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JAN 28 1981 466K 46 PAGE COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK FELT THE BOARD MUST HAVE MORE MEETINGS AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL EVENING MEETINGS. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WORTH A TRY INSTEAD OF THE MARATHON THE BOARD HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH. COMMISSIONER BIRD SUGGESTED A COMPROMISE OF HAVING DAY AND EVENING MEETINGS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE WAS IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO SHORTEN THE LONG AGENDAS BUT HE WAS NOT IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH EVENING MEETINGS.BUT FELT THEY SHOULD BE HELD ONLY FOR SPECIFIC ZONING ITEMS. HE THOUGHT THE BOARD HAD TO ADDRESS WHAT IT WOULD COST TO HAVE THE EVENING MEETINGS AS THE BOARD COULD NOT EXPECT BOARD SECRETARY FORLANI AND THE RECORDING SECRETARIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THE FULL DAY S WORK AND COME BACK FOR EVENING MEETINGS. COMMIS- SIONER WODTKE AGREED WITH CHAIRMAN LYONS THAT "DISCUSSION" ITEMS BE HANDLED AT A WORKSHOP SESSION. HE THEN REVIEWED ST, LUCIE COUNTY'S AGENDA PROCEDURE, AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF RICHARD KELTON, CONSULTANT, COULD REVIEW THIS PROBLEM AND GIVE THE BOARD HIS CONSIDERATION. COMMISSIONER WODTKE THEN PROPOSED THAT THE BOARD MEET EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY DURING THE DAY, AND SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP SESSION THE MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE THE WEDNESDAY MEETING. HE CONTINUED THAT ON THE DAY AFTER THE WORKSHOP SESSION, THE STAFF COULD PREPARE THE AGENDA ITEMS IN TIME FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING MEETINGS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ALSO FELT THAT THE WORKSHOP SESSIONS COULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND BE RECORDED ON TAPE. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, THAT THE BOARD ESTABLISH DAY MEETINGS FOR THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY; AN EVENING MEETING FOR THE SECOND WEDNESDAY; AND IF THERE IS A FIFTH WEDNESDAY IN THE MONTH, HAVE AN EVENING MEETING. COMMISSIONER BIRD STATED THAT HE HAD NOT CONSIDERED THE STAFF AND OVERTIME AND SUGGESTED CONSIDERING A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MEETING STARTING AT 1:00 P.M. INSTEAD OF HAVING IT AT NIGHT.