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ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IN LAST YEARS TELE- PHONE DIRECTORY, THE TELEPHONE LISTINGS OF DEPARTMENTS IN THE COURTHOUSE HAD BEEN SOMEWHAT CONFUSING AND, IN FACT, THE ADMINISTRATOR, TAX COLLECTOR AND SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS TELEPHONE NUMBERS HAD NOT BEEN LISTED. HE SUGGESTED PREPARING A LETTER TO BE SENT TO EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD IN THE COURTHOUSE ASKING THEM HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE LISTED, SO T4AT THE NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY COULD BE SET-UP PROPERLY. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO PREPARE A LETTER ASKING EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD IN THE COURTHOUSE HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE LISTED IN THE NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY. THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN ASKED TO CHECK INTO THE NEED FOR HAVING A SIGNAL LIGHT AT 8TH STREET (GLENDALE ROAD) AND 2OTH AVENUE. HE CONTINUED THAT HE DOES FEEL THIS LOCATION WARRANTS A BLINKER SIGNAL AND THAT THERE IS ONE IN STOCK THAT COULD BE INSTALLED FOR APPROXIMATELY $200 TO $250. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED'THE INSTALLATION OF A BLINKER SIGNAL AT 8TH STREET (GLENDALE ROAD) AND 2OTH AVENUE, AS OUTLINED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY GRANTED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL TO COMMISSIONER SIEBERT AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ATTEND A MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT- ATION OFFICIALS IN FORT LAUDERDALE, AT A TIME AND DATE TO BE ARRANGED, DURING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10, 1975. CHARLES SULLIVAN, ATTORNEY REPRESENTING LEROY BROWN, APPEARED REGARDING A RENEWAL PERMIT TO CARRY A CONCEALED. FIREARM WHICH MR, BROWN HAD REQUESTED AND WHICH HAD BEEN TABLED AT THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING. MR. SULLIVAN STATED THAT MR. BROWN HAS BEEN A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF THIS COUNTY AND HAS NO LEGAL CONVICTIONS AGAINST HIM. MR. BROWN OWNS AP- PROXIMATELYFIFTY HOUSES IN GIFFORD ON WHICH HE COLLECTS RENT AND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST TAXPAYERS IN THE COUNTY, MR. SULLIVAN CONTINUED THAT THERE IS .A HIGH CRIME RATE IN GIFFORD, AND HE FELT MR, BROWN WOULD BE A PRIME CANDIDATE TO BE ROBBED WHEN HE MAKES HIS COLLECTIONS, HE HAS ALREADY BEEN ROBBED AND SHOT. 14 - NOV 51975 BOax