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Name Surety CoroRany. Amount Walter A. Siewert American Surety Company $500.00 Roy Schick St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Company 500.00 H. Albert -Crawford Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company 500.00 There being no further. business, on Motion made, seconded and carried the Board then adjourned. . CHAIRMAN ATTEST: C a R TUESDAY,,, MAY 3, 1955 The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County met at the Courthouse at Vero Beach, Indian River County, in a regular meeting at 9:00 o'clock A. M., Tuesday, May 3rd, 1955, with the following members present: Commissioners N, C. Graves, Jr., Chairman, J. J. P. Hamilton, H. C. Watts, Aubrey Waddell and Allison Warren. .Also present were E. E. Carter, Road & Bridge Superintendent, George Heath, Attorney, Sam T. Joyce, .Sheriff, and Douglas Baker, Clerk. The entire City Council of the City of Vero Beach, together with City Manager, Charles C. Jewett, appeared before the Board and requested the County Commissioners to pay t -h -e City of Vero Beach $200.00 per month for the salary of a radio operator and to split the cost of maintenances:" of the City operated radio set-up. After considerable discussion in the matter, it was so moved by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and Carried. _ The question was raised at the meeting by the City Council as to whether it was the responsibility of the City or the County to maintain reads that come into the city. Chairman Graves appointed Commissioner Warren, and Road & Bridge Superintendent, E. E. Carter as a committee to work with City Manager Charles C. Jewett in order that a decision might be arrived at, also with the thought in mind that by the City and County cooperating in the matter of cost of malnteaance�,of roads and streets, also purchases of materials for construe - tion and maintenance, that a savings might be effected for both City and County. At the request of B. N. Brown, Sr. a tentative sketch of Tropicana Homesites, embracing parts of Sections 20 and 21, Township 31, Range 39, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vickers, was approved upon Motion of Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner Watts, and carried. Mr. Robert F. Lloyd of the firm of Lloyd & Associates, Engineers & Surveyors, appeared before the Board and stated that he represented fir. Van Busch and that Mr. Van Busch • wanted to begin developing land acuss Bethel Creek wherein a bridge would be required from the West side of the peninsular to an island and requested the County to supply concrete slabs for said bridge to be used for public road with the understanding that Mr. Van Busch would