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10 all areas of the County was the result of desiring public input into the selection process. The consulting engineers were selected in part because they have extensive experience with similar processes. All meetings (21 to date) have been open to the public. 5 public input meetings have been held throughout the process at key points. All correspondence received by the Committee, Landfill owners' Group and /or staff has been shared with the Committee. 13. What will happen to "extra" land from that purchased? As stated above, it is possible that the member governments may decide not to attempt to acquire all of the property contained in all of the parcels which may comprise the eventually selected site. If all of the acreage is acquired for a given site, but not required for the purpose of a landfill, then the use of the "extra" land could be decided at that time. 14. Provide an explanation of proxy problem. The Landfill Search Committee decided at its first business meeting to conduct its business by consensus whenever possible, but to use generally accepted parliamentary procedures for voting purposes. on the morning of March 25, Landfill owners' Group staff, representatives of the consulting team, County Commissioner Don Willhoit and Eddie Mann, chairman of the Landfill Search Committee met to discuss the meeting of that evening. These meetings are routinely held to discuss what will be the order of business for the impending meeting, who will present what information and how, etc. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mr. Mann stated that he had heard from one member of the Committee who had a conflict with the meeting, and who had asked if he could tender a proxy for his votes for the meeting. Mr. Mann asked for the opinion of those present as to the propriety of the use of a proxy. The staff and Mr. Willhoit stated that they did not believe that it was appropriate for proxies to be used by publicly appointed groups. Mr. Willhoit pointed out that Roberts' Rules of order stated members of a group must be present to participate in the actions of the group. Mr. Willhoit expressed his belief that proxies are inappropriate for public bodies because they preclude the tenderer from hearing debate and being persuaded by force of argument. The meeting then adjourned. Mr. Mann announced to the Committee at the start of the meeting that a proxy vote would not be allowed. A motion to recommend on- site testing of the four sites under active consideration was passed by a 6 -5 vote. (The Committee has 12 active members, one less than the originally appointed 13. one member became ill and was replaced by another individual who subsequently became inactive.) After the meeting, some members of the Committee stated that they felt that the member who could not attend should have been notified ahead of time that his proxy would not be allowed. They