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J U L 18 1999 RooK '17 <br />during this period of time a heartfelt and sincere "thanks" <br />so they will know their efforts did not go unnoticed. <br />BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD that the INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD has demonstrated <br />exemplary service in our community and has saved the County <br />millions of dollars in the past twenty-three years. <br />Adopted: July 18, 1989 <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />BY <br />Gary C Wheeler, Chairman <br />Chairman Wheeler added his personal thanks to all the <br />Volunteers, and felt, as we said last week, that it is a sad day <br />to see any service like this change its function after 23 years. <br />Mr. Clark expressed the thanks of all Volunteers, both past <br />and present, and assured the Board that they will absolutely <br />continue to help the ALS system with their time. He further <br />wished to stress that, although this was not included in the <br />newspaper article, they will have EMTs operate as well as <br />drivers. Mr. Clark wished to compliment Emergency Management <br />Director Doug Wright on his work with all the volunteer services. <br />STATEMENT BY A. ALEXANDER OF DER OFFICIALLY COMMENDING COUNTY <br />Mr. Alex Alexander, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the State <br />Department of Environmental Regulation, read the following <br />statement: <br />"During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the DER was heavily <br />involved in Indian River County with enforcement of many <br />wastewater treatment and disposal plants which were aging, <br />neglected or not properly maintained. These plants routinely <br />were either in violation of secondary treatment standards, <br />illegally discharging effluent to surface water, or both. In the <br />past several years, the Indian River County Commission authorized <br />the Public Utilities Department to virtually eliminate the <br />county's wastewater treatment and disposal problems by construct- <br />ing regional treatment facilities and gradually purchasing and <br />phasing out the problem package plants. Approximately 18 of <br />these facilities have been eliminated or are in the process of <br />being phased out." <br />10 <br />