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USE OF BOARD OF COUNTY CONMUSSIONERS' LETTERHEAD <br />Chairman Adams advised that she had been asked to serve as <br />maitre 'd for the Leukemia Society's Celebrity Waiters Luncheon. <br />The Society would like her to write an invitation letter on <br />Commission stationery; and she is hesitant to do that without a. <br />clarification of policy. <br />Deputy County Attorney Will Collins advised that public monies <br />cannot be spent for private purposes, but he saw no problem with <br />donation of one page of BCC letterhead which could be reproduced by <br />the Society, if the full Commission thought it a worthwhile <br />purpose. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert to allow <br />Chairman Adams to take a sheet of Board of County <br />Commissioners paper and write a letter on it. <br />(MOTION DIED for lack of a second) <br />Commissioner Tippin voiced serious concerns on using County <br />letterhead, thinking it had the potential of the Board being <br />overwhelmed with similar requests. He also noted that the Board <br />had been very concerned recently about perception. <br />Commissioner Eggert pointed out that a precedent had been set <br />previously by constitutional officers. She understood and agreed <br />with Commissioner Tippin's point about perception. <br />Commissioner Macht thought that use of County letterhead <br />indicates a governmental endorsement of the project; that the Board <br />needed some level of insulation; and thought it best that instances <br />such as this be done individually. <br />Chairman Adams advised that she had no problem with the <br />CONSENSUS of the Board that County letterhead not be used. <br />33 <br />August 6, 1996 <br />