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Assistant School Board Superintendent Greg Smith stated that the School Board <br />wanted to partner in the optional sales tax with no loss to the County or the municipalities. <br />Mr Baird noted that revenue from the optional sales tax has not gone back to its <br />normal level after the September 11th tragedy. <br />Mr Smith emphasized that they are just asking for time to discuss the project. <br />County Administrator Jim Chandler stated that the 5 -year plan submitted to the Board <br />was projected very conservatively and the interest income over that 5 -year period was taken <br />into account in the estimates. <br />Sherry Reichert, 772 Cavern Terrace, Sebastian, stated she was born in Melbourne <br />and has been looking at how other counties handle these matters. She noted that the <br />Governor had just passed a law allowing concurrency fees and wondered if that could be <br />considered at this time. <br />Commissioner Ginn asked County Attorney Bangel to look into that law and he <br />agreed that he would. <br />The Chairman asked if anyone else wished to be heard regarding this matter. There <br />being none, the Chairman closed the public hearing. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Ginn, the Board <br />unanimously adopted Ordinance 2002-021 <br />providing for the extension of the existing one -cent <br />local government infrastructure sales surtax for an <br />additional period of 15 years and 7 months beyond <br />JULY 2, 2002 <br />