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ON MOTION by Commissioner Macht, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bird, the Board unanimously approved <br />the agreement with R. A. Litkenhaus and Associates <br />to replace and install the aeration system at a cost <br />of $69,843.00, as recommended by staff. <br />CONTRACT <br />IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />PROPOSED RESOLUTION REGARDING UNFUNDED MANDATES <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Eggert, the Board unanimously adopted <br />Resolution 94-51 calling attention to the effect of <br />unfunded mandates on local government and urging <br />Congress to reduce these burdens on local citizens. <br />RESOLUTION 'NO. 94-51 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />CALLING ATTENTION TO THE EFFECT OF UNFUNDED <br />MANDATES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND URGING <br />CONGRESS TO REDUCE THESE BURDENS ON LOCAL <br />CITIZENS. <br />WHEREAS, unfunded mandates on state and local governments have <br />increased significantly in recent years; and <br />WHEREAS, federal mandates require cities and counties to perform <br />duties without consideration of local circumstances, costs, or capacity, and <br />subject local governments to civil or criminal penalties for noncompliance; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, federal mandates require compliance regardless of other <br />pressing local needs and priorities affecting the health, welfare, and safety <br />of our citizens; -and <br />WHEREAS, excessive federal burdens on local governments force <br />some combination of higher local taxes and fees and/or reduced local services <br />on citizens and local taxpayers; and <br />WHEREAS, federal mandates are too often inflexible, <br />one -size -fits -all requirements that impose unrealistic time frames and specify <br />procedures or facilities where less costly alternatives might be just as <br />effective • and 117 <br />APR 12 1994 <br />