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A <br />MR. NELSON STATED THAT HE FELT YOU WOULD ONLY HAVE AN INVENTORY <br />ON FAST MOVING ITEMS, AND THAT THE DIRECTOR WOULD BE A PERSON YOU COULD <br />GO TO IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE BEST PRICE YOU COULD GET ON A SPECIFIC <br />ITEM. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY <br />TO HAVE SOMEONE RESPONSIBLE FOR PURCHASING AS CENTRALIZED AS POSSIBLE <br />AND GET ON A REQUISITION SYSTEM. HE NOTED THAT TO GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH, <br />YOU NEED A CONTROL POINT. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED -OUT THAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOSING THE <br />PERSON WHO HAS DONE THE INVENTORY CONTROL AND WE MUST FIND SOMEONE TO <br />HANDLE THAT POSITION FIRST OF ALL. SHE FELT THE PURCHASING CAN COME AS <br />A PART OF IT, BUT ONLY TO ENCOMPASS THE OFFICES WE ARE DIRECTLY RESPON- <br />SIBLE FOR IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE WE MUST GET OUR HOUSE -IN ORDER BEFORE <br />WE STEP OUT TO INCLUDE THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS. COMMISSIONER Loy <br />AGREED THAT IF WE DID HAVE SOMEONE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PURCHASING, <br />WE COULD SAVE TIME AND MONEY. SHE STATED THAT SHE DOES FEEL THE CLERK'S <br />BUDGET SHOULD BE DECREASED BY THE AMOUNT NECESSITATED BY THE TRANSFER <br />OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO US FOR THE INVENTORY. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO REQUISITION FORMS AND SETTING <br />UP PROCEDURES. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED MR, NELSON IF THEY HAVE A PERSON IN <br />MIND FOR THE POSITION UNDER DISCUSSION, AND HE STATED THAT HE AND THE <br />ADMINISTRATOR HAVE TALKED TO A VERY QUALIFIED PERSON. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING <br />SOMEONE ON A CONTRACT BASIS FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS YEAR BEFORE WE CREATE <br />THIS POSITION. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE COMMENTED THAT WHEN YOU GO TO CENTRALIZED <br />PURCHASING, TO MAKE THE GREATEST SAVINGS, YOU MUST GO TO STANDARDIZATION, <br />AND THAT IS WHERE YOU "RUB ELBOWS" WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THAT IS FURTHER DOWN -THE ROAD, AND THERE <br />ARE A LOT OF BASIC THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE FIRST. HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />WE ARE GOING TO COME TO THIS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE COUNTY IS GROWING, <br />AND HE DOES NOT SEE WHY IT SHOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ON A "TRIAL MARRIAGE" <br />BASIS. <br />DEC 201978 <br />72 <br />