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r P�OK 1 PAGE <br />JUL $71979 <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED ON THE STATEMENT MADE BY REV. <br />DIAMOND IN REGARD TO APPOINTING THREE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO THE <br />HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD, AND STATED IT WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT UNDER <br />CHAPTER 421 NEITHER A COUNTY COMMISSIONER NOR ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY <br />CAN BE APPOINTED. <br />ATTORNEY CALDWELL CONFIRMED THAT THE CHAIRMAN'S UNDERSTANDING <br />IS CORRECT. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT MR. MCFARLAND STATED THAT THE ONLY <br />WAY TO GET THE COMPLETE THINKING OF ALL THE VOTERS IS TO HAVE A REFER- <br />ENDUM. CHAIRMAN WODTKE DID NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE HAD AN ELECTION IN THIS <br />COUNTY IN MANY YEARS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS HAVE TAKEN THE TIME <br />TO VOTE, AND FELT A REFERENDUM COULD VERY WELL BE AN INDICATION OF THE <br />ATTITUDE ONLY OF THOSE WHO WOULD GO TO THE POLLS TO VOTE. THE CHAIRMAN <br />NOTED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE ELECTED TO SERVE, AND HE FELT THIS IS <br />THEIR DECISION TO MAKE AT THIS PARTICULAR LEVEL. CHAIRMAN WODTKE CON- <br />TINUED THAT THERE ARE SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND MISCONCEPTIONS OF A <br />HOUSING AUTHORITY. HE AGREED THAT PROPERTY WHICH IS OWNED ENTIRELY BY <br />THE HOUSING AUTHORITY DOES COME OFF THE TAX ROLLS, BUT THERE ARE OTHER <br />PROGRAMS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ALSO GETS INVOLVED WITH WHEREBY SOME <br />FUNDS ARE PAID IN LIEU OF TAXES. HE NOTED THAT'SHOULD THE BOARD DECIDE <br />IN FAVOR OF A HOUSING AUTHORITY, A PROPOSED RESOLUTION HAS BEEN DRAFTED <br />WHICH INCLUDES THE RECOMMENDING OF FIVE QUALIFIED ELECTORS FOR APPOINT- <br />MENT BY THE GOVERNOR. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THE CITY OF FELLSMERE HAS <br />REQUESTED TO BE.INCLUDED AND URGED THAT THE BOARD AT THIS TIME DISCUSS <br />AND, POSSIBLY THROUGH A MOTION, MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THIS <br />BOARD IS IN FAVOR OF WORKING TOWARDS ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION WHEN WE <br />DO HAVE FIVE NAMES AND ALSO HAVE CHECKED WITH THE CITY OF FELLSMERE. <br />ATTORNEY CALDWELL STATED THAT THERE -IS NO WAY FOR A MUNICI- <br />PALITY TO BE INCLUDED IN A COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY. HE STATED THAT <br />IF THE BOARD DOES CREATE A HOUSING AUTHORITY, THEN POSSIBLY THEY"CAN <br />ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A MUNICIPALITY. , <br />