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HEARING. E-1 m MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS, AND THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT IF ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS WERE PRESENTED, SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE MIGHT WANT TO EXAMINE THEM, AND THEY SHOULD BE AFFORDED THAT OPPORTUNITY. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THE SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY. THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED WHAT INFORMATION MIGHT BE RE- QUESTED THAT WE DON T ALREADY HAVE, AND COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT SHE MIGHT JUST WANT SOME CONCURRENCE THAT SHE IS READING THEIR INFORMATION CORRECTLY. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DID NOT FEEL CLARIFICA- TION OF CONCLUSIONS WOULD BE A PROBLEM. ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT IF THE BOARD WERE PLANNING ON INVOLVING THE WITNESSES AGAIN, HE WOULD ADVISE THAT THEY NOT CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IF THEY WERE SATISFIED THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION NECESSARY AND IT IS STRICTLY A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS, THEN THE HEARING CAN BE CLOSED, AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE BOARD AGREED THEY DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. MR. DAVENPORT NOTED THERE WERE STATEMENTS HE MADE THAT WERE COUNTERED BY OTHERS, AND THEIR STATEMENT WERE CONTRARY TO WHAT HE WAS TOLD PREVIOUSLY. IN REGARD TO A LONG PERIOD OF GROWTH IN THE HIGHLANDS, HE STATED THAT HE WAS TOLD THIS WAS A 5 -YEAR PROJECT. HE POINTED OUT THAT THEY ARE BUILDING A VERY EXPENSIVE MARKETING OFFICE. MR. DAVENPORT AGREED THAT AT THE AVERAGE OF 5,000 GALLONS PER MONTH, THE RATES ARE COMPARABLE TO THE COUNTY'S RATES, BUT NOTED THAT -AS THE USAGE GOES UP, THE PROPOSED RATES WILL BE MUCH HIGHER IN COMPARISON. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT WHEN A TIME IS DECIDED UPON TO REACH A DECISION, THOSE INVOLVED WILL BE NOTIFIED. 47 DEC 1.11979 BOOK -WE J