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COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE <br />GIFFORD SEWER SYSTEM. HE NOTED THAT THERE WAS A LETTER WRITTEN <br />REQUESTING THAT WE CONSIDER OBTAINING PROPERTY ON LINDSEY ROAD FOR <br />THE TREATMENT PLANT INSTEAD OF THE PRESENT PROPOSED LOCATION ON <br />KING'S HIGHWAY, AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN PURSUED ANY <br />FURTHER. HE CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE ENGINEERS GIVE <br />US AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH LAND WE COULD BUY WITH THE MONEY WE WOULD SAVE <br />BY HAVING THE PLANT AT A MORE CONVENIENT LOCATION, AND IF WE COULD <br />BUY PROPERTY THERE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT TOO FAR DIFFERENT THAN <br />WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PIPELINE, HE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT <br />WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PROPERTY TO GET THE GIFFORD <br />SYSTEM COMPLETED. HE FELT WE SHOULD REALLY PUT THE PLANT ON LINDSEY <br />ROAD RATHER THAN ON KING'S HIGHWAY; TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT; AND GET <br />IT OUT IN THE OPEN. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, TO REQUEST THE <br />ENGINEERS TO DETERMINE THE SAVINGS IN THE COST OF THE TRANSMISSION <br />LINE WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A CHANGE IN LOCATION OF THE GIFFORD TREAT- <br />MENT PLANT SO WE CAN DETERMINE HOW MUCH PROPERTY WE COULD PURCHASE. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE HESITATED TO SECOND THE <br />MOTION BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH SHE WANTED THE SAME INFORMATION, SHE DID <br />NOT BELIEVE IT REQUIRED A FORMAL MOTION AND COULD BE COVERED UNDER <br />OUR ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARRANGEMENT WITH THE ENGINEERS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ASSUMED THAT COMMISSIONER Loy WAS CONCERNED <br />ABOUT ANY FORMAL MOTION ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. HE NOTED THAT IF <br />DESIRED, THE BOARD COULD AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO REQUEST THE <br />ADDITIONAL SERVICES, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE AN ACTION BY THE COMMISSION. <br />HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE FINAL ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED IN FAVOR <br />OF THE COUNTY, AND THERE ARE 20 DAYS BEFORE THE PERMIT4WILL BE <br />ISSUED, ABOUT FIVE OF WHICH HAVE GONE BY. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE FEELS THE SAME WHETHER <br />WE HAVE THE PERMIT OR NOT, AND HE BELIEVED OUR POSITION WITH THE <br />PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY WOULD BE GREATLY IMPROVED IF WE WERE TO PUT THE <br />PLANT IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. <br />79 <br />�g <br />MAY 7aoaK 43 PAGE 495 . <br />�0 <br />