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1 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 73-80-14 <br />WHEREAS, St. Lucie County owns and operates a facility <br />serving both as a Juvenile Detention Center and a Juvenile <br />Rehabilitation Center, with construction of said facility <br />initially funded by public subscription rather than through ad <br />valorem taxes, and <br />WHEREAS, the 1973 Legislature passed into law Senate Bill <br />264, which provides for State funding and operation of Juvenile <br />detention facilities and for County financing of renovations <br />and new construction required, with a phase-in of all State <br />operated detention centers to be completed by December 31, 1973, <br />and <br />WHEREAS, after meeting with representatives of adjoining <br />counties and State officials, it was determined to be fair and <br />equitable to allow St. Lucie County's existing facility to be <br />used as a State operated juvenile detention facility for the <br />four counties comprising the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit on the <br />condition that all counties involved contribute funds towards <br />the construction of a replacement juvenile rehabilitation center <br />to serve St. Lucie County, and <br />WHEREAS, all counties have agreed to share in said costs <br />as follows: <br />Indian River 29% $43,500 maximum <br />Martin 23% 34,500 maximum <br />Okeechobee 8% 12,000 maximum <br />St. Lucie 40% For structure costing <br />$150,000. or less, plus <br />100% of all costs in excess <br />of $150,000. <br />and <br />WHEREAS, State officials have approved Indian River County's <br />juveniles requiring detention to be temporarily housed in Brevard <br />County's Detention Center after January 1, 1974, until completion <br />