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r _ <br />DEC 31190 ,q'565 <br />ava 45 FADE <br />STATE LAW IS PROPER AND SUFFICIENT. HE STATED THAT WHILE HE COULD <br />NOT SAY THAT WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS ARE THE BEST THING, HE BELIEVED <br />IF THEY ARE PUT IN PROPERLY, THEY DO THE JOB PROPERLY. HE THEN TALKED <br />ABOUT UNITS AS OPPOSED TO HOUSES AND THE SIZE OF THE HOUSES ANI}--_ <br />BELIEVED WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE WHOLE PICTURE, <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER FELT WE DO HAVE SOME EXPERT CRITERIA <br />AVAILABLE IN THAT WE HAVE AREAS IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE SHOWN US THAT <br />THE PROXIMITY OF WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS IS T00 CLOSE AND THE SHALLOW <br />AQUIFER IS BEING AFFECTED. HE COMMENTED THAT WHILE WE MAY NOT KNOW <br />WHAT WE WANT OR NEED, WE DO KNOW WHAT IS NOT WORKING. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE NEED FOR EXPERTISE, AND COM- <br />MISSIONER SCURLOCK POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS <br />THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, I.E., SOIL CONDITIONS, LEVEL <br />OF RAINFALL, WATER TABLE, PERCOLATION, ETC., AND HE FELT EACH AREA <br />MUST BE LOOKED AT IN LIGHT OF ALL THESE VARIABLES. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS FELT WE MAY NEED SOME OUTSIDE HELP IN THIS <br />REGARD, AND HE ASKED THAT PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER AND UTILITY DIRECTOR <br />LINER COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON TODAY'S DISCUSSION. <br />CHANGE PROPOSALS #21 AND #24 - COURTHOUSE AND PROVISION FOR <br />BENCHES AND BOOKCASES <br />CONSTRUCTION PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE HERCULES KONTOULAS <br />EXPLAINED THAT CHANGE PROPOSAL #21 IS IN REGARD TO A CENTRAL AIR <br />CONDITIONING UNIT WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE FOUR CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES' <br />OFFICES ON THE SOUTH END OF THE COURTHOUSE, NEW DROPPED CEILINGS IN <br />THOSE OFFICES, AND NEW LIGHTING FIXTURES TO FIT INTO THE DROPPED <br />CEILINGS. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER COMMENTED THAT APPARENTLY THE PREVIOUS <br />COMMISSION MADE THE CHOICE TO LEAVE TH5 WINDOW -UNITS IN THESE OFFICES <br />AS OPPOSED TO GOING TO CENTRAL A/C AND THIS IS A RECONSIDERATION. <br />ECONOMICALLY AND ENERGYWISE, HE BELIEVED IT WOULD BE BETTER TO GO WITH <br />A CENTRAL UNIT. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER SAW NO ALTERNATIVE FOR <br />EFFICIENT OPERATION AND RECOMMENDED THAT WE TAKE THE $600 CREDIT AND <br />PROCEED WITH THE CHANGE PROPOSAL. HE COMMENTED THAT HE SAW SOME <br />ROOFING AND ELECTRICAL WORK IN A CONTRACT. <br />