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to day operations of this county - not in the past nor will he in the future. He believed the Commission has a responsibility to take a businesslike approach to government. He believed that is exactly what we have done in the past 8 years, and he believed the goals and the accomplishments we have had speak well for themselves. They are there and in place. We have built buildings and expanded sewer systems, paved roads, and he felt we have done a pretty darn good job in the structure that we have, and he supports that. The Chairman stated that he is proud to serve on the Commission that we have because he respects individually each Commissioner and their individual talents and the contribution each has made to the county and felt this is by far the finest Commission and group of individuals he has ever worked with and he has had some strong disagreements with each of them individually on a particular issue now and then, and he is tired of some of the accusations and insinuations. The Chairman emphasized that we have sat here for a full two years with the County Administrator, and at no time has the Administrator ever brought to the Board a question of interference. In fact, on two occasions he has asked him (Mr. Balczun) that question very clearly. We have had two years, and if he has interfered in any way, and there have been suggestions quite frankly, gentlemen and ladies, that each one of us has interfered in the past - Dick with the golf course, Carolyn with the Library, etc. - and he believed this was unfounded. He has yet to see a specific instance where anyone, including Mr. Balczun, has been told to do this or that. Chairman Scurlock remembered back when we were interviewing the Administrator. He felt Mr. Balczun when he took the job - and he remembers sitting there, and Mr. Pinto, Mr. Vitunac, and the others who were involved sat there - and when we discussed the possibility (because County Administrators do move around, it is not unique; generally their life is about two years), he asked a question: "if, in fact, we come to a parting of the ways and a 57 BOOK .73 F',,�E 408 AUG 1988- .