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ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR ROSEMARY RICHEY, SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, AND TWO MEMBERS OF HER STAFF TO ATTEND WORKSHOPS AT RIVIERA BEACH OCTOBER 5TH AND 6TH, 1977. (MILEAGE AND LUNCH ONLY, AS THEY WILL NOT STAY OVERNIGHT, BUT DRIVE BACK AND FORTH.) ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR FETE SPYKE, AGRI- CULTURAL SPECIALIST,_ TO ATTEND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ALTERNATIVE IN- SERVICE TRAINING AT KISSIMMEE, SEPTEMBER 22-23, 1977, ON STATE TRAVEL FUNDS. THE FOLLOWING REPORTS WERE RECEIVED AND FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK: OUNTY COURT - TRAFFIC VIOLATION BUREAU, AUGUST FIVANCIAL RE QRT ECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT IN COUNTY COURT SPEC AL TRUST UND - $2,'f0.75 RAFFIC FINE RECEIPTS BY MUNICIPALITY - AUGUST SHERIFF .JOYCE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS PURCHASED A STAND- BY EMERGENCY GENERATOR WITH AN AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC SWITCH FOR THE JAIL. HE NOTED THAT THIS UNIT SERVES CIVIL DEFENSE AND THE AMBULANCE SQUAD AS WELL AS THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. THE SHERIFF STATED THAT THE GENERATOR AND THE SWITCH COST $11,600 AND NOTED THAT THEY HAD BEEN UNABLE TO FIND PARTS TO FIX THEIR OLD GENERATOR WHICH THEY GOT THROUGH CIVIL DEFENSE YEARS AGO AND HAD BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE A NEW ONE IN CIVIL DEFENSE SURPLUS ITEMS. HE CONTINUED THAT HE ADVERTISED, RECEIVED THREE BIDS AND PURCHASED THE LOW BID,p WHICH IS AN ONAN GAS -OPERATED ENGINE. THE SHERIFF THEN PRESENTED TWO BIDS FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW IN REGARD TO THE COST OF INSTALLING THE AUTO- MATIC SWITCH AND EXPLAINED THAT THE COST IS SO HIGH BECAUSE IT TAKES A VERY INVOLVED HOOK-UP TO HOOK THE SWITCH INTO THE JAIL SYSTEM, WHICH IS OLD AND COMPLEX. THE BIDS RECEIVED ARE: INDIAN RIVER ELECTRIC, INC. $2,800.00 PAUL C. WHITE, WHITE ELECTRIC $3,332.00 COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO BY-PASS THE AUTO- MATIC SWITCH AND START THE GENERATOR MANUALLY. SHERIFF .JOYCE SAID THAT IT IS POSSIBLE, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED THE SWITCH AND WOULD BE CHARGED A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO RETURN IT. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE BOARD NOTED THAT IN ADDITION TO THIS UNIT SERVING THREE DEPARTMENTS, THE INSTALLATION WILL ALSO SERVE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT SOME OF THE OLD WIRING AT THE JAIL. 4 .SEP 9w11977 Roca 31 FAG; gQ