HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/10/1981MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1981
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
1053 20TH PLACE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1981, AT
2:15 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE PATRICK B. LYONS, CHAIRMAN;
WILLIAM C. WODTKE, .JR., VICE CHAIRMAN; DICK BIRD, ALFRED GROVER
FLETCHER, AND DON C. SCURLOCK, .JR. ALSO PRESENT WERE NEIL A. NELSON,
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; R. STEPHEN HOULIHAN, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY TO THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; AND JANICE CALDWELL, DEPUTY CLERK.
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECESSED AT
2:15 O'CLOCK P.M. IN ORDER THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD OF FIRE COMMIS—
SIONERS OF THE SOUTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT MIGHT CONVENE.
MINUTES OF THAT MEETING WILL BE PREPARED SEPARATELY.
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECONVENED AT
2:18 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT.
THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCED THAo
IT WAS CALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE CONTRACT FOR THE
FIRE FIGHTERS OF THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DTSTRICT. HE CONTINUED THAT
THE BOARD'S BARGAINING AGENT HAD DONE WELL, HE FOLLOWED THE WISH OF
THE COMMISSION, AND THE SETTLEMENT WAS IN LINE. THE CHAIRMAN STATED
THAT IT WILL BE A POSITIVE ACT, ON THE PART OF THE COMMISSION, THAT
THEY DO NOT PLAN TO APPROVE ANY GENERAL INCREASES THAT WOULD EXCEED
THE INCREASES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK FELT THIS WAS IMPORTANT AS THE BOARD
IS CHARGED WITH LOOKING AT THE TOTAL BUDGET. REGARDING WAGES, HE
CONTINUED, THERE IS AN INTERRELATIONSHIP AND TRYING TO BALANCE WHAT
THE COMMUNITY CAN AFFORD IS NOT AN EASY TASK; WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO
FAIRLY COMPENSATE OUR EMPLOYEES. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED THAT
THE COUNTY'S PURSE STRINGS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE AT HOME,.AND WITH
THIS ARRANGEMENT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE COMPENSATION
FOR EMPLOYEES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD MAKE IT KNOWN THAT THIS
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IS SOMETHING WE APPROVE OF AND -WE WANT TO BE FAIR WITH OUR EMPLOYEES;
THAT IS, NOT GRANTING ADDITIONAL MONIES BEYOND THIS LEVEL,
COMMISSIONER FLETCHER COMMENTED THAT HE NEVER THOUGHT HE
WOULD BE VOTING FOR AN INCREASE IN TAXATION BUT HE FELT THE 9,5%
INCREASE WAS FAIR, HE BELIEVED THAT IN TIMES SUCH AS THESE, WE
MUST ASK 'WHEN WILL MORE BE ENOUGH?"
CHAIRMAN LYONS STATED THAT THE BOARD NEEDED TO TAKE NO
ACTION AT THIS TIME BUT THE BOARD HAS MADEA GENERAL STATEMENT OF
POLICY,
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED
AND CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 2:22 O'CLOCK P.M.
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