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CHAIRMAN LYONS, SPEAKING AS A FORMER AMBULANCE DRIVER, <br />AGREED THAT SUCH AN INVENTORY. IS BADLY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA <br />SUCH AS GIFFORD WHERE MANY SIGNS ARE MISSING. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER QUESTIONED WHAT THE $5,000 GRANT <br />WAS NEEDED FOR, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT IT WAS NEEDED FOR <br />MATERIALS (STARTER KITS, ETC.) AND LABOR COSTS; THIS WOULD INVOLVE <br />TEN TEAMS. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON <br />AND CARRIED 4 TO 1 WITH COMMISSIONER FLETCHER VOTING IN OPPOSITION. <br />ang <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REQUESTED THAT AN EMERGENCY ITEM BE ADDED <br />TO TODAY'S AGENDA REGARDING TREASURE COAST UTILITIES. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER WODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADDED THE ABOVE EMERGENCY ITEM <br />TO THE AGENDA. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED THAT IT APPEARS THE DER WILL, <br />WITHIN A VERY FEW DAYS, OBTAIN A COURT ORDER CLOSING DOWN THIS SEWER <br />PLANT; THIS OBVIOUSLY WILL CREATE A HEALTH HAZARD, AND THE BURDEN <br />WILL FALL ON THE COUNTY TO TAKE SOME ACTION. SINCE THE OWNER OF <br />TREASURE COAST UTILITIES, TRAVIS SALTER, NOW WILL BE SUBJECT TO CON- <br />TEMPT ACTIONS BY THE DER, THE ATTORNEY BELIEVED THAT PSR. SALTERS <br />ATTITUDE AS TO THE WORTH OF THE SYSTEM MAY HAVE CHANGED AND THAT NOW <br />IS THE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH HIM; HE, THEREFORE, WISHED <br />TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION WITH MR. SALTER AND <br />NEGOTIATE IF IT APPEARS FRUITFUL. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS BELIEVED THAT ATTORNEY COLLINS IS COMPLETELY <br />AWARE THAT THE COUNTY ACTUALLY WANTS TO PAY NOTHING FOR THIS SYSTEM <br />AND WILL TRY TO FIND.A WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITH MINIMUM EXPENSE <br />TO THE COUNTY, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO HAVING THE CHAIRMAN OR ONE COM- <br />MISSIONER INVOLVED IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS ALSO, AND THE CHAIRMAN AGREED <br />TO PARTICIPATE. <br />1W <br />