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ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, CHAIRMAN WODTKE BEING TEMPORARILY ABSENT, THE BOARD GRANTED APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF TWO MOBILE RADIO UNITS AND ONE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER TO BE TIED INTO THE COUNTY'S RADIO SYSTEM, CHAIRMAN WODTKE, ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS AND ATTORNEY COLLINS RETURNED TO THE MEETING AT 2:25 O'CLOCK P.M. HAMILTON ARDEN OF ARDEN INSURANCE SERVICES CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED HE HAD WRITTEN A LETTER TO FINANCE OFFICER BARTON IN RESPONSE TO A MEMO RECEIVED FROM MR. DONLON REGARDING WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE, BUT NOTED THAT HE DID NOT COME TODAY PREPARED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AS NO ONE HAD THE COURTESY TO INFORM HIM THAT HE HAD A BID SITUATION FACING HIM. MR. ARDEN STATED THAT HE WAS ASKED TO BE HERE -TODAY TO.ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE AS TO RENEWAL OF A POLICY THATiIS CURRENTLY IN FORCE, CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT WE ARE NOT IN A BID SITUATION- JUST LOOKING AT PROPOSALS. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON STATED THAT HE DID NOT CALL FOR A BIDS, BUT WAS TRYING TO GET AN ACCURATE FIGURE FOR BUDGET INFORMATION SINCE IN THE PAST WE ALWAYS SEEMED TO HAVE A LOWER FIGURE THAN WAS NEEDED FOR WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. MR, BARTON CONTINUED THAT WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO GATHER THIS INFORMATION, SOMEONE CAME IN AND WISHED TO BRING IN ALTERNATE PROPOSALS. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED HOW MUCH THE ESTIMATES WERE OFF THIS YEAR, AND FINANCE OFFICER BARTON STATED THAT WE HAD TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $25,000. COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD TODAY IS JUST GOING TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ENDORSED BY THE STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO PRESENT A PROPOSAL TO MANY OF THE COUNTIES IN REGARD TO SELF-INSURANCE. MR. ARDEN FELT IT POSSIBLY MIGHT BE IN THE BOARD'S FAVOR TO GO INTO A RISK POOL ASSOCIATION, BUT ASKED IF THE BOARD IS AWARE THAT IN THE LAST YEAR THEIR RISK PREMIUM WAS $66,000 AND HIS COMPANY PAID OUT $118,000. HE AGREED THAT SELF-INSURANCE 37 AUG ?�, 1978