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MR. MATTHEWS SAID HE FELT ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO EXPAND- <br />ING THE SYSTEM AND HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARDS CONCURRENCE TO WRITE <br />A NON-BINDING LETTER TO IBM TO HOLD OUR PLACE IN LINE IF WE DECIDE <br />TO GO THIS WAY. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF HE HAD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT <br />SUCH A LETTER WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO HOLD OUR PLACE IN LINE AND <br />THAT IT WOULD TAKE SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS TO OBTAIN THIS PIECE OF EQUIP- <br />MENT. MR. MATTHEWS AGREED THAT THESE STATEMENTS WERE BOTH CORRECT. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ANY PROBLEM <br />WITH CANCELING THE ORDER IF OUR THINKING SHOULD CHANGE IN THE INTERIM. <br />MR. MATTHEWS STATED THAT THIS TYPE OF LETTER IS NOT BINDING <br />IN ANY WAY, AND POINTED OUT THAT IBM CANT SHIP ANY PIECE OF EQUIP- <br />MENT UNTIL THEY RECEIVE FORMAL NOTIFICATION -THAT IT HAS BEEN APPROVED. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT NEEDS <br />TO BE PUT "ON LINE" DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AS IT IS A NON - <br />BUDGETED ITEM. <br />MR. MATTHEWS STATED THAT HE FEELS WE SHOULD MOVE AS QUICKLY <br />AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO AVOID WASTING ANY MONEY. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER REQUESTED THAT MR. MATTHEWS EXPLAIN <br />EXACTLY HOW MUCH MORE THIS NEW EQUIPMENT WILL,BE PER MONTH, <br />MR. MATTHEWS SAID THAT HE HAD RUN OFF HIS ANALYSIS BASED <br />ON A DECEMBER DELIVERY, BUT NOTED THAT THE OPTIMUM ADDITIONAL COST <br />WOULD BE ABOUT $44,000 FOR A NINE MONTH PERIOD. HE FURTHER NOTED <br />DELIVERIES ARE NOW OUT INTO APRIL AND MAY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INQUIRED ABOUT THE PROPOSED EIGHT TERMINALS, <br />AND MR. MATTHEWS STATED THAT THEY WOULD COST A TOTAL OF $$,000 AND HE <br />ANTICIPATED PUTTING ONE IN FINANCE, ONE IN RECORDING AND ONE IN THE <br />COURT SYSTEM; ALTHOUGH HE WOULD AT FIRST BRING IN ONLY TWO. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER INQUIRED WHETHER THERE IS SUFFICIENT <br />PERSONNEL AT THE PRESENT TIME TO HANDLE THIS, AND MR. MATTHEWS FELT <br />THAT THERE IS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED ABOUT A POTENTIONAL REDUCTION <br />OF PERSONNEL IN THESE AREAS. <br />MR. MATTHEWS STATED THAT HE DID NOT ANTICIPATE LETTING ANY- <br />ONE GO, BUT FELT THE EXPANDED SYSTEM WOULD FORESTALL THE NEED TO HIRE <br />ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL'AS WE BECOME MORE AND MORE DELUGED WITH PAPERWORK. <br />27 <br />OCT 191977 . <br />aoox 31 faun 286 <br />