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JAN 141981 BO�x 45 PAS 598 REAPPOINTMENT OF NEIL A. NELSON, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, FOR THE BOARD TO REAPPOINT NEIL A. NELSON AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK THOUGHT THAT AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT WOULD BE AT BUDGET TIME. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD LIKE THE COUNTY TO HAVE A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR THE COUNTY ADMINIS- TRATOR. DISCUSSION ENSUED ALONG THOSE LINES. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ;REAPPOINTMENT OF GEORGE G. COLLINS, JR., COUNTY ATTORNEY MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER SCURLOCK, TO REAPPOINT GEORGE G. COLLINS, SJR. AS COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN`S SIGNATURE FOR THE EXTENSION AGREEMENT. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED HIS POSITION IS THAT THE COUNTY MOVE TOWARDS A FULL TIME STAFF WHICH, HE FELT, WOULD PROVIDE FOR A NUMBER OF'POSITIVES FOR THE COUNTY. HE SUGGESTED THAT WE APPROVE THIS APPOINTMENT UP TO OCTOBER 1ST AND THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE BUDGET SESSION, ADVERTISE FOR A FULL TIME COUNSEL - THIS COULD THEN BE DISCUSSED DURING THE BUDGET SESSION. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK NOTED THAT THE CITY, FOR $61,000 A YEAR, HAS COMPETENT LEGAL REPRESENTATION. HE STRESSED THAT HE WAS SATISFIED WITH ATTORNEY COLLINS' SERVICE, HE JUST DID NOT WANT THIS CONTRACT EXTENDED TO JANUARY. CHAIRMAN LYONS REPORTED THAT THIS MATTER HAD BEEN DISCUSSED ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS AND IT HAD BEEN AGREED THAT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, THE TRANSITION WOULD BE MADE TO HAVE AN ON-SITE ATTORNEY. HE ADDED THAT ATTORNEY COLLINS HAD BEEN A PARTY TO THESE DISCUSSIONS. THE CHAIRMAN STRESSED THAT THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF HISTORY WITH ATTORNEY COLLINS AND IT WILL TAKE TIME TO MAKE A TRANSITION.