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MAR 161981 <br />GROUND WOULD BE TURNED OVER TO THE COUNTY AT NO CHARGE TO TIE INTO <br />THE COUNTY'S MAINS SO THAT SERVICE COULD BE PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY <br />ANYTHING ABOVE GROUND, THE PACKAGE PLANTS, ETC., THAT HAD SOME.VALUE, <br />THE FRANCHISEE COULD SELL OR DISPOSE OF AS HE SAW FIT AND WE, <br />THEREFORE, ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT TAKING THE SYSTEM OVER FREE. COM- <br />MISSIONER BIRD FURTHER NOTED THAT MANY FRANCHISE OWNERS HAVE SIGNED <br />SIMILAR AGREEMENTS SINCE THAT TIME AGREEING TO DO JUST THATi <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS NOTED THAT PACKAGE PLANTS ACTUALLY ARE <br />QUITE MARKETABLE AND CAN BE MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE, IF THEY ARE <br />KEPT IN GOOD REPAIR. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER ASKED THE PEOPLE PRESENT IF THEY HAD <br />A -CHOICE AND COULD DO IT OVER AGAIN WHETHER THEY WOULD PREFER SEPTIC <br />TANKS OR TO BE ON A SYSTEM, AND EVERYONE PRESENT EMPHATICALLY AGREED <br />THEY PREFERRED TO BE ON A SYSTEM. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK FELT WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS - EITHER <br />DECIDE WE WISH MR. SALTER TO CONTINUE IN OPERATION OR DECIDE IT IS <br />BEST FOR THE COUNTY TO TAKE OVER THE SYSTEM. SINCE MR. SALTER HAS <br />SAID IT IS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO BE IN THE SEWER BUSINESS <br />ONLY, AND THE COUNTY IS IN THE PROCESS OF GOING INTO THE WATER <br />BUSINESS, HE FELT WE ARE AT A POINT OF DISCUSSING WHAT THE SYSTEM <br />IS WORTH. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, HOWEVER, DID NOT BELIEVE THE <br />SYSTEM IS WORTH $124,000 AS MR. SALTER CLAIMS, AND NOTED THAT ACTUALLY <br />WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IS THE DOLLAR IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE. <br />HE BELIEVED THEIR LONG TERM BEST INTERESTS WOULD BE SERVED BY THE <br />COUNTY TAKING OVER, BUT THE PRICE IS THE QUESTION. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE <br />TO BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM TONIGHT, BUT IT IS A SITUATION <br />THAT IS IN THE COURTS AND THERE IS PENDING ACTION. HE BELIEVED THAT <br />THE HEARING TONIGHT WILL PUT THE COMMISSION IN A POSTURE THAT <br />HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE VERY FAST IN SOME AREA FOR A SOLUTION. HE <br />CERTAINLY AGREED THAT THE PEOPLE NEED ASSURANCE THAT THEY WILL HAVE <br />SEWER AND WATER AND NOTED THAT SEPTIC TANKS WERE INVESTIGATED ONLY <br />MAR 1=1 <br />22 <br />