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r <br />purchases a utility; so, this agreement was presented to the <br />Boards, today in concept only. If any Commissioner has any changes <br />to propose, they should be presented as soon as possible since <br />the intent is to send a copy of the blank contract to Bent Pine <br />this 'afternoon so hopefully we can have a signed version of it <br />for next Tuesday's agenda. <br />Chairman Scurlock commented that this matter put both him <br />and Director Pinto in a very difficult position personally; they <br />felt ',they had been adversely affected and that the comments in <br />the newspaper as a result of the suit were damaging. The <br />Chairman stated that, as he remembers it, the original offer by <br />Bent Pine was in the range of almost $800,000. This particular <br />'propo'sal provides that none of our existing customers are harmed, <br />and he felt comfortable with the land value and the arrangement <br />for the impact fees coming in to pay the remainder over 15 years. <br />Chairman Scurlock felt there is no question but that this is a <br />good ,agreement from the standpoint of the county, especially <br />since i there are some intangibles involved that relate to other <br />programs that are on-going in the county. Therefore, he and <br />Director Pinto have been convinced that their responsibility is <br />to recommend the agreement, which they have tried to structure <br />withl,a personal note of apology to them for the statements made. <br />He stressed that he and Mr. Pinto have never acted in any way <br />others than at the direction of the Commission, and it is hard tc <br />be objective when you are attacked personally. <br />Utilities Director Pinto first wished to commend Mr. Vitunac <br />in leading these negotiations because it was extremely difficult <br />for him personally to sit there and go through them in an <br />unbiased way. Mr. Pinto continued that one of the reasons he is <br />putting his own personal issue aside is he strongly feels that <br />had this offer had been made and structured this way in the very <br />beginning, we would have accepted it. It meets the criteria we <br />set up a long time ago for purchasing a utility whereby it cannot <br />affe t the present customers in a negative fashion. It gives the <br />39 BOOK 69 PAGE. <br />