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COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT, IN OTHER WORDS, THE BOTTOM LINE <br />IS THE $275,000 BOND ISSUE, PLUS $290,000, MINUS $60,000. <br />! CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THE $275,000 WILL BE PAID <br />BY THE TAX LEVY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF THE $290,000 FIGURE IS ACCEPT- <br />ABLE TO THE HOSPITAL BOARD, AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT DALE. <br />SORENSEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WILL.RECOMMEND <br />THAT FIGURE TO THE HOSPITAL BOARD, <br />THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD'S REACTION <br />TO THIS PROPOSAL, AND IF IT IS SATISFACTORY, WOULD LIKE AUTHORIZATION <br />FOR THE ATTORNEY TO GET WITH THE HOSPITAL TRUSTEES' ATTORNEY AND DRAW <br />UP A PROPOSED CONTRACT, AT WHICH TIME HE FELT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY <br />FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH THE HOSPITAL BOARD. <br />COMMISSIONER. SIEBERT ASKED IF ANY WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN <br />CONSIDERATION OF WHAT COUNTY FUNCTIONS WOULD BE LOCATED THERE. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE HAS READ STUDIES WITH COST <br />ESTIMATES FOR REMODELING AND HAS HAD A GOOD DEAL OF INTEREST FROM <br />VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL BODIES IN THE COUNTY IN THIS REGARD, BUT FELT <br />THIS WOULD REQUIRE A GOOD DEAL MORE STUDY AND A PROFESSIONAL APPROACH. <br />-COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT ORDINARILY IF WE WERE <br />PURCHASING FROM SOMEONE ELSE, HE WOULD FEEL WE NEEDED TO DO A LOT <br />MORE RESEARCH, BUT IN THIS CASE, IT IS THE TAXPAYER'S HOSPITAL ANYWAY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN THE <br />POSITION OF HAVING TO LEASE OUTSIDE SPACE FOR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES <br />AND ARE SPENDING OVER'$40,000 A YEAR JUST TO RENT THIS SPACE. THE <br />CHAIRMAN FELT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO SPEND A RELATIVELY <br />SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO ACQUIRE A FINE SITE AND A BUILDING WHICH HAS <br />GREAT POTENTIAL AND IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND END UP WITH A VERY FINE <br />COMPLEX FOR CONSIDERABLY LESS MONEY THAN IF WE HAD TO START FROM SCRATCH, <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY COLLINS TO MEET WITH <br />THE ATTORNEY FOR THE HOSPITAL BOARD TO BEGIN DRAFTING.A CONTRACT RE <br />ACQUIRING THE PRESENT HOSPITAL AND SURROUNDING PROPERTY AND REPORT BACK <br />AT THE NEXT MEETING. <br />57 <br />Booz 34 PAGF 2, <br />