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JAN 8 1986 Bou 63 PAGE 187 the administration once assigned to the City, he did not feel that the Board of County Commissioners should be involved in the day to day administration. He believed the Fire Chief should be responsible to the Board of County Commissioners through the County Administrator. Commissioner Lyons echoed Commissioner Wodtke's feeling in that it .is not much different than any other special taxing district that we have. Commissioner Bowman agreed with Commissioners Lyons and Wodtke and could not imagine how the five -commissioners could be consulted on everything. Commissioner Bird stated it was not his intention that the Commissioners be consulted on every little thing as that was the Fire Chief's job. Chairman Scurlock felt when the SCFD was created, it was presented to the public that the administration would be through the City for a number of years to assure stability and that was under Tom Nason who was designated as the administrator on budgets, etc., and then on to the Fire Advisory Board and to the Board of County Commissioners. He advised that the Fire Advisory Board have said that they do not want to be involved in hirings or firings. He felt that there are some things that need to be clarified and perhaps in the next few years we can consider going back to the voters on a referendum. He agreed that the Fire Chief should go through the County Administrator before coming to the Board of County Commissioners. He did not want to see a political body involved in the day-to-day administration of the SCFD. Commissioner Bird explained that he feels that the SCFD was sold to the public 5 years ago so that it would not be just another county department, but Chairman Scurlock interjected that he felt it has not functioned as anything but another department since then. Tom Nason handled the administration and came to the 54 M