, I think we can hold a county- wide election on March 10, 1987 for about $15,000 if you authorize the use of the remaining general election ballot cards. There are 32 precincts now; by March there will probably be about 44,000 registered voters. Vero Beach, Sebastian, Indian River Shores, and Fellsmere have elections scheduled at that time. It would seem t}- i proper allocation for the municipalities for their election:: conjunction with the County's election would be a charge u_ egistered voter. Thus Vero Beach would pay about $2,600 insteau nut $4,000 for a city election alone; Sebastian would pay about $83.. i.-nstead of about $2,000 for a city election alone; Indian River Shores would pjay about $375 as compared to a same cost four years ago; Fellsmere would pay about $160 instead of about $300 for a city election alone. There are four regularly scheduled elections coming up in 1988 --in March, September, October, and November. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman, that the Board approve a proper cost allocation to the municipalities for their elections held in conjunction with the County's elections, as recommended by Supervisor Robinson. Under discussion Commissioner Bird asked if this allocation relates to the present charges because he did not want to vote for something that the municipalities might construe to be an unreasonable cost. Supervisor Robinson stressed that we can't force the cities to do anything, and explained that this was her attempt to more or less assess a reasonable appropriate charge that would encourage them to cooperate. This is in response to the 44