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with lawsuits. He hasn't talked to Mr. Collins about this yet; <br />however, if it will help the county, the County Attorney's office <br />could give him up and all work double duty. <br />Chairman Scurlock discussed Attorney Collins background, <br />noting that he was a planner before he was an attorney. He <br />believed Attorney Collins has the respect of everyone in the <br />county, and also, he wants to return to being an attorney; so, <br />there wouldn't be any problem about saying we are going outside <br />to hire a person to replace him. The Chairman commented that he <br />had thought of Community Development Director Bob Keating, but he <br />has such a heavy load; the same is true of Emergency Management <br />Director Doug Wright. <br />Commissioner Eggert agreed that it is very difficult to go <br />to a department head to fill this position and then say you are <br />only going to do this temporarily. <br />Commissioner Bird asked about the possibility of former <br />Acting Administrator "Tommy" Thomas, but was informed that Mr. <br />Thomas had already been approached in this regard and said no. <br />Commissioner Eggert had another suggestion in addition to <br />the appointment of Attorney Collins as Acting Administrator. A <br />lot of things we are involved with and trying to get completed <br />are personnel work, and Jack Price, who was Piper's Personnel <br />Manager for quite a while, has left them and he is not interested <br />in government on a long term basis. She wondered if we might not <br />ask for his assistance on a temporary consulting or some such <br />kind of basis to help us get through the next few months. If, <br />for example, Mary Kiser would come back on line, she felt we <br />would need someone with some personnel experience to give us some <br />guidance on how to monitor that situation, and we also have the <br />salary study sitting there. <br />Board members indicated they would need time to think about <br />this, and Chairman Scurlock noted that the immediate action we <br />have to take today is that we have to have someone, at least on a <br />temporary basis, to serve as the Acting County Administrator. <br />10 <br />AUG 10 19 <br />