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11 <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FREDA <br />WRIGHT, CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT, IN REGARD TO THE DATA PROCESSING DEPARTMENT. <br />WILLIAM .JACKSON, FINANCE OFFICER, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT MRS. <br />WRIGHT HAS AUTHORIZED HIM TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD IN HER BEHALF. HE STATED <br />THAT FOR THE PAST MONTH THE CLERK HAS BEEN DOING A FEASIBILITY STUDY AS <br />TO THE PROPER APPROACH TO DATA PROCESSING AND HAS GATHERED CONSIDERABLE <br />INFORMATION. SHE WOULD LIKE TO FORM A COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE WITH A°-'PROPRIATE <br />TALENTS TO HELP EVALUATE THIS INFORMATION, BUT SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE BUD- <br />GETARY AUTHORITY TO AUTHORIZE A STUDY COMMITTEE AND WOULD LIKE THE BOARD <br />TO ASSIST HER BY FORMING SUCH A STUDY COMMITTEE. MR. .JACKSON NOTED THAT <br />THE CLERK IS AT PRESENT WITHOUT A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, AND IF SHE CONTINUES <br />WITH THE EQUIPMENT SHE NOW HAS, WILL HAVE TO HAVE ONE, SHE WOULD, THERE- <br />FORE, APPRECIATE THE BOARDS EARLY CONSIDERATION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE.FELT WE WILL NEED EXPERT <br />HELP TO EVALUATE THIS SITUATION. <br />FINANCE OFFICER .JACKSON SUGGESTED THAT A COMMITTEE BE FffT UP TO <br />INCLUDE A COMMISSIONER, THE FINANCE OFFICER, PEOPLE IN DATA PROCESSING, <br />AND THE CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT A STUDY DONE BY THE CHARTER COMMISSION <br />RECOMMENDED THAT A TASK FORCE BE APPOINTED TO STUDY DATA PROCESSING AND <br />WHERE WE ARE HEADED, HE AGREED THAT A STUDY SHOULD BE MADE, BUT FELT <br />THOUGH IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO INTERVIEW THE CLERK OF COURT OF ST. LUCIE <br />COUNTY, HE SHOULD NOT BE MADE AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT HE FEELS WE WILL NEED TO HAVE ONE PAID CON- <br />SULTANT WITH DATA PROCESSING EXPERTISE WHO IS NOT CONNECTED TO A COMPUTER <br />OR PROCESSING COMPANY. THE CHAIRMAN FURTHER NOTED THAT HE BELIEVES THAT <br />1 . i <br />DATA PROCESSING IS NOW DOING THINGS THAT ARE NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF <br />THE CLERK S DEPARTMENT, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATOR OR A <br />MEMBER OF HIS STAFF ON THIS COMMITTEE. <br />HE ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT IT IN- <br />CLUDE A COMMISSIONER, ONE OR TWO.REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PUBLIC, AND THE <br />FINANCE OFFICER. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS SOME SLIGHT <br />COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE. <br />mm <br />�� 28,.A, 441 <br />