HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/19/1975MAY 19 1975
MONDAY, MAY 19TH, 1975
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA
ON MONDAY, MAY 19TH, 1975 AT 4:30 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE ALMA LEE
LOY, CHAIRMAN; WILLARD W. SIEBERT) .JR., VICE CHAIRMAN; EDWARD J.
MASSEY; WILLIAM WODTKE. EDWIN S. SCHMUCKER WAS ABSENT. ALSO PRESENT
WERE JACK G. .JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; L.S. "TOMMY" THOMAS,
COUNTY COORDINATOR; JACK HOCKMAN AND ELIZABETH FORLANI, DEPUTY CLERKS.
PAUL D..BURCH, ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WAS ABSENT,
THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND STATED THAT THIS
SPECIAL MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING
A SPECIAL PROGRAM BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES THROUGH THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY.
R.C. WILLIAMS WITH THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY APPEARED AND EXPLAINED
THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACT - TITLE IV PROGRAM. HE STATED THAT THIS
PROGRAMAUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO PROVIDE
FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO STATE FORESTERS IN A COOPERATIVE EFFORT
TO ORGANIZE, TRAIN AND EQUIP LOCAL FORCES IN RURAL AREAS AND COMMUNITIES
UNDER 10,000 POPULATION TO PREVENT, CONTROL AND SUPPRESS FIRES.
THIS IS A THREE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED AT AN
APPROPRIATION LEVEL OF $3,500,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1975. FLORIDA'S
ALLOCATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1975 WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $472,100.00. ALL
APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED AND FORWARDED, VIA THE DISTRICT, TO
FIRE CONTROL BY MAY 23, 1975.
COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THIS WOULD BE A MATCHING FUND
GRANT WITH 25% APPROPRIATED BY INDIAN RIVER COUNTY; 25% FROM A
MUNICIPALITY AND 50% FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER
SERVICES. HE CONTINUED THAT IN THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES,A
FIRE STATION IS BEING CONTRUCTED AND WHEN COMPLETED WILL SERVICE THE
BEACH AREA. NO FIRE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN PURCHASED AS YET AND THIS
MUNICIPALITY WOULD PROBABLY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR.
THIS PROGRAM.
ATTORNEY GEORGE C. COLLINS, .JR., SITTING IN FOR ATTORNEY PAUL D.
BURCH ENTERED THE MEETING AT 4:40 O'CLOCK P.M.
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THE BOARD DISCUSSED THAT PORTION OF THE APPLICATION RELATING TO
THE PURCHASING OF EQUIPMENT AND IT WAS THE DECISION OF THE BOARD TO
INCLUDE A PUMPER TRUCK; BOOSTER TRUCK;VHOSES AND MISCELLANEOUS
EQUIPMENT TO BE USED AT THE NEW FIRE STATION IN THE TOWN OF INDIAN
RIVER SHORES.
MR. WILLIAMS STATED THAT MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT WILL HAVE TO BE
ITEMIZED ON THE FINAL APPLICATION.
WILLIAM DUPPER, TOWN COUNCILMAN WITH THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER
SHORES WAS PRESENT FOR THIS DISCUSSION AND CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED HIM'
IF, IN HIS OPINION, THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES WOULD BE AGREEABLE
TO PARTICIPATING WITH THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO OBTAIN MATCHING FUNDS.
MR. DUPPER STATED THAT HE WOULD DISCUSS THIS WITH THE TOWN
COUNCIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD.
THE BOARD AGREED TO INFORM THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF GRANT MONEY BEING AVAILABLE TO THEM TO PURCHASE
FIRE EQUIPMENT, ON THE FOLLOWING BASIS:
$20,000.00 FROM THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES
20,000.00 FROM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
-40,000.00 FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
CONSUMER SERVICES.
ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT IF THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES
AGREES TO THE ABOVE, THAT A RESOLUTION COMMITTING THEIR SHARE OF $20,000.00
BE PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THEIR
REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 21, 1975.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND
CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 5:10 O'CLOCK P.M.
ATTEST:
CLERK CHAIRMAN
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