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,JAN 10 gJbJ BOOK b ��:�� 5% DRAFT OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR A 14 SALES TAX Attorney Vitunac reported that the election is scheduled for March 14th, and state law requires our first ad be run in the week of the •5th through the 11th of February. That means the ordinance has to be be adopted before, and the most appropriate date would be the 31st of January. Attorney Vitunac explained that this is a proposed ordinance; he only has to advertise the title; and the language can be changed up until the 31st of January. The language in the ordinance can be no more than 75 words, and the present language is 73 words. He then read the proposed ordinance aloud. Commissioner Scurlock felt there is a question in that the original language we had was in regard to the county, and the question is would the municipalities be required to have a public hearing. As he understood it, the municipalities adopt all their capital projects through a public hearing process, and, there- fore, that would be assured. Attorney Vitunac confirmed that was their answer. Even without this language, they adopt theirs all at the budget session, and any change in the budget process of this magnitude would have to have a public hearing anyway. Commissioner Bird asked if the wording in the first sentence should read "Shall Indian River Co. adopt an 'additional' ftt sales .tax." Attorney Vitunac believed that would be confusing as we haven't adopted any yet - the other 64 is not adopted by us; it is the state's. Chairman Wheeler's only question was whether we should explain the $5,000 cap, and Commissioner Scurlock advised that it was felt that should be handled through the education process rather than making this more cumbersome. The intent was to keep this as simple as possible. Commissioner Bird still felt the word "additional" should be included, and he also assumed that land acquisition would be 58