There were conversations going back and forth between the city and the county dating back to the early or mid- 1970s.

If you hold out too little, I suppose somebody could make the claim that you are damaging their shoreline, or their dock properties.

What we have done to our existing rental code is we have provided for a rental license.

The city, as an accommodation to the county and to some degree so that it would be done and done properly, has been using local personnel to raise and lower the dam and to point out major problem to the county and get it fixed.

The city does not usually annex property. In fact, I can't remember a time since I have been with the city that we have taken this step.

We knew at some point the city would grow to0 big and we would have to move the plant, but we thought we had more time. Now, we might have less than five years.

The only thing that is really different is that inspections are not complaint-based any more. Originally, it was totally complaint-based and no inspection was done unless a complaint was received.

County commission refused to explore the possibility of a four-way stop at Knapp and Second with the argument that any time you change traffic flow - whether it be a stop or a turn, a light or speed - that it increased danger.