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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1976
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA,
ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1976, AT 8:30 O'CLOCK A.M. PRESENT WERE
WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR., CHAIRMAN; WILLIAM C. WODTKE, .JR., VICE-CHAIRMAN;
ALMA LEE LOY AND EDWIN S. SCHMUCKER. ABSENT WAS EDWARD J. MASSEY. ALSO
PRESENT WERE .JACK G. .JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; GEORGE G. COLLINS, .JR.,
ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; AND VIRGINIA HARGREAVES,
DEPUTY CLERK.
THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS
MEETING IS TO DISCUSS FILLING THE POSITION OF COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTOR,
AND ASKED COMMISSIONER LOY, WHO HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING THIS MATTER, TO
REPORT TO THE BOARD.
COMMISSIONER LOY REMINDED THE BOARD THAT GLADYS VIGLIANO, COUNTY
WELFARE DIRECTOR, NOTIFIED THE BOARD IN .JANUARY OF HER WISH TO RETIRE AND
SUBMITTED HER RESIGNATION TO BECOME EFFECTIVE AS OF APRIL 1, 1976. COM-
MISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT MRS. VIGLIANO HAS SERVED THE COUNTY IN THIS
CAPACITY SINCE 1962, MOST OF THE TIME RUNNING THE DEPARTMENT AS A ONE-
PERSON OFFICE. COMMISSIONER LOY STATED THAT SHE AND THE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR
HAVE ATTEMPTED TO EVALUATE THE CURRENT NEEDS OF THIS DEPARTMENT A14D HAVE
REVIEWED A NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION.
COMMISSIONER LOY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE AND PERSONNEL DIREC-
TOR DONLON WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT OF MISS JANICE LINDSEY
AS INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR A
PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE REQUIREMENTS,
RESPONSIBILITIES AND GOALS OF THIS DEPARTMENT, THE APPOINTMENT TO BE EFFEC-
TIVE AS OF APRIL 1, 1976. SHE NOTED THAT MISS LINDSEY HAS BEEN EMPLOYED
IN THIS DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAST YEAR AND HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY DURING
;'THAT TIME WITH MRS. VIGLIANO, WHO RECOMMENDS HER HIGHLY.
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ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED MISS .JANICE LINDSEY INTERIM
DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF
SIX MONTHS, THE APPOINTMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE AS OF APRIL 1, 1976.
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE POSSIBILITY
OF SETTING UP A SPECIAL MEETING TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARD
TO THE TRANSFER OF SOUTHERN GULF UTILITIES WATER AND SEWER FRANCHISE TO
TREASURE COAST UTILITIES, INC., AND ALSO ON THE REQUESTED INCREASE IN
THE RATE SCHEDULE. HE STATED THAT IT HAS BEEN REQUESTED THAT THIS BE
HELD ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 114TH, INSTEAD OF AT THE REGULAR MEETING ON
APRIL 7TH, IN ORDER TO GIVE THE PEOPLE MORE TIME. HE NOTED THAT THIS
MATTER IS BEING READVERTISED.
AFTER DISCUSSION, THE BOARD AGREED TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING
TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THIS MATTER TUESDAY, APRIL 20TH, AT 7:30
O'CLOCK P.M., WITH FORMAL ACTION TO BE TAKEN THE NEXT DAY AT THE REGULAR
MEETING OF APRIL 21ST.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND
CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 8:145 O'CLOCK A.M.
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ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED MISS .JANICE LINDSEY INTERIM
DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF
SIX MONTHS, THE APPOINTMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE AS OF APRIL 1, 1976.
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE POSSIBILITY
OF SETTING UP A SPECIAL MEETING TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARD
TO THE TRANSFER OF SOUTHERN GULF UTILITIES WATER AND SEWER FRANCHISE TO
TREASURE COAST UTILITIES, INC., AND ALSO ON THE REQUESTED INCREASE IN
THE RATE SCHEDULE. HE STATED THAT IT HAS BEEN REQUESTED THAT THIS BE
HELD ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 114TH, INSTEAD OF AT THE REGULAR MEETING ON
APRIL 7TH, IN ORDER TO GIVE THE PEOPLE MORE TIME. HE NOTED THAT THIS
MATTER IS BEING READVERTISED.
AFTER DISCUSSION, THE BOARD AGREED TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING
TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THIS MATTER TUESDAY, APRIL 20TH, AT 7:30
O'CLOCK P.M., WITH FORMAL ACTION TO BE TAKEN THE NEXT DAY AT THE REGULAR
MEETING OF APRIL 21ST.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND
CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 8:145 O'CLOCK A.M.
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