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P <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT BROUGHT UP THE MATTER OF THE BOARD'S <br />POLICY FOR PUTTING MATTERS ON THE AGENDA,AND STATED THAT HE FELT THERE <br />WERE AT LEAST FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY THAT EITHER SHOULD NOT <br />HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA OR THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BACKGROUND INFORMATION <br />SUPPLIED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE THE MEETING. <br />HE FELT WE ARE GETTING VERY LAX IN THIS AREA AND MUST DO SOMETHING TO <br />BRING THIS PRACTICE TO A HALT. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT CONTINUED THAT <br />ITEM 3, IN REGARD TO THE GIFFORD WATER SYSTEM FINANCING, DID NOT HAVE <br />ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND ITEM 4, ON THE REQUESTED RELEASE OF EASEMENTS, <br />WAS NOT IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION AT ALL TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD. <br />HE NOTED THAT ITEM 7 WAS ANOTHER ONE WHERE SOMEONE CAME UP WITH A <br />REQUEST FOR US TO PURCHASE A FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM AND WE HAD NO <br />RECOMMENDATIONS OF ANY TYPE. HE FELT AS IF THE BOARD IS DOING MORE AND <br />MORE STAFF WORK ALL THE TIME. <br />COMMISSIONER LAY POINTED OUT THAT WHEN THIS BOARD RECEIVES A <br />LETTER SUCH AS ITEM 7, WHICH SPECIFICALLY REQUESTS BEING PUT ON THE <br />AGENDA, THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THE COMMISSION WILL SAY WE ARE <br />NOT INTERESTED, SO HOW DOES THE STAFF DECIDE WHETHER TO GO AHEAD AND <br />REQUEST INFORMATION FROM CONSULTING ENGINEERS BEFORE THE MATTER GOES ON <br />THE AGENDA. <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED IN THIS VEIN,,AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT <br />AGREED THAT POSSIBLY ITEM 7 IS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE, BUT FELT THERE ARE <br />MANY THINGS THAT COME UP ON THE AGENDA THAT HAVE NO BUSINESS COMING UP <br />THE WAY THEY DID, AND WITH NO RECOMMENDATION. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE BELIEVED THE STAFF IS RELUCTANT TO ASSUME TOO <br />MUCH FOR THE COMMISSION, ESPECIALLY SINCE THINGS ARE GETTING SO MUCH <br />MORE COMPLICATED AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE GOING ON. THE CHAIRMAN FELT <br />THIS IS A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION -AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER <br />THIS PROBLEM AT BUDGET TIME AND POSSIBLY MAKE SOME PERSQNNEL AVAILABLE <br />FOR THIS TYPE OF THING. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT WE MAY HAVE TO GET SOME RESIDENT <br />ENGINEERS ON BOARD, AND COMMISSIONER LYONS AGREED THAT UNLESS WE DO, <br />THE VOLUME OF WORK WILL SOON BE MORE THAN WE CAN HANDLE. <br />56 <br />J U L 5 1979 Boos 41 'pAsf 123 <br />