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COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE APPRECIATED THE NOMINA- TION AND ELECTION AND THE VICE CHAIRMAN'S JOB WAS THE SPOT WHERE SHE COULD SERVE BEST. SHE THEN PAID TRIBUTE TO COMMISSIONER WODTKE AND FELT HE CARRIED THE LOAD AS CHAIRMAN IN THE MOST PROFESSIONAL COMMISSIONER WODTKE REMARKED THAT THERE WASN'T ANY WAY THAT A PERSON COULD SERVE AS CHAIRMAN WITHOUT A GOOD VICE CHAIRMAN AND A GOOD BOARD. HE THEN GAVE CREDIT TO HIS SECRETARY, ELIZABETH FORLANI, AND TO THE STAFF, AND TO EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED SO HARD. HE CONTINUED THAT IN THE YEARS HE HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD, HE HAS NOT SEEN A MORE DEDICATED PERSON THAN COMMISSIONER LYONS, WHO HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AND IS ALWAYS WILLING TO GO INTO A TIGER'S DEN. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO THE NEWS MEDIA FOR THEIR GREAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. HE NOTED THAT UNTIL A PERSON SERVES AS CHAIRMAN, HE DOESN'T REALIZE HOW OFTEN HE MUST DEPEND ON LEGAL ADVISORS, AND HE HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF CREDIT IN VARIOUS NEGOTIATIONS AND IN MOST CASES, IT WAS ATTORNEY COLLINSI PRIMING AND SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE USED, AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE THEN THANKED THE ATTORNEY FOR ALL HIS HELP. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS THAT THE BOARD MUST NOW MAKE OFFICIAL DECISIONS ON; THEY ARE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY REAPPOINTED .JACK G. JENNINGS AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO CONTINUE TO RETAIN THE SERVICES OF GEORGE G. COLLINS, .JR. AS ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM- MISSIONERS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR, AND IF NECESSARY, THE SERVICES OF THE FIRM OF COLLINS, BROWN, VAN DE VOORDE & EVANS, AND THAT THE CHAIRMAN BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE EXTENSION AGREEMENT FOR THE COMING YEAR. JAN 9 1980 5 9v BQDIt42 mcE°421