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� � r <br />APPROVAL OF LEASE FOR OFFICE SPACE FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED THAT HE HAD WRITTEN .JOHN MOORE,' <br />OWNER OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE PUBLIC DEFENDER PRESENTLY HAS HIS <br />OFFICE IN REGARD TO RENEWAL OF THE LEASE. MR. MOORE WAS OUT OF TOWN <br />FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND JUST ARRIVED BACK, HE SINCE HAS QUOTED A <br />RATE OF $600 A MONTH, WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM THE OLD RATE OF $450. <br />BASED ON COST OF LIVING INCREASES, THE RATE WOULD HAVE COMPUTED TO <br />$610. ATTORNEY COLLINS CONTINUED THAT THE ARRANGEMENT WITH MR. MOORE <br />IS THAT WE CAN TERMINATE AT ANY TIME UPON GIVING SIX MONTHS NOTICE. <br />THE PROPOSED LEASE IS FOR 18 MONTHS AT A FIXED RATE OF $600 PER MONTH. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER ADMONISHED THE ATTORNEY FOR BRINGING <br />THE BOARD A LEASE TO CONSIDER THAT WILL EXPIRE WITHIN THREE DAYS. HE <br />FELT WITH MORE NOTICE THE BOARD WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT AND <br />LOOK AROUND, COMPARE RENTS, AND PERHAPS FIND LESS COSTLY SPACE. <br />IT WAS NOTED THAT IT IS NOT THE ATTORNEYS FUNCTION TO <br />KEEP TRACK OF THE LEASES AND FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE COSTS IN- <br />VOLVED IN MOVING AN ENTIRE OFFICE WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY OUTWEIGH ANY <br />SLIGHT VARIATION IN RENT WHICH MIGHT BE OBTAINED. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE FURTHER NOTED THAT, IN THIS PARTICULAR <br />SITUATION, WE HAD HOPED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CHANGEOVER TO THE <br />RENOVATED OFFICES BEFORE GETTING INVOLVED IN RENEWING LEASES. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER INQUIRED WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS <br />TO BRING THESE MATTERS TO THE BOARD. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COM- <br />MISSIONER BIRD, TO APPROVE A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR SPACE FOR THE PUBLIC <br />DEFENDER AS OUTLINED AT THE $600 PER MONTH FIGURE AND A TERMINATION <br />RIGHT ON SIX MONTHS NOTICE. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER WISHED TO HAVE THE MINUTES REFLECT <br />THAT HIS QUESTION AS TO WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS TO KEEP TRACK OF <br />THESE LEASES HAS NOT BEEN ANSWERED, AND WILLIAM KOOLAGE STATED THAT <br />AS A CITIZEN HE FELT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT SOMEONE FOLLOW UP ON <br />THESE LEASES AND THE QUESTION SHOULD BE ANSWERED. HE DID NOT FEEL IT <br />SHOULD BE THE ATTORNEYS RESPONSIBILITY. <br />2 51981 goo t 45 PAoE 878 <br />FEB 38 <br />