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Sheriff Loar informed the Board that about fifteen vehicles were ordered at the end of the <br /> second quarter, and that his office was in the process of paying for them through the dollars that <br /> were saved through the flexibility he was given from the Board in November. <br /> Administrator Baird reiterated the Board ' s direction that the Constitutionals will return <br /> their Florida Retirement System (FRS ) savings to the County, but the Sheriff will keep his FRS <br /> savings for capital , and after October an evaluation would be made to decide which vehicles <br /> would be paid for with the Optional One-Cent Sales tax . <br /> 11A DISCUSSION ON MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL = ADDITION <br /> Administrator Baird informed the Board that after a group discussion with Minor League <br /> Baseball (MiLB) President Pat O ' Connor, MiLB Vice President Craig Callan, County Attorney <br /> Alan Polackwich, Management and Budget Director Jason Brown, and Assistant County <br /> Administrator Michael Zito , there were concerns regarding pending issues (a property land swap <br /> with the City of Vero Beach, building youth baseball cloverleaf fields , and the possibility of <br /> Marlin Immell from Tower Sports LLC leasing the Vero Beach Sports Village) . He conveyed <br /> that Mr. Immell did not want the cloverleaf fields ; therefore, the project with Bill Bryant and <br /> Associates had been postponed . He said that MiLB had given the County two weeks to get the <br /> Agreement executed with the proposed tenant, and if the proposed tenant does not produce the <br /> money, they would still want the facility and the cloverleaf fields . <br /> Attorney Polackwich reiterated and further clarified Administrator Baird ' s update . He <br /> said staff' s primary consideration was to not spend $2 . 5 million on the cloverleaf fields unless <br /> they are going to be used . He said that even though the land swap documents have been signed, <br /> he chose not to record them due to the uncertainty of the cloverleaf fields and Mr . Immell ' s <br /> proposal . If the proposed tenant (Mr. Immell) does not provide the funds , then staff will move <br /> forward with MiLB discussions . Attorney Polackwich conveyed that a Cash Escrow Agreement <br /> had been prepared and signed, but the money has not been funded . If it does get funded, the <br /> money will remain in escrow for 30 days while staff tries to finalize an Agreement. He asked the <br /> i <br /> July 19 , 2011 13 BK 14 1 PG 18 9 <br />