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BOOK 95 F;F 192 <br />FIRE HY )RANT FEES <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of May 8, 1995: <br />�.111/�Allen Macht, Commission Cha' an <br />;Doug Wright, Director <br />Emergency Services <br />DATE: May 8, 1995 <br />SUBJECT: Fire Hydrant Fees <br />The issue of the Emergency Services District paying hydrant fees has <br />been of concern to me and other staff for some time. The District <br />now pays the following amounts for hydrant fees to the entities <br />noted: <br />City of Vero Beach <br />538 hydrants within city @ $150 each = $80,700 <br />196 hydrants outside city @ $150 each = $29,400 <br />734 Total $110,100 <br />Indian River County Utilities <br />1,169 hydrants @ $170 each = $198,730 <br />TOTAL CURRENT ANNUAL COST $308,830 <br />ADDITIONAL ANTICIPATED HYDRANT EXPENSE <br />City of Vero Beach - increase of $20 <br />per hydrant <br />Indian River County Utilities <br />555 hydrants @ $170 each <br />City of Sebastian <br />149 hydrants @ $170 each <br />City of Fellsmere <br />94 hydrants @ $170 each <br />Total Anticipated hydrant expense <br />$14,680 <br />$94,350 <br />$25,330 <br />$175,980 <br />$150,340 <br />GRANT TOTAL - CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED EXPENSE $459,170 <br />As demonstrated above, the hydrant fees currently being paid and <br />those anticipated have a severe impact on the District funds. I <br />recently directed Fire Prevention Bureau Chief Dan Dietz to conduct <br />a survey of several areas of the state to ascertain if other <br />Districts or Fire Departments were paying hydrant fees to various <br />utilities or governmental entities. Basically, two questions were <br />asked for the survey: <br />1. Does the District or Fire Department pay hydrant fees to <br />any utility or governmental entity? <br />2. Who maintains the fire hydrants and to what extent? <br />76 <br />May 16, 1995 <br />