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ADDITIONAL SPACE TO SET UP THE IN-HOUSE SYSTEM WHICH THEY ESTIMATED WOULD REQUIRE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SEVEN PERSONS. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT ST. LUCIE DATA CENTER HAS SCID THERE WOULD BE NO INCREASE IN THEIR CHARGES FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT THIS CH010E ASSURES US OF AN END PRODUCT, POINTING OUT THAT WITH AN %N -HOUSE SYSTEM, YOU HAVE TO DEPEND ON YOUR OWN PERSONNEL, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE DATA CENTER WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN THINGS MUST BE PROVIDED AT CERTAIN TIMES. JOHN BURGER, DATA PROCESSING CONSULTANT, EXPLAINED THAT THE COMMITTEE'S OBJECTIVES WERE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CLERK AND THE BOARD FOR DATA PROCESSING PURPOSES FOR FIVE YEARS. NO OTHER DEPARTMENT IS INCLUDED. MR. BURGER NOTED THAT HE MADE AN EXAMINATION OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY'S APPROACH, VISITED THE DATA CENTER AND SAW A VERY EFFICIENT OPERATION AND A HAPPY CUSTOMER. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO DO THE COST TRADE-OFFS TO APPROACH THE PROBLEM REALISTICALLY AND DETERMINE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST BOTH AT THE CENTER AND IN-HOUSE WITHIN THE NECESSARY TIME FRAME. HIS RESULTS SHOWED THAT WE HAVE A NEED FOR ON-LINE SYSTEMS AS THE INFORMATION MUST BE ACCESSIBLE. MR. BURGER STATED THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY AREAS THE BOARD AND THE CLERK ARE CONCERNED WITH FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT RESPONSIBILITY ON:A DAILY BASIS AND SOME KIND OF A JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND COURT INFORMATION. flR. BURGER STATED THE CLERK;SHOULD HAVE THE DATA PROCESSING RESPONSIBILITY FOR .THE COUNTY BECAUSE IT IS JUST A MECHANIZED WAY OF HANDLING THE RECORDS. HE FELT THE DATA CENTER LOOKED TO BE THE MOST PRACTICAL AND EFFECTIVE ANSWER AT THIS TIME AS THEY HAVE SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS THAT ARE WELL DEVELOPED. HE NOTED THEY DO A VERY GOOD JOB FOR FORT PIERCE, AND BEFORE LONG, MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES WILL BE INCLUDED. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THEY HAVE NOW AGREED TO MAKE AN ALLOWANCE FOR A CPI WRITER, WHICH WOULD SAVE ABOUT $77,000 OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. HE CONTINUED THAT AT THE END OF THE TRAIL, THE COUNTY WILL HAVE PROPRIETARY OWNERSHIP OF THE PROGRAMS AND THUS CAN EVENTUALLY SET UP ITS OWN SYSTEM WITH WORKING PROGRAMS . MR. BURGER NOTED THAT ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THE DATA CENTER IS THAT IT IN- CORPORATES ALL OF THE JUDICIAL INFORMATION IN THE 19TH DISTRICT. MR. BURGER ENCOURAGED THE BOARD TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE THEIR CONCURRENCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE A LOT OF WORK HAS TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT NINETY DAYS IN ORDER TO START UP, HE DID STATE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT 82 JUN 221977 30