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AUG 25 1982 Opo° Board of County Commissioners of the responsibility as to the possibility of putting this item on the referendum; and the Hospital Board of Trustees could continue on with their tasks. Mr. Ballard advised that they were offering a time certain in their resolution. He then proceeded to relate the true facts of what had transpired to date. Mr. Ballard noted that last summer the Trustees decided it was time to look to the future, and they commissioned a nationally recognized health consulting firm, the Tri -Brook Group. This group began their investigation and came back with an interim report. Mr. Ballard then appointed a 15 member Long Range Planning Committee in an effort to get input from other factions. The scope of this operation was going to be so vast that the investigation would take more time; the process began last March with the Committee continuing to work diligently. Mr. Ballard noted that this Committee was about two-thirds through their process with some important questions still needing to be addressed. Mr. Ballard reviewed some of the matters under inves- tigation at present: if the Board of Trustees had the right to sell the hospital, since they were governed by covenants within the bond issue, and what financial ramifications were involved, etc. He stressed that all of the issues still are not known and they cannot, in all good conscience, feel very comfortable with the item going to a referendum at this time. Mr. Ballard stated that even a common sense decision takes some degree of knowledge of the question, and they still do not know where the ramifications would lead. The Committee had not completed the investigation to properly guide the Board of Trustees; they are faced with five alternatives but they do not know, legally, if they can be implemented. Mr. Ballard stated they have no problem with having input from the public as they want all the help they