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Board of County Commissioners <br />February 24 2014 <br />As of the date of this memorandum, the local bill and a similar local bill concerning the City of Vero <br />Beach Electric Utility have not been filed. A legal advertisement must be placed in a newspaper of <br />general circulation at least 30 days prior to the introduction of the bill. Since the legal notices for the two <br />local bills ran in the Press Journal on January 29, 2014, the two local bills cannot be introduceduntilFebruary 28, 2014. The County Attorney's Office anticipates that the two local- bills will be filed on <br />February 28, 2014 or immediately thereafter, as the filing deadline is March 3, 2014. <br />On February 4, 2014 the Board of County Commissioners approved $ 7,000 in General Fund travel <br />expenses concerning the sale of the City of Vero Beach Electric. if necessary, these funds can be <br />transferred to other departments in order to cover travel expenses outside of the General Fund, <br />RECOMMENDATION. <br />Based upon conversations with Ballard Partners, after the bill is filed and the bills are referenced, the chair <br />of the committee may agenda the item and set it for a hearing on very short notice. The County Attorney's <br />Office recommends that in order to be abletoquickly respond to a hearing set on short notice, that "`"" Board authorize travel for commissioners and staff to attend any such hearing that may be scheduled. <br />ATTACHMENT(S). <br />1. Proposed resolution in support of pending local bili <br />2. _ Draft letter to Speaker Will Weatherford for support of pending local bill <br />SmeadSoft Reprint Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - 11:58:30 - BCC:1625, Attachment Id 1, Page 214 ----1 R9 <br />