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Chairman Scurlock noted we mainly are brainstorming but that seems to be the thought right now. Commissioner Wheeler pointed out that this is a one-time shot. He felt a straw ballot is a compromise, and believed the cynics are going to pick that out as a weak point. Discussion ensued regarding the possibility of structuring this so that it is not a straw ballot, and Attorney Vitunac advised that the state doesn't talk about that, but he did not see why it would contravene any state policy. Discussion continued about the fact that we have only one chance to go out and ask for the tax for up to 15 years, and Attorney Vitunac did not feel the state would mind if the Board put in another election saying do you want to remove the authority for the sales tax, if they did that 5 to 10 years down the road. Administrator Collins felt the point is that you have one opportunity to pass it, and whatever you set in the first place is the maximum you can get. He felt if the Board wished to go back later and limit what they got, they certainly could do that. Commissioner Bird asked if a straw ballot is required as a part of this, and Chairman Scurlock explained it is not. The Finance Advisory Committee felt it would be difficult to project a program for the entire 15 year period and believed there would be voter resistance to approving the tax for 15 years without having what it was to be spent on spelled out. Therefore, it was thought that it might be more publicly acceptable if, at the end of the 4th year, we could have some sort of vehicle to say to the public here is the next phase of the projects and give us your input in the form of a straw ballot. Commissioner Bird felt it might be better to say that priorities will be re-established in the second and third phase and that will be done through a series of public hearings rather than a straw ballot. DEG 2 0 1988 40 BOOK 75 PAGE 440 A