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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SUGGESTED THAT THE PLANNING rEPARTMENT BE AUTHORIZED TO HIRE ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THREE MONTHS TO WORK ON THIS PLAN, CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY AMBITIOUS PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND UNTIL WE GET COST FIGURES, WE WILL NOT KNOW HOW EXTENSIVE A PROGRAM THE COUNTY WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER 1,10DTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO HIRE ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON, FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THREE MONTHS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVEL— OPING A PLAN FOR A RECREATION REFERENDUM AND ALSO TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC IN— FORMATION PROGRAM, ATTORNEY COLLINS DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE SETTING UP OF A RECREATION TAX DISTRICT AND EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT AND A FJUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING DISTRICT. A 9UNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING DISTRICT CAN BE ADOPTED WHEN AN AREA OF THE COUNTY HAS A PARTICULAR NEED, THE BOARD CAN THEN SET—UP A MILLAGE THAT WILL SATISFY THAT NEED, A REFERENDUM IS NOT REQUIRED TO SET—UP A MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING 'DISTRICT. IN A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT YOU NEED A REFERENDUM, THE BOARD AGREED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A REFERENDUM. ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT WE WILL BE PROCEEDING UNDER CHAPTER 125.01, SEC. 5 (A, B & C), HE CONTINUED THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES, IF THEY WANT TO BE INCLUDED, MUST SO STATE BY ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIALS TAXING DISTRICT, PRIOR TO THIS GOING TO THE PEOPLE FOR VOTE, IF A MUNICIPALITY CHOOSES NOT TO BE A PART OF THIS SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, THEY WILL BE EXCLUDED IN THE VOTING, THE BOARD RECESSED AT 12`:00 O'CLOCK `''JOON AND RECONVENED AT 1:49 0' CLOCK P.M. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT LEFT THE MEETING BECAUSE OF ILLNESS, GENE MORRIS TAX COLLECTOR APPEARED AND PRESENTED THE ERRORS AND INSOLVENCIES REPORT AND DOUBLE ASSESSMENTS THAT APPEARED ON THE 1973 TAX ROLL. THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM c1R. °ORRIS IS HEREBY BEING MADE A PART OF THESE MINUTES, NOV 191975 Roux 24.-Ac(41