Commissioner Goodson stated at a previous meeting, the Board approved for District 5 to pay
three full time people; it was brought up that a District 2 staff member, Fritz VanVolkenburgh,
made these recommendations, but if the minutes were read, he did not make them; District 2
has more unincorporated areas than the District 5 area has; he mentioned he has two part time
and one full time employee; he is not complaining about District 5, he is just cleaning up the
record to indicate that this was not something that was promoted by Mr. VanVolkenburgh; and
if the Board wants to keep three full time people down there, at the taxpayer’s expense, when
they do not have a Commissioner… He added if you read the minutes, it talks about District 2
not having a Commissioner and not having to work on Commissioner’s research and all that;
this is just to clean the record up; and if there is any other discussion, he is willing to have that
conversation now.
Chair Pritchett commented she thinks there might have been a few other things at the time, but
she does not necessarily disagree with him; she thinks that if Mr. VanVolkenburgh had thought
differently at the time, it would have weighed on her heavily too; she does not disagree that
District 2 has a lot of the unincorporated and after District 1 he is next on the block; and they
spent a lot of time doing concierge for people because they like to call them up first, which is
wonderful. She asked Frank Abbate, County Manager, if he has had time to reach out to the
District 5 staff and check in on what the system is right now, going forward; she stated this
could be something she would not disagree on evaluating it in a little while; she is a little
hesitant to change it right away, as she was kind of hoping someone would be appointed pretty
quickly; and she asked Mr. Abbate since they are actually his staff now.
Mr. Abbate replied he has spoken with them and he thinks they are operating effectively, the
three of them in the office on a daily basis.
Chair Pritchett remarked she thinks the last time the Board did this they were assigned to
District 2 but they worked for Mr. Abbate from that point; she mentioned she is sure the District
5 staff is checking in with Mr. Abbate to see if he has any other assignments for them; she
does not mind holding this out for a little while; and the District 5 staff can let the Board know if
there is anything it needs to do as well.
Commissioner Feltner stated he would say the same as he said last time, he thinks that as
soon as the session is over with, the Governor will make an appointment; that is the first
Tuesday in May; that time is quickly approaching, so he thinks that if there were any decision
that needed to be made long term, it could possibly be done after that time; but he feels
confident that there will be a new Commissioner in the next few weeks.
Commissioner Goodson remarked if he knew anything about the Governor, he is not going to
appoint someone that is going to hurt him in the Presidential race that could have taken a vote
in Tallahassee or here in Brevard County.
K.6. Rita Pritchett, Commissioner District 1, Chair, Re: Board Report
Chair Pritchett mentioned that Sandra Sullivan made her think about this; she thinks it might be
expedient for County citizens if they have a residence in the Satellite Beach area, that the
Board just went ahead and kept it public for the residents on those parks in Satellite Beach;
maybe the Board could send out a letter, information, or a news blast to let them know that all
they have to do is pick up a pass; and they are allowed to park there as well.
Commissioner Feltner remarked that he does not think they are done with the final product; and
he asked if that was correct.
Morris Richardson, County Attorney, replied they passed their ordinance on second reading;
they have not implemented it yet, as it will be several months prior to implementation; right now
