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MAR 2 3 1993 BOOK 89 PVF 1-12 <br />TO: Board of C,ommissioners <br />FROM: Charles P. Vitunac --county Attorney <br />DATE: March 15, 1993 <br />RE: EXPANSION OF THE COUNTY SEAT <br />Section 30. 10, Florida Statutes, requires that the place of office of <br />every County Officer shall be at the county seat, which in Indian River <br />County is the City of Vero Beach. The Sheriff's Office is located in <br />the unincorporated area of the County contiguous to the City of Vero <br />Beach and, as far as our research can document, the county seat has <br />never been expanded to include this property. <br />The Sheriff's Office may be brought into the county seat by annexation <br />of the land into the City or by expansion of the county seat <br />boundaries. The easier method is the expansion of the county seat <br />boundary. The Commissioners may expand the county seat boundaries <br />pursuant to Section 138.12, Florida Statutes which requires the adoption <br />of a resolution after the board has held at least two public hearings at <br />intervals of not less than 10 days nor more than 20 days and after <br />notice of the proposal and such meetings have been published in a <br />newspaper of general circulation. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends that public hearings be advertised for April 6, 1993 <br />and April 20, 1993 at which the attached resolution would be adopted <br />expanding the County seat to include the Sheriff's Office and Jail. <br />Commissioner Adams asked for clarification, and Attorney <br />Vitunac advised that when the site for the Sheriff's Office was <br />chosen 10 or 12 years ago the issue of the location of the <br />Sheriff's Office was raised, but the Board did not choose to expand <br />the county seat at that time. It is a simple matter to designate <br />the Sheriff's Office as an expansion of the county seat. <br />Commissioner Eggert further clarified that it is not <br />annexation but rather recognizing that the Sheriff's Office is in <br />the county seat. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Eggert, the Board unanimously scheduled <br />public hearings on April 6 and April 20, 1993, to <br />consider a resolution expanding the boundaries of <br />the county seat to encompass the location of the <br />Sheriff's Office and jail, as recommended by staff. <br />16 <br />