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DISCUSSION RE TREASURE COAST UTILITIES ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING RECENTLY HELD ON TREASURE COAST UTILITIES WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESENTING THE VARIOUS ITEMS OF DEFICIENCY REVOLVING AROUND THIS SYSTEM AND TO GIVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE SYSTEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND ANY ADDITIONAL AREAS OF DEFAULT OF WHICH WE MIGHT NOT BE KNOWLEDGEABLE. HE CONTINUED THAT UTILITY DIRECTOR LINER HAS GONE THROUGH THE FRANCHISE AREA, PICKED OUT AREAS AND SET FORTH DEFAULTS,' -AND THE ATTORNEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD NOW AUTHORIZE THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT TO SEND A LETTER TO THE FRANCHISE HOLDER OUTLINING THE DEFICIENCIES AND SETTING A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS WITHIN WHICH THEY ARE TO BE CURED. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY=COMMISSIONER FLETCHER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT TO COMPILE THE DEFAULT AREAS IN THE TREASURE COAST UTILITIES FRANCHISE AND SEND A LETTER TO THE FRANCHISE HOLDER, OUTLINING SUCH DEFICIENCIES AND SETTING A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS WITHIN WHICH THOSE DEFICIENCIES ARE TO BE CURED, AND REQUESTING THE COMPANY °S FINANCIAL DATA FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED HOW THE BOARD WOULD FEEL ABOUT AUTHORIZING THE INITIAL ENGINEERING ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER IN THE EVENT MR. SALTER DOES NOT CURE THE DEFICIENCIES. 'DISCUSSION ENSUED ON THE POSSIBLE COST INVOLVED AND THE EXTENT OF THE ENGINEERING DESIRED. COMMISSIONER WODTKE DID NOT FEEL THAT THIS WOULD INVOLVE A GREAT EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS BUT WOULD BE AIMED MAINLY AT HAVING THE ENGINEER IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO TELL 1 US WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE, I.E. HOW WE COULD BEEF THE SYSTEM UP TO MAKE IT WORKABLE, ETC. HE DID NOT FEEL WE WOULD BE SPENDING MORE THAN $1,500, ADMINISTRATOR NELSON SUGGESTED,SINCE THE ENGINEER ALREADY HAS DONE THE INITIAL INVENTORY, --THAT A NOT TO EXCEED $I,000 LIMIT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. 55 BOOK 46 PAG 160