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L <br />THE CHAIRMAN FELT THE TOWN WANTS TO MAINTAIN THEIR FIRE <br />DEPARTMENT ON THE SAME STATUS AS LAST YEAR, I.E. OPERATE IT THEMSELVES. <br />HE FELT IN THIS MEMO THEY HAVE SAID IF THE COUNTY WILL CONTRIBUTE <br />ONE-HALF OF THE OPERATING BUDGET, THEY WILL SUPPORT THE TAXING <br />DISTRICT AND POSSIBLY DROP THE SUIT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DID NOT FEEL THE BOARD SHOULD DISCUSS <br />THE SUIT, BUT JUST RESPOND THAT IF WE ARE UNSUCCESSFUL IN THE SUIT, <br />WE HAVE BUDGETED THE $48,010, WHICH IS THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE COUNTY <br />TOTAL TAX CONTRIBUTION FOR FIRE CONTROL. THIS WILL BE'PAYABLE IN <br />INSTALLMENTS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE LEGAL QUESTION IS RESOLVED. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT IT WILL BE SOME TIME.BEFORE THE <br />LITIGATION IS CONCLUDED AND THAT SOME DECISIONS WILL HAVE TO BE <br />MADE NOW PENDING THE OUTCOME. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THE BOARD SHOULD MAKE ANY SPECIFIC <br />RESPONSE TO OTHER AREAS MENTIONED IN THE --MEMO. <br />1 <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HIS ATTITUDE IS THAT THIS IS <br />A RATHER ONE-SIDED EX PARTE MEMO, AND HE FELT THE BOARD SHOULD ONLY <br />RESPOND TONNE AREAS WHERE THEY COULD HAVE SOME PRODUCTIVE RESPONSE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT PARAGRAPH 3 IS NOT <br />ACCEPTABLE TO HIM AND HE WOULD RATHER NOT EVEN ADDRESS IT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT LEGALLY THERE IS PROBABLY NO <br />WAY TO SET UP A FIRE DISTRICT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. HE ASKED <br />IF THE BOARD WISHED TO AUTHORIZE PROCEEDING WITH SETTING UP A FIRE <br />DISTRICT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THE SUIT WILL HAVE TO BE RESOLVED <br />FIRST, BUT ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD HATE TO SEE THE <br />PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THE LITIGATION IS COMPLETED GO BY <br />WITHOUT WORKING ON SETTING'UP A FIRE DISTRICT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE THOUGHT THE MEMO INDICATED THAT THE TOWN IS <br />RECEPTIVE TO THE TAXING DISTRICT IDEA, BUT THAT THE WAY THE MEMO IS <br />WRITTEN INDICATES TO HIM THAT IF THE BOARD WILL GIVE THEM $92,000, <br />THEY WILL SUPPORT A TAXING DISTRICT FOR THIS YEAR. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER <br />'FROM ONE GROUP OF FIRE FIGHTERS ENDORSING THE CONCEPT OF THE FIRE <br />DISTRICT. <br />19 <br />AUG 2:3 1978 <br />- <br />J <br />