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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1977
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA,
ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1977, AT 3:00 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE
WILLIAM C. WODTKE, .JR., CHAIRMAN; ALMA LEE Loy, VICE CHAIRMAN;
WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR., AND R. DON DEESON. ABSENT WAS EDWIN S.
SCHMUCKER DUE TO ATTENDING A CITY VARIANCE BOARD MEETING, ALSO
PRESENT WERE GEORGE G. COLLINS, .JR., ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY
.COMMISSIONERS, AND VIRGINIA HARGREAVES, DEPUTY CLERK,
THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND INFORMED THOSE
PRESENT THAT THIS MEETING HAD BEEN INTENDED FOR DISCUSSION OF THE
BOARD ONLY RELATIVE TO EXTENDING THE HOURS FOR SALE OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES WITHIN THE COUNTY. HE CONTINUED THAT BASED UPON A PROBLEM
WITH THE.LEGAL NOTIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, HE WOULD RECOMMEND
THAT THE BOARD NOT DISCUSS THIS MATTER OR REACH A DECISION TODAY,,
BUT INSTEAD AUTHORIZE OUR ATTORNEY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ATTORNEY
FOR THE APPLICANT, TO READVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING IN THIS REGARD,
CORRECTING THE PREVIOUS LEGAL TECHNICALITY, THE PUBLIC HEARING COULD
THEN BE HELD IN APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS, AT WHICH TIME THE BOARD
COULD HAVE THEIR DISCUSSION AND REACH A DECISION.
AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, THE BOARD CONCURRED WITH THE CHAIR-
MAN'S RECOMMENDATION AS EVERYTHING MUST BE SET UP IN ORDINANCE FORM.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO ADVERTISE A
PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH HOURS FOR SALE OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES FOR DECEMBER 20TH, AT 3:00 O'CLOCK P.M.
ATTORNEY BLOCK STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THERE WILL BE ANY
ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM HIS SIDE AT THAT TIME.
CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT LEGALLY EVERYONE MUST BE ALLOWED
AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, BUT SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE THE MINUTES OF THE
PREVIOUS MEETING AND A TAPE, HE WOULD HOPE THAT ADDITIONAL INPUT WOULD
BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND
CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 3:15 O'CLOCK P.M.
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