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Attorney Vitunac stated that he discovered it about a week ago because he was told that, yes, he (Mr. Balczun) had signed the contract and it had been delivered to the Chairman; other- wise, we would have called a Special Meeting of the Board to force the issue one way or the other. Chairman Scurlock believed that issue, since Mr. Balczun is reserving comment, will be a matter for, if we get to that point, litigation and a suit. He personally believed there are a number of individuals who will swear that they saw that document. He personally will swear that he signed it; that it was signed by Mr. Balczun; and his secretary's history of it then appearing missing the next day; the reattempt to have it signed again; and at that point he did not know what did or did not happen. He believed that is a legal issue. Commissioner Wheeler noted that as a lay person sitting here, he has a little problem, too. This isn't a court of law - and for someone not to state simply whether they signed a contract or not. This isn't a murder trial - you either signed the document or you didn't. Commissioner Bird noted that if the contract wasn't signed, he would think someone should have followed through. Chairman Scurlock advised that we did. He directed Commission secretary Alice White, once it became missing, to follow up on it, and she delivered a new document to Mr. Balczun through his secretary, Margaret Gunter, with the specification that it needed to be signed, and basically he refused to sign it. Commissioner Bird asked how long ago that was. The Chairman did not know exactly, but Attorney Vitunac noted that had to be before April 1st' because that was the critical date, and if someone had told us that he hadn't signed again because we lost the first one, we would have had a Special Call meeting and given him notice under the original contract or have him sign the amendment. 53 Boor 73 F,a;E 404 U G 9 1998 L_