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_I NOY 510$0 "aam 45 PAGE x.92 IN CONTACT WITH THE DOW CORPORATION AND DUPONT IN THEIR MEMBRANE RESEARCH; THE INDUSTRY IS GOING THROUGH REVOLUTIONARY CHANCES, AND IN THE FUTURE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO UTILIZE LOW PRESSURE MEMBRANES AND THUS CUT OUR POWER COSTS IN HALF. MR. ROBBINS STATED THAT HE CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS PROCESS AT THIS TIME, BUT FEELS THE LONG RANGE PROJEC- TION IS FOR THIS METHOD. UTILITY DIRECTOR LINER CONTINUED TO REVIEW MR. ROBBINS' MEMO, AND THE CHAIRMAN REQUESTED THAT WE GO TO THE ATTORNEY'S ITEMS AT THIS TIME AND DISCUSS THE CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY FOR THE GIFFORD SEWAGE PLANT, WHICH WOULD RELATE TO ITEM #2 OF THE MEMO. CLOSING ON GIFFORD SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT PROPERTY ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SELLER, WELLFORD HARDEE, HAS REQUESTED THAT PAYMENT BE MADE IN TWO PARTS - HALF THIS YEAR AND HALF AFTER DECEMBER 31sT. THE TENTATIVE AMOUNT OF $23,044.36 WILL BE DUE AT CLOSING, AND A COMPARABLE SUM WILL BE DUE AFTER THE FIRST OF NEXT YEAR. THE ATTORNEY SAW NO OBJECTION TO THE COUNTY PAYING FOR THE PROPERTY IN THIS MANNER. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRESENT UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY TO BE PURCHASED FROM THE HARDEES FOR THE GIFFORD SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT SITE AND TO PAY THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $23,044.36 AT CLOSING; THE FINAL PAYMENT IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $22, 287.38 TO BE MADE AFTER THE FIRST OF NEXT YEAR UPON REQUEST OF SELLER. COMMISSIONER LYONS WISHED IT CONFIRMED THAT THIS SITE IS SATISFACTORY TO THE DER, AND ENGINEER ROBBINS STATED THAT NO QUESTION HAS BEEN RAISED BY THE DER. ENGINEER JOHN ROBBINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE DISCUSSED WITH THE DER THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING OUR COMPLETION SCHEDULE FOR THE GIFFORD SEWER PLANT BY TEN WEEKS AND GOT A FAVORABLE RESPONSE. HE REPORTED THAT AFTER MEETING WITH FMHA OFFICIALS TOMORROW, HE IN- TENDS TO CALL MR. KOSLOFF OF THE DER AND INDICATE THE SCHEDULE WE ARE ON AND OFFICIALLY REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY A TEN WEEK EXTEN- SION OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT, WHICH CALLED FOR THE PLANT TO BE INSTALLED BY DECEMBER 30, 1980.