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OCT 21980 BOOK 44 PAGE 722 MS. SHELLEY STATED THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT UNPAVED ROADS IN GIFFORD AND THE SCRAPING OF THEM, SHE NOTED THAT A STATEMENT WAS MADE ABOUT THE COST OF BRIDGE REPAIRS AND ASKED WHAT REPAIRS COULD BE MADE TO THE WABASSO BRIDGE. ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INFORMED HER THAT WE HAD A COST OF OVER $6,000 TO REPAIR NAVIGATION LIGHTS ON THE WABASSO BRIDGE THAT WERE .KNOCKED OUT BY VANDALS. COMMISSIONER LYONS INFORMED MS. SHELLEY IF SHE DID NOT GET SATISFACTORY SERVICE FROM HER PHONE CALLS, SHE SHOULD CALL THE ADMINISTRATOR DIRECTLY OR CALL MRS. FORLANI, THE BOARDS SECRETARY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE TREATED RIGHT. COMMISSIONER WODTKE WAS SURE MS. SHELLEY'S COMPLAINT WAS JUSTIFIED BUT FELT IT HAS BEEN A RARE CASE WHEN SOMEONE HAS CALLED ROAD & BRIDGE AND HAS NOT GOTTEN A REPLY OR AN ANSWER. HE FELT THE GIRLS HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE HELPFUL. MS. SHELLEY STATED THAT THE LADY DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO REFER HER, AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE REITERATED THAT IF MS. SHELLEY HAS ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS, SHE SHOULD CALL THE BOARDS SECRETARY OR ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. GERALD JACKSON OF 705 HARBOUR DRIVE HAD A QUESTION ON THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. HE STATED THAT HE VOTED FOR IT AND HE WAS A FIREMAN FOR 25 YEARS, BUT HE HAD A QUESTION AS TO THE EARLY ASSESSMENT OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS THAT WILL NOT RECEIVE SERVICES FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED HIM THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR, THE DISTRICT ANTICIPATES BUILDING AT LEAST TWO NEW FIRE STATIONS WHICH WILL INSURE QUICKER RESPONSE TIME, AND HIRING 20 ADDITIONAL MEN. MR. JACKSON STATED THAT HE LIVES IN THE MOORINGS, AND IT WILL BE THREE YEARS BEFORE THEY GET A NEW STATION ALTHOUGH HIS TAXES ARE GOING FROM $52.00 TO $416.00. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS NOTED THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES FUND IS ALSO INCLUDED IN HIS TAXES, AND THE .72 SHOULD BE DROPPED 18