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OCT 101979 <br />m <br />1 ?A-UE703 <br />COMMISSIONER L.OY ASKED IF THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT <br />THIS COMPANY MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK IN THE AREAS WHERE THE DEBRIS <br />WAS DEPOSITED FROM THE RECENT HURRICANE, BUT MR. BANKS INFORMED HER <br />THAT MOST OF THE MATERIAL FROM THE HURRICANE IS GREEN PINE WHICH IS <br />NOT SUITABLE FOR THEIR. USE, THOUGH HE WOULD BE GLAD TO CHECK THE <br />VARIOUS LOCATIONS. MR. BANKS CONTINUED THAT HERCULES INCORPORATED <br />IS SELF-INSURED BECAUSE THEY ARE A VERY LARGE CORPORATION. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH BEING <br />SELF-INSURED IS THAT THE -COUNTY COULD GET INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT TRY- <br />ING TO RECOVER.- HE FELT THE COUNTY WOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION <br />WITH AN -INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE USUAL 100,000/300,000 LIABILITY <br />PROVISION. <br />MR. BANKS STATED THAT THEY HAD A BOND ON A RAILROAD <br />CROSSING ONE TIME FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT ATTORNEY COLLINS DID <br />NOT FEEL A BOND IS NEEDED. HE WOULD, HOWEVER, IN ADDITION TO THE <br />PROPOSED INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE, LIKE TO HAVE THEM. GET AN INSURANCE <br />COMPANY TO ISSUE THE COUNTY A POLICY COVERING ANY LIABILITY THAT <br />MIGHT ARISE FROM REMOVAL OF THE STUMPWOOD, ETC. THE ATTORNEY CON- <br />TINUED THAT THE ONLY OTHER ISSUE TO ADDRESS IS THE CONDITION OF <br />THE LAND AFTER REMOVAL, <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON NOTED THAT THIS IS RAW <br />LAND, AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING FURTHER THAN SMOOTHING THE <br />GROUND AFTER REMOVING THE STUMPS IS NECESSARY. <br />MR. BANKS STATED THAT NORMALLY THEY DONT REPAIR HOLES, <br />BUT HE DID PUT THIS CLAUSE IN BECAUSE THE COUNTY MAY IN THE FUTURE <br />WISH TO USE THIS LAND FOR RECREATION. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE WOOD PURCHASE AGREEMENT <br />WITH HERCULES INCORPORATED AND AUTHORIZED THE SIGNATURE OF THE <br />CHAIRMAN UPON APPROVAL BY THE ATTORNEY OF A SATISFACTORY INSURANCE <br />CLAUSE. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INSTRUCTED MR. BANKS TO HAVE HIS COMPANY <br />CONTACT ATTORNEY COLLINS IN REGARD TO THE INSURANCE MATTER. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE <br />PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED FOR DEALING WITH THIS TYPE OF THING, AND HE <br />WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE SEEING WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE GREEN WOOD. <br />=5 <br />