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IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY WERE WRONG ABOUT CLOSING THE DOWNTOWN <br />STATION. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY IS THE FIRE PROTECTION EXPERT <br />AND REQUESTED THAT THEY REVIEW THE REPORT AND TELL US WHAT IS WRONG <br />FROM A PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT, AND WE WILL KEEP A TOTALLY OPEN MIND. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS URGED THAT WHILE WE HAVE COME THIS FAR <br />AND ARE TOGETHER, WE KEEP ON MOVING AND NOT LET ANYONE FEEL THEY <br />HAVE BEEN REBUFFED. <br />COUNCILMAN GREGG STATED THAT HE WILL FORGET THE COMMITTEE <br />IF THAT IS WHAT THE BOARD DESIRES. HE SUGGESTED THAT A COUNTY COM- <br />MISSIONER SIT IN WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT MAYOR PROLAN BE INVITED, <br />AND THEY ALL GET DOWN TO NUTS AND BOLTS AND LET EACH BODY KNOW WHAT <br />THE OTHERS PROBLEMS ARE. HE FELT IN THIS WAY WE CAN COME TO A <br />SOLUTION WITHIN SIX WEEKS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT OFFERED TO SIT IN WITH THE CITY. <br />A FIREMAN WHO WAS PRESENT URGED THAT THE COMMISSION AND <br />THE COUNCIL REMEMBER THAT THEY HAVE DEDICATED PAID AND VOLUNTEER <br />FIREMEN WHO HAVEA DEEP INTEREST IN THIS MATTER. HE EXPRESSED <br />SUPPORT FOR A UNIFIED DISTRICT. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT WE NEED TO AUTHORIZE USING <br />SOUTHERN KELTON UNDER THEIR EXISTING CONTRACT, AND COMMISSIONER LYONS <br />STATED THAT HE IS ENCOURAGED BY WHAT HE HAS HEARD, AND IF THAT WILL <br />HELP BRING'ABOUT A SOLUTION, HE WOULD AGREE TO IT. <br />COUNCILMAN GREGG COMMENTED THAT THE TAXING DISTRICT WHICH <br />THE COUNTY WAS CONTEMPLATING OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OR <br />THE. TOWN BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO REFERENDUM TO BE INCLUDED.- <br />BUT <br />NCLUDED, <br />BUT HE ASSUMED THEY COULD JOIN UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE IDEAL SITUATION APPARENTLY <br />WOULD BE FOR THE CITY, TOWN AND COUNTY ALL TO JOIN TQGETHER, AND IF <br />THAT WERE TO BETHE CASE, THE DISTRICT WOULD BE SET UP AFTER REFER- <br />ENDUM. IF THE COUNTY SET UP THE DISTRICT ON ITS OWN, THEN THE CITY <br />COULD NOT JOIN, BUT WE COULD HAVE CONTRACTS BACK AND FORTH, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT UTOPIA WOULD BE FOR ALL <br />TO AGREE AND BE IN ON THE BALLOT, BUT HE WAS NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT <br />THERE WOULD BE A THREE-WAY AGREEMENT BY OCTOBER. <br />109 <br />