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Mr. Koolage also expressed concern about all the on-going bond issues the county has and wondered how many we are going to have because we are going to have to pay for them out of the millage. Chairman Scurlock noted that statement was not correct because most of the bond issues we have are revenue supported. He agreed this particular bond issue is not to be revenue supported, but pointed out that the majority of the people in the county voted in support of a 5.9 million bond issue to build a library and the current proposal before us is to tax for this out of discretionary millage which was proposed at a similar rate as the Beach Bond issue. Mr. Koolage believed that it now is going up to $6,600,000, but Commissioner Eggert explained that the bond issue will continue to be 5.9 million, and the County will simply add a one-year millage. We are going to delay issuing the bonds a year and collect the millage at the same level as the Beach Bonds in the 1987/89 budget. Mr. Koolage continued to express his objections to the Grace Lutheran site, his belief that the Jail site is the one that made sense, and his opposition to the county, in effect, trying to subsidize the City of Vero Beach in their redevelopment of the downtown area. Commissioner Wheeler did not think all Mr. Koolage's points are completely baseless, but he did feel the City of Vero Beach is the hub of what is going on in the county and it is the county seat. As far as subsidizing the City is concerned, he believed what you must look at is what is good for the whore county, and he also noted that the City for years has subsidized the county in the areas of beaches, parks, etc. Commissioner Bowman continued to express her conviction that the Jail site is the better site for the library because it is big enough to allow ample room for expansion and it also is well situated . 59 LIAR 2 9 1988 BOOL( 71 P E 41.6 .