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r DEC 191979 Boa 42 PAGE372 COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT HE HATES TO BUY A PIG IN A POKE, AND FELT OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR SHOULD BE MORE INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH ALL THIS BEFORE IT COMES TO US. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO THE BASIS ON' WHICH WE WANT GERAGHTY & MILLER TO PROCEED. HE THEN DISCUSSED POSSIBLE DRAWDOWNS AND ASKED AT WHAT POINT WE WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT. MR. TESSIER STATED IT WOULD NOT BE UNTIL THE WELLS ARE COMPLETED AND MONITORED. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED HOW MUCH DELAY WOULD BE INVOLVED IF THEY PROCEEDED JUST WITH TASKS 1 AND 2, AND MR. TESSIER STATED THE SPECIFICATIONS WILL ACTUALLY TAKE MUCH LESS TIME THAN THE INVENTORY, AND FELT IT MIGHT DELAY THE PROGRAM BY TWO WEEKS TO A MONTH. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT IF A 30 OR 15 DAY TERMINATION AGREEMENT WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT, YOU COULD STOP IT, BUT NOT INTERRUPT THE NATURAL FLOW OF WORK. THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT HE WISHED TO PROCEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT DID NOT WANT TO SPEND ANY MORE MONEY THAN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS NOTED THAT EVEN IF AN OBSERVATION WELL IS FOUND, THEY STILL HAVE TO DRILL THE 16" WELL. MR. ENG SUGGESTED THAT IF IT IS NECESSARY TO DRILL AN OBSERVATION WELL, THAT THEY GO TO A 12" WELL, WHICH WILL SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN. HE COMMENTED THAT HE HAD ALLOCATED ABOUT SIX MONTHS FOR THE TEST WELL PROGRAM AND ANTICIPATED BEGINNING DESIGN ON THE TREATMENT PLANT IN FEBRUARY. MR. ENG DID NOT FEEL A 3 - 6 WEEK DELAY WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE SCHEDULE OF THE TOTAL PROJECT. CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM AUTHORIZING THE WELL PROGRAM AS SET OUT, WITH A TERMINATION CLAUSE. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COM- MISSIONER LOY, THAT THE CHAIRMAN BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH GERAGHTY & MILLER TO PROCEED WITH TASKS 1 THROUGH 5 AS OUTLINED IN GERAGHTY & MILLER'S LETTER OF DECEMBER 12, 1979, WITH A RIGHT TO TERMINATE WITHIN 15 DAYS. 67