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THAT WITH THE BOARD WORKING ALONG WITH MR. SALTER, THIS PROBLEM CAN BE RESOLVED, AND HE EMPHASIZED THAT HE WOULD HATE TO SEE SEPTIC TANKS GO IN THIS AREA. CHAIRMAN LYONS RECESSED THE MEETING FOR -TEN MINUTES AT 10 O'CLOCK P.M. CHAIRMAN LYONS CALLED THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER, HE ASSURED THOSE PRESENT THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED ASID THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION WOULD NOT STAND IDLY BY AND LET THEM BE WITHOUT SEWER OR WATER SERVICE. THE CHAIRMAN URGED THAT THE BOARD TONIGHT SET SOME SORT OF A TIME LIMIT FOR REACHING A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER PROCEEDED TO REVIEW THE HISTORY OF THE SITUATION AS HE HAD HEARD IT TONIGHT AND THE VARIOUS OWNERSHIPS. HE NOTED THAT IT APPEARS THAT MR. SALTER NOW HAS TURNED AROUND AND SAID TO THE COUNTY THAT HE HAS BEEN HAD AND HE SEES SOME LEGAL POTHOLES WHERE HE CAN BE UNHAD BY USING THE CUSTOMERS TO LEVERAGE THE COM- MISSION INTO GIVING HIM WHAT HE WOULD LIKE. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER FOUND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT MR. SALTER, AS AN ATTORNEY, WOULD BE SO NAIVE THAT HE WOULD NOT CHECK INTO WHAT HE WAS BUYING. HE STATED THAT THE BASIC ASSUMPTION HE RECEIVED FROM THE CROWD TONIGHT IS THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY SAYING "PAY HIM NO MATTER WHAT HE WANTS, AND LET'S GET ON WITH THE PROGRAM." MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE RESPONDED IN THE NEGATIVE, AND NOTED THAT IF MR. SALTER WAS TAKEN, THAT WAS HIS FAULT, AND THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SUFFER FOR THAT. COMMISSIONER BIRD WISHED TO CLARIFY WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS GENERALLY MISUNDERSTOOD ABOUT THE WORDING OF RESOLUTION 76-32 AND THE STATEMENT THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO "CONFISCATE" THIS SYSTEM. HE EXPLAINED THAT BACK IN 1978 THE COUNTY FORESAW THEY WERE GOING TO BE GOING INTO THE WATER AND SEWER BUSINESS IN.CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THAT COUNTY; S0, AT THAT TIME, A CLAUSE WAS INSERTED STATING THAT AT THE TIME THE COUNTY HAD THE CAPABILITY OF PROVIDING COUNTY WATER AND SEWER SERVICE, THEN THE DISTRIBUTION LINES THAT WERE IN THE