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Finance Director Diane Bernardo reiterated that fourteen percent (14%), or <br />approximately $3.8 million, was in the County's name, but in restricted funds. She stated that the <br />SBA was anticipated to be allowing additional fund withdrawals in the near future. <br />Chairman Bowden thanked Mr. Barton for setting the record straight. <br />B.B. KAY CLEM, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS: <br />VOTING SYSTEM EQUIPMENT <br />Supervisor of Elections Kay Clem, through a review of her memorandum, <br />provided a detailed explanation of the voting system equipment needed to satisfy the requirements <br />of recently passed House Bill 537. She stated that although the State would be granting the County <br />funds to buy 57 optical scanners from Sequoia Voting Systems, and to lease one Ballot on Demand <br />printer from Runbeck Elections Services, Inc., no funds were provided for training or backup <br />equipment. She asked the Board to approve funding for sole sourcing the purchase of the optical <br />scanner component of the voting system to Sequoia Voting Systems, using the funds provided by <br />the State grant ($342,646.00). She also asked the Board to approve appropriating the extra <br />$329,355.00 in order to implement the system. <br />Phil Foster, Sequoia Voting Systems, provided a demonstration of the precinct <br />tabulator equipment, the Optech Insight Plus. <br />Questions were posed and comments made regarding this item, after which <br />Chairman Bowden thanked Ms. Clem and Mr. Foster for their presentations. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Chairman Davis, SECONDED <br />by Commissioner Wheeler for discussion, to approve the <br />December 11, 2007 12 <br />