HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-14INDIAN RIVER COUNTY OIIDINANC'1, No. -73-14
An ordinance relating to exceptional hardship allocations
of home heating fuels (kerosene and Numbers 1 and 2
Burner Oils); designating a County Fuel Allocation Official
and prescribing his duties with respect to household
consumers and wholesale dealers to make deliveries
and requiring accurate records to be maintained; pro-
viding an effective date and providing further that
orders for deliveries shall not be issued after March 31,
1974.
WHEREAS the federal Mandatory Middle Distillate Fuel Assoca-
tion Program has been in effect since November 1, 1973, under regula-
tions promulgated pursuant to an amendment to the Economic Stabilization
Act of 1970; and
WHEREAS the federal program, with which the State is cooperating,
requires each supplier of middle distillate fuels to allocate and supply to
his wholesale custoiners or dealers of record the volume delivered or sold
them in the corresponding months of 1972 (or a proportional share if he
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has less available than in 1972), and requires each wholesale dealer to
treat all consumers (end-users of fuel) fairly and equitably; and
WHEREAS shortages in middle distillate fuels, including home
heating fuels, threaten emergency conditions and this County has a duty
and responsibility to cooperate with the federal and state governments to
alleviate to the extent possible all exceptional hardships which the citizens
of this County may suffer; and
WHEREAS many household consumers who purchase small
quantities of home heating fuels periodically may have unusual difficulty in
finding and purchasing the fuel needed for home heating during severe
cold weather periods during the current winter; and
WHEREAS the Governor of the State of Florida has urged each
County to identify and empower a county fuel allocation official or unit
to assist local consumers of small quantities of home heating fuel to
obtain a minimum necessary supply of fuel on a fair and equitable basis
_ and thereby alleviate unnecessary suffering and hardships:
NOW THE'llLFORL, Be it ordained by the Board of County
Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida:
Section 1. The County Fuel Allocation Official for Indian River
County shall be L. S. Thomas , or his appointed successor,
who shall perform the following functions within the County:
(a) Identify all wholesale dealers in the County who
supply or sell to household consumers middle distillate fuels used for '
household heating (kerosene and number 1 and number 2 burner oils), and
identify any reserves of such fuels in the County that may be available in f
an emergency.
(b) Provide assistance to household consumers who pur-
chase and store home heating fuels and who have been otherwise unable to
get a wholesale dealer to voluntarily supply their minimum fuel needs.
(c) To require wholesale dealers in the County on an
equitable rotation basis (or within designated service areas of the County)
to allocate and deliver the necessary fuel to designated household consumers
as determined by the County Fuel Allocation Official.
(d) To keep such records and to prescribe the records to
be kept by the wholesale dealers, using the forms prescribed by the State
Allocation Official which will accurately reflect the monthly quantities of
household heating fuel allocated pursuant to his operations.
(e) To certify monthly to the State Allocation Official,
in support of the request of a wholesale dealer for a temporary additional
allocation from the State reserve, the quantity of household heating fuel
delivered pursuant to his order.
(f) To advertise, publicize and otherwise make known to
the general public that his services are available for this purpose.
(g) To cooperate with other Counties and County Fuel
Allocation Officials to the maximum extent to carry out the purposes of
this ordinance.
Section 2. The meanings of terms contained in this ordinance,
all interpretations of it and all actions taken pursuant to it shall be
consistent with the Federal Mandatory Allocation Program for middle
distillate fuels (EPO Reg. 1 Federal Register, Tuesday, October 16, 1973,
Vol. 38, No. 199, p. 3), the designation of the State Allocation Official
for Florida under Executive Order Number 73-69, and the actions of
the State Allocation Official pursuant thereto and pursuant to State law.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be immediately certified by
the Clerk of the Board to the Department of State and shall take effect
upon receipt of official acknowledgement from that office that it has been
filed, or, if adopted as an emergency enactment, upon its mailing by
Special Delivery and Registered Mail to the Department of State.
No delivery or orders for delivery shall be required under
authority of this ordinance after March 31, 1974.
Section 4. Adopted this 12th day of December, 1973, on an
emergency basis, by the unanimous vote of all five county commissioners.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
Alma Lee Loy, Chairman
ATTEST.':
Ralph Ha,�=is, Clerk of Circuit Court