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REPORT ON ACTION BY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL <br />Commissioner Wheeler referred the Board to the following <br />memo: <br />TO: Board of County DATE: May 9, 19 91 FILE: <br />Commissioners <br />SUBJECT: Tourist Development <br />Council <br />FROM: Gary C. wheeler REFERENCES: <br />County Commissioner <br />I am requesting approval of the following actions that were <br />taken at the .Tourist Development Council meeting of April 22, <br />1991: <br />ON MOTION made by Richard Bireley, SECONDED by John <br />Morrison, the Council, on a vote of 5 to 1, with Robert <br />Tenbus voting in opposition, approved recommending to <br />the Board of County Commissioners that $5,000 from the <br />Tourist Tax be approved for the City of Sebastian and <br />$5,000 for the City of Vero Beach for their Fourth of <br />July celebrations. <br />ON MOTION by Richard Bireley, SECONDED by Sam Pascal, <br />the Council, on a vote of 5 to 1, with Robert Tenbus <br />voting .. in opposition, approved recommending to the <br />Board of County Commissioners that an additional $5,000 <br />be approved out of the General Fund for the South <br />County's Fourth of July celebration and up to $5,000 <br />for the North County's celebration based on their <br />budget proposal. <br />The following action is just for information purposes only: <br />ON MOTION by George Bunnell, SECONDED by Richard <br />Bireley, the Council unanimously (6-0i approved <br />recommending to the Town of Indian River Shores that <br />they participate in the Fourth of July celebration for <br />$2,500. <br />Commissioner Wheeler explained that the action taken <br />recommending approval of $5,000 from the Tourist Tax for the City <br />of Sebastian and $5,000 for the City of Vero Beach 4th of July <br />celebrations was in response to the encouragement of President <br />Bush that the whole country celebrate because of Desert Storm. <br />63 <br />