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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1972 <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY, FLORIDA MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO <br />BEACH, FLORIDA ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1972 AT 7:30 P.M. O'CLOCK. <br />PRESENT WERE RICHARD P. BOGOSIAN, CHAIRMAN: ALMA LEE Loy, VICE <br />CHAIRMAN: JACK U. DRITENBAS: D.B. MCCULLERS, JR. EDWARD J. <br />MASSEY WAS ABSENT. ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY <br />ADMINISTRATOR: PAUL D. BURCH, ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS, L.S. THOMAS, DEPUTY CLERK. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. <br />GENE MORRIS, TAX COLLECTOR, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THE <br />1971 ERRORS AND INSOLVENCIES REPORT FOR TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE <br />TAXES. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />DRITENBAS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE ERRORS AND INSOLVENCIES <br />REPORT AS PRESENTED BY GENE MORRIS, TAX COLLECTOR. <br />THE BOARD DISCUSSED LEASING THE MITCHELL BUILDING LOCATED <br />AT 1601 20TH STREET TO THE CITY -COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT AT A <br />TOTAL COST OF $600.00 PER MONTH ON AN 18 MONTH LEASE WITH THE RENT <br />FOR THE FIRST YEAR PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. <br />COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS HAD INVESTIGATED THIS MATTER FOR THE <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE CHAIRMAN QUESTIONED WHY <br />THE RENT WAS TWICE AS MUCH FOR THIS BUILDING NOW AS IT WAS WHEN THE <br />CITY -COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT LEASED IT. COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS <br />EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY -COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID NOT LEASE THE <br />ENTIRE BUILDING AND THAT THE SQUARE FOOT RENTAL FOR THAT PORTION <br />OF THE BUILDING AT $600.00 PER MONTH WAS CHEAPER THAN THE SQUARE <br />FOOT RENTAL PAID BY THE CITY -COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT. <br />THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT MR. RALPH STEWART, <br />THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, TO HAVE ANY SPACE IN THAT PART OF THE <br />BUILDING BEING RENTED BY THE CITY -COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT. <br />AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE BOARD, THE CHAIRMAN INSTRUCTED <br />JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, TO MEET WITH JOHN DUMARS, <br />CITY MANAGER RELATIVE TO AN UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE COST OF <br />MAINTAINING THE AIR-CONDITIONING, PLUMBING, AND SO FORTH. <br />OCTOUR 15 <br />121972 <br />J <br />