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IT WOD TAKE TO DO THE JOB FOR THE COUNTY IN—HOUSE AND FEELS THE <br />UL <br />i <br />COSTS AS PRESENTED ARE VERY, VERY REALISTIC.. HE AGREED THAT POSSIBLY <br />YOU COULD SAY YOU ONLY NEED ONE COMPUTER INSTEAD OF TWO, BUT FOR START <br />UP, YOU WOULD NEED TWO, AND HE NOTED THAT YOU DO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT <br />OVERTIME AND VACATIONS AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.BECAUSE IF ONE OF YOUR <br />KEY PEOPLE IS OUT, THEY MUST BE REPLACED WHILE THEY ARE AWAY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED WHAT CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN ON THE <br />IN—HOUSE APPROACH TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME INCOME COMING IN FROM <br />OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO MIGHT WISH TO UTILIZE IT. <br />MR. BURGER STATED THEY TRIED TO ESTIMATE WHAT INCOME MIGHT <br />j BE CONCEIVABLE, BUT FOUND OUT OUR SCOPE DIDNtT INCLUDE THIS. ONE OF <br />THE PROBLEMS WAS THAT THE COUNTY HAD A SMALL MACHINE AND HAD A <br />I. JOURNEYMAN PROGRAMMER RUNNING IT, SO THE STATUTORY OFFICIALS HAD TO <br />GO OFF AND FIND THEIR OWN SOLUTION TO THEIR PROBLEMS. HE STATED THAT <br />ALL THESE THINGS WERE FACTORED INTO THEIR ANALYSIS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED MR. BURGER WHAT HAD CAUSED HIM <br />BETWEEN APRIL AND NOW TO MAKE AN ISO TURN—AROUND FROM HIS PREVIOUS <br />STAND IN FAVOR OF AN IN—HOUSE SYSTEM; <br />MR. BURGER STATED THAT I.N THE BEGINNING HE JUST SPECULATED <br />THAT IN—HOUSE WAS THE WAY TO -GO, BUT AFTER LOOKING AT THE DATA CENTER <br />AND SOLICITING THE FIGURES FROM IBM, HE BEGAN TO BELIEVE THAT THE <br />DATA CENTER WOULD BE THE MORE EFFICIENT APPROACH, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW <br />OF THE TIME FACTOR INVOLVED. <br />JIM N- CRELLIS, PRESIDENT OF THE ST. LUCIE DATA CENTER,APPEARED <br />AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY'ARE PRESENTLY DOING WORK FOR THE INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR. THEY ALSO ARE DOING WORK FOR THE CLERK <br />OF MARTIN COUNTY. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THE MANAGEMENT REFERRED TO IN <br />THEIR BROCHURE, WHICH ATTORNEY COLLINS QUESTIONEDsIS THE STEERING <br />COMMITTEE FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY PERTAINING TO THEIR PARTICULAR PROJECTS <br />THAT ARE BEING RUN AT THE DATA CENTER. THEY DO NOT CONTROL THE <br />PRIORITIES OF THE CENTER WITH REGARD TO WHAT IS BEING RUN, AND THERE IS <br />NO OWNERSHIP IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM BY ST. LUCIE COUNTY. <br />MR, MACRELLIS STATED THAT HE IS VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN <br />HANDLE THE WORK FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. HE NOTED THAT THEY PUT THE <br />CLERK OF MARTIN COUNTY ON—LINE IN ONE MONTH, AND URGED THAT THE BOARD <br />CONTACT MARTIN COUNTY DIRECTLY TO GET THEIR OPINION. HE CONTINUED THAT <br />{ <br />THEY HAVE JUST SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH MANATEE COUNTY WHO PREVIOUSLY <br />86 . <br />JUN 2` 21977 <br />BOON �0 145 <br />