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FEB 25 1981 mai- PAGE 881 ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF HE COULD TELL THE JUDGE AT THE HEARING TOMORROW THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WERE GOING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. HE FELT THE SUGGESTED PUBLIC HEARING WOULD REQUIRE THREE HOURS AT LEAST, AND WE NEED TO ADVERTISE AND HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE. COMgISSIONER FLETCHER NOTED„THAT THIS IS A PRIME OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. COMMISSIONER BIRD HOPED WE WOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION THAT WOULD IN ANY WAY DILUTE THE PRESSURE PUT ON MR. SALTER, OWNER OF TREASURE COAST UTILITIES, AND THE ATTORNEY BELIEVED THAT PRESSURE SHOULD BE EXERTED FROM EVERY POSSIBLE ANGLE'AND THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS A REQUIRED PART OF THE DUE PROCESS, WOULD HELP INCREASE THE PRESSURE. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO VARIOUS DATES, AND MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY TO ADVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING RE TREASURE COAST UTILITIES FOR MONDAY, MARCH 16, 19811 AT 7:30 O'CLOCK P.M. AT THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES, AND AFTER GATHER- ING ALL THE FACTS, REACH A DECISION AT A LATER DATE. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO WORDING THE ADVERTISEMENT SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT TO EXPECT AND MAKE IT SUFFICIENTLY LARGE TO CATCH THE PUBLIC EYE. COMMISSIONER WODTKE WISHED TO HAVE A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THE HEARING AND ASKED THE COOPERATION OF THE PRESS. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO JOIN WITH THE DER IN APPROPRIATE ACTION AGAINST TREASURE COAST UTILITIES IN- VOLVING BOTH SEWER AND/OR WATER. CONSTRUCTION PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE KONTOULAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDERS #10 AND #11 FOR THE COURTHOUSE. #10 INVOLVES iii r