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MINTJ'TIS LOCAL ErUCl\.'T'i.•:.; C0Mr1ISSION COUNTY At l-1IIHSTRATION BUILDING OCTOBER 2, 1964 _ The Local Education Cornmis sio;·, me i: Friday, October 2, 1964, at 2:00 p.m., in the Board Room of the Fulton County Administration Building with the following members present: Mr. P. L. Bardin Mrs. Alan Ritter br. R. H. Brisbane Mr. Otis M. Jackson Mr. Wallace H. Stewart Mr. William M. Teem Mr. Alan Kiepper, Ex Officio Mr. Fred J. Turner I Dr. John T,f • Letson, Ex Officio Dr . Paul D. West, Ex Officio Mr. Thomas M. Mille r Mr. James White, Jr. Minutes of the July 31 meeting of the Steering Committee were read and approved. Minutes of the July 31 Local Educat i on Commission meeting were read and approved. Minutes of t he Sept ember 10 meeting of t he Special Committee f or Legal Services were read and d iscussed . Dur ing this discussion, it was pointed out that t he Commi s s i on has an unemcumbered balance of between $6 ,000 and $7, 000. Concens us seems to be that a contractual agreement shoul d be drawn between t he lawye r s and t he Corrnnission . This agr eement should s et forth t he dut i es , expec tat ions and obl igat i ons of each party involved. Also, a copy of the minutes of the September 10 meet i ng of t he Special Commi ttee should be sent t o each lawyer. The point was made that the only financial commitment to the lawyers is that the Commis sion wil l pay them on an hourl y rate f or services rendered. The total cost of their services will depend upon the number of hours they devote to the work of the Commission. There are no mininrurn fees, retainer fees or other such fees involved in this agreement. �.. -2Local Education Commission Minutes, cont · d Dr. Pierce was asked to identify services other than le~al which are needed. He stated that the legal and educational aspects of the study are so entwined it is hard to say exactly what can be classified specifically as one or the other. However, it seems appropriate that the Commission should design the desired new school system first and then have the legal counsel describe the · legal steps required to create the system. The degree to which legal and educational aspects are interwoven were pointed out by citing the retirement plan for the new system or the amortization of the existing bonded indebtness of the two systems. Again it was pointed out that the final report of the Commissiofi rrrtist be a package plan which includes the totality of dissolving two systems and creating a new one. Mr. kiepper asked if it would be desirable or necessary to secure the I servic~ or a management consultant firm to help with the organizational I sthibture of t~e new system. subh s~rvice~. He pointed ·o ut that some systems have used The reply was that there are many kinds of services needed ahd that this may be ope. Nashville-Davidson County used the service ~l ~ fuah~ge~ertt consultant firm ~hen they combined tha two school systems. Mr. TUrrler then made the motion that the Commissioh approve the action of the Special Committee concerning the seledtion bf tlie two lat-lyers on an hourly basis; however, the hourly rate must be approved by the Commission before services are requested. Mr. White seconded the motibh which was approved unanimously. Dr. West stated that various news reporters are being advised of the meetings of the Commission, but that apparently their schedules are preventing them from covering the Commission meetings. Dr. Pierce reviewed the brief he had developed as a result of the charge received at the last regular Commission meeting. However, before giving a detailed analysis of the brief, Dr. Pierce stated that if the report is accepted, the question of whether merger is desirable will be settled. Attention then can be focused upon describing the kind of �-~-Local Education Commission Mi1111t c., _, C!'.,:t ' d new school system needed. He al~o stated that the brief in its present form should be -treated as a tentative and confidential document. point in the brief was then Each revit,·;rnd and explained in consid~rable detail by Dr. Pierce. Official action by the Commission concerning the brief will be taken at a later meeting. The meeting was adjourned at . 4:00 p.m. ECH/dh October 5~ 1964 �