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ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON STATED THAT THE COUNTY DOES <br />HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF MAINTAINING THE PLANT, BUT SO FAR DOES NOT <br />HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS NEEDED. THE NECESSARY ITEMS HAVE, <br />HOWEVER, BEEN ORDERED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AS AUTHORIZED BY THE <br />BOARD AND SHOULD ARRIVE AND BE INSTALLED WITHIN THREE WEEKS. HE <br />NOTED THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE SYSTEM AND ALL MAINTENANCE RIGHT <br />NOW IS BEING PERFORMED BY THE COUNTY. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT WE <br />HAD A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, AND A LOT OF THIS WORK WAS SUPPOSED <br />TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. <br />MR. NELSON THEN REVIEWED ADDITIONAL ITEMS INVOLVED, <br />INCLUDING.A BILL OF $650 FROM B & B UTILITIES WHO HAVE BEEN <br />MAINTAINING THIS FOR THE COUNTY. HE FELT THAT ALL EXPENSES <br />INVOLVED, INCLUDING INSTALLATION, WOULD TOTAL AROUND $5,000. THIS <br />HOWEVER, WOULD NOT INCLUDE ANY ELECTRICAL BILL'S-. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INQUIRED ABOUT THE AVERAGE MONTHLY INCOME <br />OF THE SYSTEM, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE HAS RECEIVED <br />PHONE CALLS INDICATING THAT CHARGES ARE REALLY RANDOM. <br />It <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON STATED THAT HE ALSO HAS <br />HEARD OF SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE IN REGARD TO CHARGES, BUT <br />NOTHING HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING, <br />NOTICES HAVE GONE OUT TO ALL THE CUSTOMERS OF THIS SYSTEM NOTIFYING <br />THEM THAT THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE <br />OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM AND THAT FUTURE BILLS SHOULD BE PAID TO <br />THE COUNTY. THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT WE HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT <br />THE NEW OWNER OF THE STOCK IN TREASURE COAST UTILITIES IS A MR, <br />SALTER, THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT HE HAS MET MR. SALTER WHO DOES <br />NOT SEEM TO BE AS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE SYSTEM HE IS PURCHASING <br />AS WE HAD HOPED, BUT HE DOES SEEM SINCERELY CONCERNED BOTH ABOUT <br />HIS SITUATION AND THE COUNTY'S. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT <br />NORMALLY WHEN A FRANCHISE IS SOLD AND OWNERSHIP TRANSFERRED, IT <br />MUST COME BEFORE THIS BOARD, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IT <br />WAS HANDLED SIMPLY AS A PURCHASE OF THE STOCK IN TREASURE COAST <br />UTILITIES AND IT WAS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE BOARD TO BE INVOLVED. <br />71 <br />SEP 0 6 1978 <br />1 <br />