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JAN 14 1981 oox 45 P�* 0664 WHO WOULD BE A BIG HELP, BUT WE WANT TO AVOID GETTING SOMEONE YOU WOULD NEED TO TRAIN. HE FELT SUCH A COMMITTEE WOULD BE A PROTECTION FOR HIM AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO BONJ)S. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD PUT HIS COMMENTS IN WRITING. HE MAINLY FELT THAT WE DONT NEED TO GET INTO AN ORDINANCE AND APPOINT PEOPLE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE DID FEEL THAT WE NEED TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE, QUALIFIED PEOPLE AND THAT WE WILL HAVE TO GO OUT AND SEEK THEM, BECAUSE GETTING THE BEST PEOPLE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS TYPE OF COMMITTEE, CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ENSUED, AND COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK NOTED THAT EITHER THE BOARD WANTS A COMMITTEE OR THEY DON'T; HE WAS MERELY TRYING TO FORMALIZE SOME TYPE OF APPROACH. CHAIRMAN LYONS FELT THAT WE SHOULD ASK FOR RESUMES AND SET UP INTERVIEWS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT ENVISIONED THAT SUCH A GROUP WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WHICH WE TRIED TO SET UP BEFORE. HE FELT IF IT IS INTENDED TO WORK IN THE BUDGET AREA AS WELL, AS WITH BONDS AND INVESTMENTS, THEN WE NEED DIVERSIFICATION. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED THAT HE HAD NOT ENVISIONED THIS GROUP GETTING INVOLVED ON THE LINE ITEMS OF THE VARIOUS DEPART- MENTS, BUT TRIED TO MAKE THE PARAMETERS BROAD ENOUGH SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO ASSIGNMENTS, COMMISSIONER BIRD SUGGESTED THAT ONE OF THE DUTIES OF SUCH A GROUP SHOULD BE TO INVESTIGATE FINANCING OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY ON MAJOR PROJECTS. HE ALSO FELT SOME METHOD OF TERMINATION OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHOULD BE PROVIDED, AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE MEMBERS SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS AGREED THAT THIS SHOULD BE A COMMITTEE AND NOT A COMMISSION. IN REGARD TO THE MAKE-UP OF THE COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN LYONS STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE NO INTEREST IN SERVING ON IT, AND PERSONALLY DID NOT FEEL THAT THE ONE THEY ARE GOING 86