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Because it violates the Florida Constitution for a town to give money to an individual or forprofit
institution without a formal agreement, the money was placed under the town's control two
years ago.
The town still didn't have any formal procedures for Depot Committee access of the money,
which amounts to $10,000 in a certificate of deposit and $16,000 in a checking account.
Committee members said in May that they wanted formal request procedures in place.
However, once town commissioners learned in June that they would need to revise the
ordinance, the matter has been on hold.
Since the town holds the money and is running the depot, Commissioner Bertram A. Goddard
suggested that it should be easy to dissolve the committee board. Commissioner Rick Johnson
said it's not that easy. Many community facilities are run by volunteers, he said.
The town can't afford to staff any or all facilities every weekday if it upsets the volunteers,
Johnson said. "(I) just advise being careful about the message you send to the members of this
town," Johnson said.
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