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COUNCILMAN GREGG SAID THAT WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY SO - HE DID LEAN TOWARDS THE CONTRACT BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IT IS A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO DO IT, BUT HE WOULD ALSO SUPPORT A DISTRICT UNDER ONE CONDITION - IF THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE MANAGEMENT WHERE IT WAS SHIFTED AWAY FROM THE CITY. HE NOTED THAT ALL THIS IS BUILT INTO THE WAY THE CITY OPERATES, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF MONEY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT THESE ARE THE AREAS OF POSSIBLE DISAGREEMENT, BUT HE DID NOT FEEL WE ARE VERY FAR APART. HE HATED TO FEEL, HOWEVER, THAT THE CITY WOULD PULL OUT BEFORE THE COUNTY WAS READY TO TAKE OVER MORE EFFICIENTLY. COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO D0, MR. KELTON NOTED THAT THE CITY HAS SUGGESTED TWO PRIMARY OPTIONS - CI) A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WHICH WOULD HAVE SOME DEFINITE TIME PERIOD AND BE RENEWABLE AT THE END OF THAT TIME, AND (2) A CONSOLIDATED CITY AND COUNTY DISTRICT. THE FIRST WOULD TAKE SOME KIND OF FUNDING FORMULA TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH THE COUNTY PEOPLE WOULD PAY THE CITY FOR FIRE PROTECTION: STATIONS WOULD BE BUILT ON CERTAIN LOCATIONS BASED ON AN ASSUMPTION THERE WOULD BE A CONSOLIDATED SERVICE REGARDLESS OF THE FUNDING. UNDER THE CONSOLI- DATED DISTRICT, EVERYONE WOULD PAY THE SAME AND RECEIVE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE. THE BIG PROBLEM AS HE SAW IT WITH THE FIRST OPTION IS THAT IF THE CONTRACT IS NOT RENEWED AND EACH ENTITY GOES ITS OWN WAY, TWO OF THE STATIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE BUILT WILL BE IN THE WRONG PLACE FOR THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY WOULD BE LEFT WITH TWO STATIONS BASICALLY IN THE WRONG PLACES. HE RECOMMENDED THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD STATIONS, THE CLEANEST WAY TO DO IT IS WITH THE CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT. COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED IF THIS COULD BE SOLVED WITH PORTABLE STATIONS, AND MR. KELTON DID NOT BELIEVE YOU WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT PORTABLE STATIONS FOR A TEN YEAR PERIOD - POSSIBLY FOR A TWO OR THREE YEAR PERIOD. 75