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C Undersheriff Jim Davis stated that the Budget Department had requested a decrease in the Sheriff's budget due to the impact on ad valorem taxes. The Sherr s Department has cut their budget increase from 13% to 4.8%. They have since been asked to cut the request by 50% and would like to comply. However, one of the only ways of doing that is to take the cost of the vehicles from the 1¢ optional sales tax. This would be a legal expense and he did not know how else to cut the requested $600,000 from the budget without adversely affecting the delivery of law enforcement services. He repeated, in an effort to be clear, it was his understanding that no vehicles are to be purchased with sales tax monies. Administrator Chandler affirmed that additional vehicles could be purchased with sales tax monies, but not replacement vehicles. The Chairman asked if anyone else wished to be heard regarding this matter. There being none, the Chairman closed the public hearing. ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED by Commissioner Ginn, the Board unanimously tentatively approved the recommendation. RECREATION The Board.reviewed a handout presented by John Dean, architect for the Gifford Aquatic Center: o Only 1 out of 4 students from Gifford graduated from Vero Beach High School when we started in 1996; *The Kellogg Grant operating out of Gifford Youth Activities Center, in co-operation with Indian River Community College, has 50 students involved in an exciting college -preparatory program, and that for many months, kids have been receiving tutoring geared toward improving their learning and leadership skills, every day after school; o Recently several Gifford area children drowned, and that many kids in our community do not know how to swim: we, as a county, are greatly lacking in community pool facilities; JULY 69 1999 -49- 0 BOOK JUFa OF