HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/03/1967WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1967
The Board of County Commissioners of ,Indian River County, Florida.`
met in special session at the Courthouse, Vero Beach, Florida, on
Wednesday, May 3, 1967, at 8:00 o'clock A. M. ;Present were D. B. Mc-
Cullers, Vice -Chairman; Donald Macdonald, Richard P. Bogosian, and Jack!
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U. Dritenbas. Absent was Chairman Robert W. Graves. Also present Were:
County Attorney Sherman N. Smith, Jr.; County Administrator Jack G::
Jennings; and Ruth Elliott, Deputy Clerk.
Homer C. Fletcher, Tax Assessor, was present and urged that th+
draft which he had prepared of the proposed bill pertaining to the
consolidation of the tax assessment and collection offices of the
City of Vero Beach and the County be introduced in the present Legis-
lature so that if the City elects to consolidate, there will be some-
thing to go by. After considerable discussion, it was moved by Comissioner
'Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Dritenbas and unanimously carried,
that the County Attorney be requested to contact the City Attorney and
discuss further the problems of the enactment of the bill authorizing
the County to assess and collect taxes for the City of Vero Beach.
Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner
Bogosian and unanimously carried, that the County accept the offer of
the County Judge to compromise and settle all matters concerning his
compensation, by the County Judge waiving any compensation for any past,
unpaid compensation; by the County agreeing to pay, beginning October 1,
1967, compensation in accordance with theprovisionsrof Section 145.061
as it now exists, plus compensation according to Section 34.21, Florida
Statutes, plus compensation fixed by law for.the Judge of the Juvenile
Court, in respective amounts of $11,500.90, $1,200.00, and $3,500.00
each, per annum.
The County Attorney, having received suggestions and recommendations
from the State Board of Conservation, submitted a draft of a proposed
bill prohibiting the transportation of oysters or clams, from the County
by others than dealers, and which would repeal Chapter 57-1411, Laws of
Florida, relating to oysters. After discussint the proposed bill, thl
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Board decided to request a member of the State Board of Conservation to
meet with them for further discussion and clarification before taking any
action.
Mr. Ed Carter discussed with the Board the proposed water storage
area of the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District in the
Lake Wilmington area trot which water could be borrowed in dry periods
such as we are now experiencing and the necessity of a public body
with authority,to provide the necessary facilities and money to in-
augurate the system to get the water from the storage area to the
entite'_county, t, Thi'a would be a long range program, hepointed out.
After. considerable discussion, it was moved by Commissioner Macdonald,,
seconded by Commissioner Dritenbas and unanimously carried, that tie
Board sponsor a special act authorizing the Board of County Commissioners
to exercise broad and general powers in the conservation and use ok
surface waters irk the County.
There being".'no further -business, on motion made ,seconded and;
carried, the Board adjourned at 9:55 o'clock A. M.
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D. B. McCRS,JR.,.,;
V j -CHAIRMAN
RALPH HARRIS, CLERK
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