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Commissioner Lyons noted that there are a number of publications that reach County Administrators throughout the United States, for instance the National Planning Council, the National Association of County Commissioners, etc., and he suggested we make our wishes known in those publications and see what we can come up with. Chairman Scurlock stated that the concept of a search firm was precipitated by some insinuation that this thing was all political, and because of wanting the best for the County, he felt any question of politics would be removed by going totally independent in the initial process. He noted that in the past .he had supported a_different process for selection, and he did not have any problem with the selection process used in finding the County Attorney; however, our staff's time is pretty much consumed at this time because we do not have all our positions filled, and that was another consideration. Commissioner Lyons agreed that the staff has a heavy load, and possibly the best thing to do is to to a search firm. Commissioner Wodtke stated that he -would prefer to go with the same process used in choosing Attorney Brandenburg, and then if it should occur .that we do not feel we are generating sufficient quality, he would consider at a later date bringing in a search firm. He felt that the five Commissioners with the help from the administration should be involved from the beginning and did not feel comfortable in getting into a situation that could cost $10,000 to $20,000 at this time. Commissioner Bird felt a three person non-partisan board might be a good idea, but Commissioners Lyons, Fletcher, and Chairman Scurlock did not agree. Commissioner Fletcher commented that when he suggested looking outside, he did not mean to preclude looking 85 APR 71982 J