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CHAIRMAN WODTKE REPORTED THAT ADMINISTRATOR .JENNING S HAS <br />RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ELTON H. SCHWARZ, PUBLIC DEFENDER, REQUESTING A <br />CHANGE IN PROCEDURE FOR PAYING HIS BILLS BY HAVING THE COUNTY PAY THEM <br />DIRECTLY. HIS REASON FOR THIS REQUEST IS THAT UNDER THE PRESENT <br />PROCEDURE OF SUBMITTING BILLS TO THE COUNTY AND THEN HAVING TO WAIT <br />UNTIL THEY RECEIVE THE FUNDS TO MAKE DISBURSEMENTS, THE BILLS ARE <br />RUNNING APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS BEHIND THE DUE DATE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS POINTED OUT THEIR RENT IS A FIXED AMOUNT EVERY <br />MONTH, BUT THE OTHER ITEMS ARE FLEXIBLE AND SHOULD BE CERTIFIED BY THE <br />PUBLIC DEFENDER BEFORE THEY CAN BE PAID. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE DISCUSSED PAYING THE RENT DIRECTLY AND NOTIFYING <br />THE PUBLIC DEFENDER THAT IF THEIR BILLS ARE AUTHORIZED FOR PAYMENT AND <br />PRESENTED WHEN THE BOARD MEETS ON THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAYS OF EACH <br />MONTH, THE CHECKS WILL BE SIGNED AT THOSE MEETINGS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THIS SITUATION IS A RESULT OF THE <br />PUBLIC DEFENDER MOVING OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE. <br />FINANCE OFFICER .JACKSON STATED THAT REGARDLESS OF WHERE HE IS <br />LOCATED, THE COUNTY PAYS HIS PHONE BILLS AND FOR THE JANITOR. WE HAVE <br />AN ESTIMATED TOTAL CONTRIBUTION TO HIM WHICH INCLUDES PHONES, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, RATHER THAN <br />SPEND HIS MONEY AND THEN GET REIMBURSED, IS WAITING FOR THE COUNTY <br />MONEY TO COME IN BEFORE HE PAYS HIS BILLS WHICH MAKES THEM LATE, BUT HE <br />POINTED OUT THAT THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN A COMPLAINT FROM ANY <br />OF THE SUPPLIERS. <br />IN DISCUSSION IT WAS AGREED THAT THESE BILLS MUST BE VERIFIED <br />AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD PROMPTLY SO THEY CAN BE PAID ON TIME. <br />ON LOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE PAYMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S RENT <br />DIRECTLY AND REQUESTED THE FINANCE OFFICER TO CONTACT MR. SCHWARZ AND <br />INFORM HIM THAT WE MEET TWICE A MONTH AND BILLS PRESENTED ON THE PROPER <br />DATE WILL BE PAID ON TIME. <br />EDGAR SCHLITT, REALTOR, APPEARED TO DISCUSS -THE NEED FOR WATER <br />IN THE WABASSO NORTH BEACH AREA AND STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF HIS <br />MEETING WITH THE BOARD IS TO TRY TO HELP FOCUS IN ON THIS PROBLEM AND <br />IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE AREAS WORKED ON IN THE PAST, HE ENDORSED THE <br />EFFORT PUT FORTH BY THE BOARD IN SETTING UP THE MUNICIPAL TAXING <br />14 <br />JUN 2 21977 ro. 73 <br />! U <br />