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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final April 9, 2024 <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Present: 5 - Chairman Susan Adams <br />Vice Chairman Joseph Flescher <br />Commissioner Joe Earman <br />Commissioner Laura Moss <br />Commissioner Deryl Loar <br />2.A. A MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND MEMBERS OF <br />THE ARMED FORCES <br />2.B. INVOCATION <br />Commissioner Deryl Loar <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br />Commissioner Joseph Flescher <br />4. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA / EMERGENCY ITEMS <br />Moved: Item 15.B.A to be heard after Item 5.C. <br />A motion was made by Vice Chairman Flescher, seconded by Commissioner <br />Moss, to approve the Agenda as amended. The motion carried by the following <br />vote: <br />Aye: 5 - Chairman Adams, Vice Chairman Flescher, Commissioner Earman, Commissioner <br />Moss, and Commissioner Loar <br />5. PROCLAMATIONS and PRESENTATIONS <br />5.A. 24-0104 Proclamation for Prevention of Child Abuse Month, April 2024 <br />Recommended Action: Read & Present <br />Attachments: Proclamation <br />Joseph Walsh, Region 9 Vice President of The Exchange Club of the Treasure Coast, <br />expressed his gratitude to the Board for acknowledging April as the Prevention of <br />Child Abuse Month. He mentioned that preventing child abuse had been the national <br />project of the Exchange Club since 1979. Mr. Walsh stated that the organization had <br />established four child abuse prevention centers in Florida, and they were working on a <br />fifth. These centers provided a program called Parenting Matters, which focused on <br />keeping families together, preventing abuse, and ensuring that children do not end up <br />in foster care. <br />Read and presented by Commissioner Earman <br />5. B. 24-0180 Presentation by the Boys & Girls Club for Junior Youth of the Year and Youth of the <br />Indian River County Florida Page 1 <br />