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is a very complicated hearing, it could go for more than one day. The most complex cases are <br />sent out to hearing officers, because those can be multi-day, even up to a week. If it’s a pretty <br />simple issue, it can be done in one day. It could be during a regular meeting or in a special <br />meeting that the Commission decides to have just for the hearing. <br />Commissioner McIntosh asked whether a hearing like this has ever occurred in the past. <br />Counsel said she did not have enough historical information to answer that question <br />completely. <br /> <br />Chair Adams asked whether there are any situations where there are limits in the law in how <br />much variance or reduction change in the penalties or extensions that apply. She was thinking <br />in the hypothetical case of someone failing to pay a sewer bill, and they are going to turn your <br />water off. There are processes to go through, and the director can give extensions of up to two <br />years. Can we say, no, three? <br />Counsel said that would be within your limits. She did not see anything in the law thus far that <br />you would be in your discretion, as long as it is a reasonable amount of time to fit the violation, <br />and fit the time they need to come into compliance, if they were special circumstances. <br />Payments are a little different because payments follow a collections track, and not an order or <br />variance track. So that would usually be sent to a collections agency. <br />Chair Adams said she assumed if we got one of these things Counsel would load us down with <br />all the background elements that we would be considering. <br />Counsel has had experience with the contested cases in the Planning Commissions and many <br />times the commissions would go into executive session to walk through the procedural steps <br />and make sure that they are understanding how everything goes. If we are at the hearing and <br />everyone is going, wait, what’s going on right now? We can motion into an executive session <br />and the Commission can ask, what are our duties right now, and what are we supposed to be <br />looking at, and that kind of thing. <br /> <br />b. Commission’s recommendations to Director Mansour’s query about new subdivisions and <br />sewers: How will the unique characteristics of your district influence the future development of <br />wastewater treatment in your area? <br />Last meeting, Director Mansour had asked about getting input from Commissioners on what <br />they should do for new developments and subdivisions, and whether they should be required <br />to build a hookup for future connections to a sewer if one doesn’t exist. She asked if anyone <br />had gleaned information to pass on or discuss. Receiving no comments, she said the matter <br />would be deferred until next meeting. <br />Chair Adams apologized for saying she would send out some kind of survey, and it got so <br />complicated that she didn’t know how to do it. So we definitely need to have the Director <br />involved in the conversation. <br />20 <br /> <br /> <br />