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COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER AGREED THAT *IT IS TO THE COUNTY'S <br />ADVANTAGE TO ENTER INTO THIS CONTRACT. HE NOTED THAT WE NEED A <br />MAJOR PORTION OF THIS FACILITY RIGHT NOW, AND FELT SUCH A PURCHASE <br />WOULD SAVE THE COUNTY FROM GOING INTO A TREMENDOUS BOND ISSUE FOR <br />NEW FACILITIES. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS WISHED IT MADE KNOWN THAT THIS BUILDING <br />IS BEING PURCHASED IN AN ItAS—IS " CONDITION. HE STATED THAT THE <br />BOARD HAS HAD REPRESENTATION FROM THE HOSPITAL THAT THERE HAS BEEN <br />REGULAR TERMITE INSPECTION, AND EXCEPT FOR THE OB AREA, THERE SHOULD <br />BE NO PROBLEMS, HE FELT THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE ACTION TAKEN <br />BY THE BOARD WILL SAVE THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS COUNTY A GREAT DEAL OF <br />MONEY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY ACQUIRING <br />THE HOSPITAL, BUT ALSO A GREAT AMOUNT OF LAND AS THIS PURCHASE <br />INCLUDES A LARGE ADDITIONAL ACREAGE OF LAND NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL <br />IN THE SPILLWAY AREA. THE CHAIRMAN FELT THIS HAS GREAT POTENTIAL el <br />FOR THE FUTURE NEED FOR A GOVERNMENTAL COMPLEX. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED <br />PERSONS STATED THAT HE IS DISTURBED BY THE CHAIRMAN SAYING THE <br />PURCHASE PRICE IS ONLY $290,000 AND IGNORING THE BOND ISSUE, WHICH <br />HE FELT IS MISLEADING. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE POINT HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE <br />IS THAT THE TAXPAYER ALREADY IS PAYING OFF.THIS BOND ISSUE. <br />MR. KOOLAGE THEN DISCUSSED THE PROJECTED SAVINGS THAT WOULD <br />BE REALIZED BY CONSOLIDATING GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES AND ASKED WHAT THE <br />ANTICIPATED SAVINGS WOULD AMOUNT TO. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THE LAST TIME HE CHECKED <br />WE WERE PAYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $26,000 PER YEAR FOR RENTAL OF <br />OFFICE SPACE, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS POINTED OUT <br />THAT THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD PAYS. <br />DALE SORENSEN, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD OF <br />TRUSTEES, THANKED CHAIRMAN WODTKE AND ATTORNEY COLLINS FOR THEIR <br />EFFORTS IN PREPARING THIS CONTRACT. HE CONTINUED THAT THE HOSPITAL <br />DISTRICT FEELS THAT—THIS ACTION IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE <br />9 BOOK 35 PAU,r- 120 <br />J <br />