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BOOK, 88 PAGE 752 <br />dismissed him on that basis. He then went over to Attorney Wayne <br />McDonough and asked him to do all the communications. <br />Commissioner Eggert asked if Mr. Hallquist felt he was <br />properly represented by Attorney McDonough, and Attorney Collins <br />interjected that the only contacts we had with Attorney McDonough <br />were the notification that he would be representing Mr. Hallquist <br />and a meeting with Administrator Chandler and himself to discuss <br />the possibility of a new appeal meeting if Chad Summerlin <br />could be produced. Attorney McDonough went back and discussed it <br />with Mr. Hallquist, and the next letter we received was a request <br />for a hearing before the Board rather than going back before the <br />County Administrator. <br />Commissioner Eggert asked Mr. Hallquist if he would like to <br />tell the Board in what way Attorney Wilson had inaccurately or <br />inappropriately defended him, and Mr. Hallquist explained that <br />Attorney Wilson started out by saying something which was totally <br />unbeknownst to him, that he felt it was alright to smoke a joint <br />every now and then rather than drink a 6 -pack of_beer a day. <br />Attorney Wilson also stated that he knew that half the <br />administration here at the County used drugs. Mr. Hallquist <br />stressed that this was not his position at all. <br />Commissioner Adams asked Mr. Hallquist what his job was <br />exactly, and Mr. Hallquist said that he was a supervisor of <br />lifeguards. He saw that they had proper certification and proper <br />training. He made out their schedules and saw that they had the <br />proper equipment to do their jobs. He instructed them on how to <br />deal with public emergency situations and how to prevent accidents <br />and drownings. With regard to the public, his job was to notify <br />them of hazardous situations in order to prevent accidents from <br />occurring. He instructed children on water safety. In a nutshell, <br />his job was to ensure the public a safe recreational area. At that <br />time he supervised 9 lifeguards and was responsible for 4 lifeguard <br />stations. In that supervision, he moved from one station to <br />another using his own vehicle. <br />Chairman Bird felt that we should focus on the primary <br />offenses that are alluded to in the dismissal, the involvement in <br />the use of some type of illegal substance either on duty or off <br />duty. He asked if Mr. Hallquist was denying today that he admitted <br />to a certain amount of drug use. - <br />Mr. Hallquist stated that was in response to a question they <br />asked on why he felt a portion of the lifeguards were grouping <br />together concerning this drug use. He told them that not only did <br />they have this animosity towards him, there were these. rumors. <br />Unfortunately, he had been invited to a party where a joint had <br />24 <br />