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• <br />We only have five weeks until the purchase item is scheduled before the Cabinet <br />and much ground work needs to be done. This effort will take the expertise of <br />someone who has considerable experience with the Governor and Cabinet. Mr. <br />Roberts is currently the attorney for Florida Association of Counties (FAC) and is of <br />counsel with the Nabors and Giblin law firm. <br />I will be in Tallahassee on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on both this matter and <br />the Aquaculture Use Zone matter. <br />Commissioner Adams concurred with Commissioner Macht that more latitude in <br />representing the County is needed than she was originally given. We need to keep in mind <br />that the matter comes before the Governor and the Cabinet in 30 days and some resolution <br />is needed by that time. When a major policy change is initiated, the wheels of government <br />grind exceedingly slow. There is a lot of ground to be covered before this comes up and she <br />requested latitude for negotiation rather than confrontation. She felt she was walking into <br />the lion's den with only a feather. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Macht, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Ginn, the Board <br />unanimously approved hiring Attorney Bill Roberts <br />for a fee up to $5,000 to assist in contacts and <br />negotiations with the Governor and Cabinet staff <br />regarding the purchase of the Carson Platt Estate <br />property. <br />13.B.2. VICE CHAIRMAN MRCHT - COMMENTS REGARDING <br />VICTIMS' RIGHTS CEREMONY <br />Vice Chairman Macht stated that he had represented the Board at a Victims' Rights <br />ceremony today in the little garden behind the Courthouse. He noted that the list of victims <br />grows longer every year and victims' rights has been overlooked for decades in this country, <br />while all the resources of government went to assist the perpetrators. He also commended <br />the Sheriff's Department's Judy Deeson, Victims' Rights Advocate. Ms. Deeson is doing <br />a great job. <br />Vice Chairman Macht then urged the Commissioners and the public to attend at least <br />one of the several ceremonies upcoming in the next week. These are very moving <br />ceremonies. <br />APRIL 21, 1998 <br />-81- <br />