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RESOLUTION NO. 82-5 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY URGING THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO MAINTAIN THE VERO BEACH BRANCH OFFICE OF THE FLORIDA STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River Comity has been advised that due to Federal budget cuts the Vero Beach branch of the State of Florida Unemployment Service office will close on February 28, 1932, and WHEREAS, the closing of this office will place an additional hardship on those unemployed individuals who are genuinely looking for work by having to travel at least twenty (20) miles to the nearest employment service office, and WHEREAS, the Vero Beach office served six thousand (6,000) individuals in fiscal year 1981, comprising 23% of the total labor fonce in Vero Beach/Indian River County, and WHEREAS, the service provided some assistance to five thousand five hundred (5,500) individuals and found employment for two thousand four hundred (2,400) individuals, and WHEREAS, the business community of Indian River County supports the branch office through the payment of unemployment compensation tax, and WHEREAS, it is not in the best interest of the citizens of Indian River County to close the office during this time of unusually high unemployment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY sitting in public session this 6th day of January 1 1982, that; the County Commission urges the Honorable Robert Graham to reconsider the decision to close the Vero Beach branch of the State of Florida Unemployment Service, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Commission considers the closing of said office a costly error that will cause the loss of a necessary and important service to the business community and labor force of Indian River County, Florida.