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