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Chairman Scurlock felt the consensus is that the Board wishes <br />to go ahead and authorize Commissioner Eggert and staff to <br />research the National Guard's proposal and see if we can find 25 <br />acres, and Commissioner Bird offered to work with Commissioner <br />Eggert on this project. <br />EMS SERVICE TO SEBASTIAN AREA <br />The Board reviewed the following memo dated 5/3/88: <br />TO: Charles Balczun DATE: May 3, 1988 FILE: <br />County Administrator _ <br />SUBJECT: Emergency Agenda Item and <br />Staff Recommendation <br />EMS Service to Sebastian <br />Area <br />FROM: Doug Wright REFERENCES: <br />North County Fire Administrator <br />It is requested that the information herein presented be given formal <br />consideration on an emergency basis by the Board of County Commissioners <br />at the regular meeting scheduled for May 3, 1988. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />During a special called Sebastian Volunteer Ambulance Squad Board of <br />Directors meeting on Monday, May 2, 1988, the Board voted unanimously <br />to disolve itself due to an abundance of concern relating to an in- <br />ability to provide a level of service commensurate with requirements <br />of the existing Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. The <br />Board of Directors felt that the best approach to the problem would <br />be to merge with the Fellsmere Volunteer Ambulance Service to keep <br />the EMS service in North Indian River County on a volunteer basis. <br />Since the Board disolved itself, action was taken by the EMS Director <br />to appoint the Fellsmere Volunteer Ambulance Service to provide' the <br />service to the Sebastian area until the Indian River County Board of <br />County Commissioners could meet and take formal action at the sched- <br />uled meeting of May 3, 1988. <br />Upon disolution, the assets of the Sebastian Volunteer Ambulance Squad <br />reverted to the City of Sebastian. The Sebastian City Manager author- <br />ized the Fellsmere Volunteer Ambulance Service the use and control <br />of the assets pending formal action by the City Council. <br />ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS <br />The options available for a continuity of EMS service to the area were <br />to either allow Fellsmere to advance the proposal of a merger or allow <br />a paid service to be initiated. The Fellsmere proposal has merit and <br />it appears that the remaining Sebastian Volunteer Ambulance Squad <br />30 <br />Boor, 1 f Fr41-F ?IN <br />