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meeting, was not the place to throw bricks at staff. He felt it was disgusting. Commissioner Tippin questioned Mr. McClure's judgement in purchasing property near the county's dump, but emphasized he would fight for Mr. McClure's right to do so. Commissioner Ginn commented that the Board has to deal with things in the sunshine, and that was exactly where she intended to deal with them. Administrator Chandler guaranteed that negotiations have been a team effort by himself, the County Attorney, the Utility Services Director, and the Budget Director. Administrator Chandler stated that he has the ultimate responsibility by ordinance. He could go through the documents point -by -point with Mr. McClure, but he did not believe it would resolve anything. It was a proposed contract and was not finalized. There was a great deal of discussion on tip fees and financials and scenarios which had not been concluded. County Attorney Vitunac stated that the committee of four had negotiated what they thought was a good contract. They put their hearts and souls into it. It was not presented to the Board or anyone because it was not quite final. He resented an implication that there was anything in it other than hard work and honest labor. He pointed out that it was very easy to challenge the integrity of people who work for the public because they cannot respond. He assured everyone that they are honest and intelligent and had prepared a contract that if the Board had seen it, they would have been proud. He felt that the Board owed it to the four to sit down with them to go over the 40 -page document. There was an answer to everything Mr. McClure said and he was not on base. He thought Mr. McClure was mad because he was denied access to their negotiating session. If the Board wants the committee to negotiate in public, they can do it. He predicted they would not end up with a good contract, and knew from experience that it would fail. A good contract has to be negotiated at the staff level. County Attorney Vitunac called it unfortunate that the real estate developer, chosen by the Board, after a selection process, had something in his background, which, if the committee had known, would have caused them to be suspicious. County Attorney Vitunac advised that he has been with the county 12 honest, hard-working years, and he had never been asked to do a background search. His office is not budgeted for, nor is he qualified to do background checks. He does not have access to 25 >� bGLA,PAUL UuJ March 11, 1997 -_-- .