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FEB 6 199® BOOK FAE95 be -unpaid and Attorney Brennan can fill in during that time or when Attorney Collins goes on vacation. Commissioner Bird wondered how Attorney Brennan was going to be able to pick up where the other attorney left off, and Chairman Eggert explained that Attorney Brennan will become a steady, part-time person. Attorney Vitunac advised that Attorney Brennan will be available as needed when the new attorney is gone or when Attorney Collins is gone on vacation. This gentlemen will not ,leave when it is not convenient, that is part of the deal. Assistant County Attorney William Collins advised that if the County contracted out for these services on a short-term basis, it would cost $100 an hour at -least, whereas the County attorneys are paid approximately $20 an hour. Commissioner Scurlock felt more comfortable in hiring a full-time attorney who would be here just like Attorney Vitunac and Attorney Collins and then address Attorney Brennan's situation as being a part-time position. He felt that makes more sense than finding an individual that has some unique circumstance where every 6 weeks he is going to be going some place. He would rather see us get a full-time attorney, replace Attorney Brennan, and then let her become part-time until her child grows up. Attorney Vitunac believed this would work fine, and if it doesn't, he wouldn't allow it and would change it. ' Commissioner Wheeler felt it would work also. The County Attorney's recommendation made sense to him, and he felt it is more economical to go this way than to hire another attorney. Chairman Eggert recognized that the County Attorney's Office is a very busy, hard pressed, occasionally overworked office, but didn't want anyone to be deceived that all the savings from this individual's leave will cover Attorney Brennan when she comes back, because we are taking on another one-half of an attorney. 89