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NAR 16 1981 <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE AGREED THAT WHAT MR, SCENT HAS SAID <br />SOUNDS VERY SIMPLE, BUT WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS <br />A PRIVATE BUSINESS AND THE COUNTY..HAS NO RIGHT TO TAKE IT OVER UNLESS <br />WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND THEN ADD THE FACT THAT THIS <br />BUSINESS IS PRESENTLY TIED UP IN LITIGATION, IT IS NOT SIMPLE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REQUESTED THAT MR. SCENT ACCEPT THE FACT <br />THAT TONIGHT THE COMMISSION IS INITIATING LEGAL PROCESS TO TAKE THE <br />STEPS HE I.� ASKING THEY TAKE AND THAT HE LET THE COMMISSION TAKE <br />THESE STEPS AND NOT PRESS THEM TO TAKE STEPS THAT ARE NOT LAWFUL AND <br />NOT WITHIN THE PROCESS. <br />MR. SCENT URGED THAT THE BOARD TAKE WHATEVER ACTION THEY <br />CAN AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE. TIME. <br />MR. SALTER -AGAIN STATED THAT THEIR WATER QUALITY IS FINE, <br />AND WENT ON TO SAY THAT IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO TAKE OVER THE SYSTEM <br />FOR ANY REASON, HE HAS MADE THE OFFER TO MR. LYONS AND MR. COLLINS <br />BEFORE, AND HE WILL GO INTO ARBITRATION AND HAVE A PHASED -OUT TURNOVER. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS STATED THAT HE WOULD ACCEPT MR. SALTER S <br />STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD. <br />DEPUTY CLERK HARGREAVES SWORE IN CATHERINE STANFORD, 673 <br />5TH STREET SW, WHO DESCRIBED HER PROBLEMS WITH THE QUALITY OF THE <br />WATER FROM TREASURE COAST UTILITY - ITS APPEARANCE, THE SCUM ON IT, <br />ITS EFFECT ON HER HANDS AND HER HAIR AND HER CONCERN ABOUT ITS <br />POSSIBLE CUMULATIVE EFFECT ON HER INTERNALLY. <br />DEPUTY CLERK HARGREAVES SWORE IN LEROY BENNETT, ROUTE 1, <br />Box 421, FORT PIERCE, DIRECTOR OF EAST COAST SELF-HELP HOUSING. <br />MR. BENNETT STATED THAT THEY HAVE BUILT 13 HOMES IN THIS AREA, AND <br />THEY ARE DEPENDENT ON THE SEWER AND WATER SYSTEM FOR THEIR EXISTENCE; <br />HE NOTED THE FAMILIES LIVING IN THE AREA ARE IN THE LOW INCOME <br />BRACKET AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PUT IN SEPTIC TANKS. HE STATED THAT HE <br />WAS AWARE OF THE SILVER SPRING PLANT MR. SALTER HAD TALKED ABOUT AND <br />HE WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN THAT DID NOT WORK OUT.- MR. BENNETT BELIEVED <br />