HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/12/1972THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1972
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY, FLORIDA MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO
BEACH, FLORIDA ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1972 AT 7:30 P.M. O'CLOCK.
PRESENT WERE RICHARD P. BOGOSIAN, CHAIRMAN: ALMA LEE Loy, VICE
CHAIRMAN: JACK U. DRITENBAS: D.B. MCCULLERS, JR. EDWARD J.
MASSEY WAS ABSENT. ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR: PAUL D. BURCH, ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, L.S. THOMAS, DEPUTY CLERK.
THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
GENE MORRIS, TAX COLLECTOR, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THE
1971 ERRORS AND INSOLVENCIES REPORT FOR TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE
TAXES. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
DRITENBAS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE ERRORS AND INSOLVENCIES
REPORT AS PRESENTED BY GENE MORRIS, TAX COLLECTOR.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED LEASING THE MITCHELL BUILDING LOCATED
AT 1601 20TH STREET TO THE CITY -COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT AT A
TOTAL COST OF $600.00 PER MONTH ON AN 18 MONTH LEASE WITH THE RENT
FOR THE FIRST YEAR PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS HAD INVESTIGATED THIS MATTER FOR THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE CHAIRMAN QUESTIONED WHY
THE RENT WAS TWICE AS MUCH FOR THIS BUILDING NOW AS IT WAS WHEN THE
CITY -COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT LEASED IT. COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS
EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY -COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID NOT LEASE THE
ENTIRE BUILDING AND THAT THE SQUARE FOOT RENTAL FOR THAT PORTION
OF THE BUILDING AT $600.00 PER MONTH WAS CHEAPER THAN THE SQUARE
FOOT RENTAL PAID BY THE CITY -COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT MR. RALPH STEWART,
THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, TO HAVE ANY SPACE IN THAT PART OF THE
BUILDING BEING RENTED BY THE CITY -COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE BOARD, THE CHAIRMAN INSTRUCTED
JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, TO MEET WITH JOHN DUMARS,
CITY MANAGER RELATIVE TO AN UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE COST OF
MAINTAINING THE AIR-CONDITIONING, PLUMBING, AND SO FORTH.
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ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MCCULLERS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ENTERING
INTO A RENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH FOR RENTING
THE MITCHELL BUILDING FOR THE CITY -COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
VAL BRENNAN, CITY -COUNTY PLANNI.NG DIRECTOR PRESENTED TO THE ,
BOARD A REQUEST TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF VARIOUS PLANNING
REPORTS AT A COST OF $2,397.00. THESE COPIES ARE TO BE SOLD TO THE 4
GENERAL PUBLIC AND MONEY REFUNDED TO THE COUNTY.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MCCULLERS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE REQUEST OF VAL BRENNAN
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TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF VARIOUS PLANNING REPORTS AT A
COST OF $2,397.00. {
THE CHAIRMAN, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VAL BRENNAN, CITY -
COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR EXPLAINED A REQUEST TO ENTER INTO AN `I
ADDITIONAL PHASE OF THE PRESENT MASTER PLAN. THE PROGRAM IS TO
BE CONDUCTED ENTIRELY BY ADLEY ASSOCIATES, INC. AND WOULD BE A
FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE PRESENT PLAN. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS HAS
AGREED TO PAY TWO-THIRDS OF THE T&L COST OF $26,000.00. THE BALANCE
TO BE PAID IN EQUAL SHARES BY INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND THE CITY OF VERO
BEACH.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MC
CULLERS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THIS
AGREEMENT TO ENTER INTO AN ADDITIONAL PHASE OF THE PRESENT MASTER PLAN
AS PRESENTED ABOVE,
L S. THOMAS, FINANCE OFFICER PRESENTED A BILL FOR $604.50,
THE COUNTY'S SHARE FOR VARIOUS SAFETY STICKERS AND BROCHURES PURCHASED
BY THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF VERO
BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, AT A TOTAL COST OF $1.209.00.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
DRITENBAS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED MR. THOMAS TO PAY THE
COUNTY'S SHARE OF $604.50 FOR SAFETY STICKERS AND BROCHURES.
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THE COMMISSIONERS THEN DISCUSSED THE SITUATION RELATIVE TO
PROVIDING THE RESIDENTS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY WITH PROPER ANIMAL
CONTROL, THIS WAS PROMPTED BY THE HUMANE SOCIETY'S ACTION RELINQUISHING
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THESE DUTIES. THE CHAIRMAN AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO
PREPARE FOR ANY NECESSARY EMERGENCY ACTION RELATIVE TO THIS MATTER,
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED
AND CARRIED THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 10:15 O'CLOCK P.M.
ATTEST:
CHAI 1AN CLERK