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9 <br />ADMINISTRATOR-JENNINGS NOTED THAT WE HAVE MANY AUSTRALIAN PINES, <br />ETC., THAT ARE IN COUNTY RIGHTS-OF-WAY, AND IT WOULD BE A MONUMENTAL <br />PROBLEM AND EXPENSE TO MOVE ALL THESE TREES. THE COUNTY'S POLICY <br />ALWAYS HAS BEEN IF A TREE DIED OR FELL, THE COUNTY CLEARS IT UP AND TAKES <br />,SIT OUT, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD A POLICY FOR REMOVING LIVE TREES. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy SYMPATHIZED WITH THE PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS WITH <br />ALLERGIES, TRASH, ETC., BUT AGREED WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR THAT THE <br />COUNTY IS FULL OF THINGS PLANTED IN COUNTY RIGHTS-OF-WAY. SHE SUGGESTED <br />THAT THE PETITIONERS SECURE THE BOARD'S PERMISSION TO REMOVE THE TREE <br />THEMSELVES. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE DID NOT MIND THEM HAVING <br />IT REMOVED SO LONG AS THE COUNTY DOESN'T ACQUIRE ANY LIABILITY. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THE BOARD COULD REQUIRE THAT THE TREE <br />BE REMOVED PROFESSIONALLY. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />$IEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY DENIED THE REQUEST OF THEODORE AND <br />LILLIAN DE BERG FOR THE COUNTY TO REMOVE THE MELALEUCA TREE AS SET OUT <br />IN THEIR PETITION BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY HAS NO PROGRAM FOR <br />HANDLING SUCH A REQUEST, AND AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO INFORM <br />THEM THAT THE COUNTY HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE TREE BEING REMOVED AS LONG <br />AS IT IS DONE BY PROFESSIONALS AND THE*COUNTY HELD HARMLESS. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS STATED THAT HE HAS TWO EMERGENCY ITEMS - <br />A REQUEST FROM THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL IN REGARD TO MOVING <br />PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND ALSO PERMISSION TO DISPOSE OF THREE CARS THAT <br />BELONG TO THE COUNTY THAT WERE USED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND HAVE <br />BEEN REPLACED. HE NOTED THEY ALL HAVE OVER 85,000 MILES AND DID NOT <br />FEEL THEY ARE IN A CONDITION THAT WARRANTS FIXING THEM. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER $IEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADDED TO TODAY'S AGENDA THE EMERGENCY ITEMS <br />REQUESTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED RELATIVE TO GETTING ITEMS -ON THE AGENDA AT <br />THE PROPER TIME, AND THE POLICY SET UP FOR SAME. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER $IEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO ADVERTISE <br />FOR BIDS ON THE THREE VEHICLES PREVIOUSLY USED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. <br />76 <br />