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AND THIS YEAR AN INCREASE OF OVER 40% IS PROJECTED, OR AN ANTICIPATED AMOUNT OF OVER $500,000 FOR MATERIALS.. HE STATED THAT BASED ON THE EXPANDED RESPONSIBILITY, THEY ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD ESTABLISH A POSITION FOR A DIRECTOR OF MATERIAL MANAGEMENT AT A SALARY OF $17,000 PER YEAR AND AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATOR TO FILL THIS POSITION. COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT MR. NELSON IS, IN FACT, TALKING ABOUT A PURCHASING AGENT TO HANDLE PURCHASING, RECEIVING, WAREHOUSING, BIDDING AND COST ANALYSIS TO BE USED AT BUDGET TIME. HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A SECRETARY, AND, THEREFORE, WE ARE TALKING OF -ABOUT $30,000 IN SALARIES, BUT THIS WOULD BE LESS THAN 107 OF THE AMOUNT WE SPEND FOR MATERIALS. CHAIRMAN WODTKE INQUIRED WHAT THE HALF MILLION DOLLAR FIGURE FOR MATERIALS INCLUDES, AND MR. NELSON EXPLAINED THAT OVER $78,000 IS SPENT FOR JUST MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES FOR THE BOARD, THE CLERK, THE TAX COLLECTOR, PROPERTY APPRAISER, DATA PROCESSING, PLANNING, BUILDING & ZONING, IN FACT, THE ENTIRE COUNTY, AND IT IS HIS HOPE THAT EVENTUALLY THIS POSITION WILL BECOME A CENTRAL PURCHASING AGENT. HE STATED THAT THE AUDITORS HAVE RECOMMENDED FOR QUITE SOME TIME THAT THE COUNTY GET SOMEONE IN CENTRAL PURCHASING. HE NOTED THAT JUST BY BUYING UNDER STATE CONTRACT, WHICH WE HARDLY USE NOW, WE WOULD SAVE MORE THAN 10%, BUT THIS CANNOT BE DONE ON OUR PRESENT BASIS. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT AGREED THAT THIS MIGHT MORE THAN PAY FOR ITSELF, BUT ASKED WHERE THIS PERSON COULD BE LOCATED IN THE COURTHOUSE AND ALSO NOTED THAT HE HAS A RESERVATION IN REGARD TO CREATING THIS POSITION PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE REPORT FROM CODY & ASSOCIATES ON OUR PERSONNEL PRACTICES, WAGES, ETC. CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE FEELS THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT ONLY IF EVERYONE WILL UTILIZE THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. HE NOTED THAT IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BASIC SUPPLIES, SUCH AS PENS, PAPERS, ETC., •r` IT MEANS WE WOULD HAVE TO CREATE AN INVENTORY AND THERE IS PRESENTLY THE PROBLEM OF SPACE, HE NOTED THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A PARTS DEPARTMENT WITH A PARTS MANAGER IN THE ROAD & BRIDGE DEPARTMENT. HE INQUIRED ABOUT THE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF A DIRECTOR OF MATERIAL MANAGEMENT. 71 L'N;U �MJv4 w!