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MR..GREEN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE DIDNOT INCLUDE THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, AND THAT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER REQUESTED TO CONTINUE FUNCTIONING AS HE IS PRESENTLY. MR.,GREEN POINTED OUT THAT WITH FEATURE 10, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS HE IS NOWA BUT CALLS COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO HIM, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT INQUIRED IF THE SHERIFF COULDN'T DO THE SAME THING, BUT MR. GREEN NOTED THAT WITH THE NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS AT THE JAIL COMPLEX, IT DOESN'T SEEM ECONOMICAL AT THIS POINT. THE SHERIFF ALREADY HAS A 770 SWITCHER WHICH HAS SOME OF THESE FEATURES, CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED IA WE SHOULD MAKE THIS MOVE, WE ARE NOT SAVING ANY MONEY, BUT WILL BE SPENDING A LITTLE MORE. MR. GREEN AGREED, BUT POINTED OUT THAT WE WOULD HAVE A GREAT- LY IMPROVED SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC. HE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF A WATTS LINE AND ALSO NOTED THAT IF THE EQUIPMENT IS PAID FOR IN A LUMP SUM, YOU SAVE 7.2% COM- POUNDED. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ESTIMATED THE PROPOSED SYSTEM WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $12,000 MORE THE FIRST YEAR AND $6,000 MORE THE NEXT NINE YEARS. HE FELT THE OPERATOR WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM PER- SONNEL WE HAVE NOW. IN FURTHER CONVERSATION, IT WAS -NOTED THAT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AND PUBLIC DEFENDER WERE NOT INCLUDED. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF SOUTHERN BELL WOULD STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO BILL THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS, AND MR, GREEN STATED THAT THEY WOULD AS INFORMATION ABOUT EVERY CALL IS RECORDED IN DETAIL. MR. GREEN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND PIPER AIRCRAFT HAVE THIS SYSTEM AS WELL AS ONE OF THE CLINICS AND ONE OF THE BANKS, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD IS HAVING ONE INSTALLED. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT ONE IN OPERATION, AND MR. GREEN NOTED THAT MR. EARMAN OF EARMAN OIL HAS ONE AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE THE BOARD VISIT AND INSPECT IT.