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• <br />4 <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff has no objection, but due to the sharing of facilities, the Board may wish to have the City of <br />Sebastian to also obtain the approval of the City cf Vero Beach <br />General Services Director Tom Frame stated that the City of Sebastian would need to <br />purchase a piece of equipment which would cost them about $600 to allow the auto - <br />programming and the equipment would be operated by the School Board. The City of Vero <br />Beach noted that the North County area already has Channel 27 which is a fully -dedicated <br />government channel. The use of Channel 13 in Vero Beach was negotiated at the time Falcon <br />built the original system. In order to split the programming to separate Indian River County from <br />the City of Vero Beach additional equipment would be required at a cost of approximately <br />$2400. County staff has no objection but would appreciate some direction from the Board. <br />Mayor Craig Fletcher of the City of Vero Beach questioned whether the Board is the <br />proper party to decide whether or not this should take place. He felt several meetings would be <br />in order prior to a decision being made. The City of Vero Beach has growth planned into <br />Channel 13 which could cause a problem if more time were allotted to another municipality. <br />Most of the time on Channel 13 is already taken. He did not believe the County has the authority <br />to grant additional time to a third party and asked that the Board not immediately act on this <br />request. <br />Chairman Stanbridge felt that the City of Sebastian should first obtain approval from the <br />City of Vero Beach. <br />Commissioner Ginn was not sure whether the County had the authority to delegate time <br />on that channel. <br />Director Frame stated that the County's franchise document opens use of that channel to <br />any governmental agency. <br />CONSENSUS was reached to defer the item pending further meetings with <br />representatives of the County, the City of Sebastian, the City of Vero Beach, Indian River <br />Community College and Indian River County School Board. <br />NOVEMBER 12, 2002 <br />125 <br />• <br />4.-1 hone <br />