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ATTORNEY SMITH STATED THAT HE IS QUESTIONING WHY THE COUNTY <br />IS SPENDING $55,000 TO GO TWO MILES WHEN THERE IS A PERFECTLY APPRO- <br />PRIATE SITE CLOSE BY. HE ALSO QUESTIONED WHY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IS <br />TAKING THE POSITION OF ADVISING THAT THE BOARD SHOULD NOT PARTICIPATE <br />IN THIS DISCUSSION, AND HE, THEREFORE, LOOKED IN THE RECORDS TO FIND <br />OUT WHY. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INTERRUPTED .ATTORNEY SMITH TO INFORM HIM <br />THAT ATTORNEY COLLINS DID NOT SELECT THE PROPOSED SITE AND STATED <br />THAT HE FELT ANY ALLUDING TO EITHER THE ATTORNEY OR HIS FIRM WOULD BE <br />INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST INVOLVED. <br />ATTORNEY SMITH STATED THAT HE FELT THE -PUBLIC IS ENTITLED <br />TO KNOW THE FACTS AND THAT HE WILL CONFINE HIMSELF TO -THE FACTS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INSISTED THAT ATTORNEY SMITH STICK TO THE <br />SUBJECT AND NOT WHETHER ATTORNEY COLLINS OR HIS FIRM HAD ANYTHING TO <br />DO WITH IT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT ATTORNEY SMITH I'S TRYING TO <br />MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF A FACT THAT DOES NOT EXIST AND RATHER THAN HAVE <br />IT BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION. HE WOULD PREFER THAT ATTORNEY SMITH <br />CONTINUE. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT HE DID FEEL IT WOULD BE APPRO- <br />PRIATE AT SOME POINT FOR THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW HOW THE PROPOSED <br />SITE WAS SELECTED AND TO NOTE THAT IT WAS SELECTED PRIOR TO THE COLES <br />SELLING THEIR PROPERTY. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE <br />ATTORNEY'S WISHES, AND COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE REMEMBERED <br />VERY WELL HOW THE SITE WAS SELECTED, BUT FELT ATTORNEY SMITH SHOULD <br />BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE THIS MATTER WAS BLOWN WAY OUT <br />OF PROPORTION. <br />ATTORNEY SMITH INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT THE PUBLIC <br />RECORDS SHOW THAT UNTIL DECEMBER, 1979, THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS FIRM <br />REPRESENTED MR. COLE WHO OWNED THE RANCH, WHICH IS THE ONE MR. SMITH <br />IS PROPOSING AS AN APPROPRIATE SITE FOR THE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY. <br />MR. SMITH CONTINUED THAT MR, COLLINS TOLD HIM MONTHS AGO THAT THE <br />COUNTY WASN'T GOING TO ACQUIRE THAT LAND OR CONDEMN IT OR DO ANYTHING <br />29 <br />MAR 191990 - "BOOK -43; GE '� <br />