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• <br />EQUIPMENT FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHER INSPECTION AND SERVICE, AS BEING THE <br />LOWEST AND BEST BID MEETING SPECIFICATIONS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $563.15, <br />PROPERTY APPRAISER BILL LAW CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND INFORMED <br />THEM THAT HE NEEDS THEIR DECISION IN REGARD TO AN ITEM HE IS CONSIDERING <br />FOR HIS BUDGET, WHICH HAS TO BE IN TALLAHASSEE BY JUNE 1ST. HE -EXPLAINED <br />THAT THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS ONLY 1# MILEAGE, AND IN THIS DAY OF SWIFTLY <br />RISING COSTS, THIS IS NOT A LARGE ENOUGH ALLOWANCE FOR HIS PEOPLE TO <br />CONTINUE USING THEIR OWN AUTOMOBILES FOR FIELD WORK, HE FURTHER NOTED <br />THAT IF THE GAS SITUATION GETS WORSE,,HE WOULD ANTICIPATE A NIGHTMARE <br />TRYING TO SECURE RATIONING FOR HIS OFFICE FOR PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILES. <br />HE, THEREFORE, BELIEVED THAT THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THIS IS FOR HIS <br />OFFICE TO SECURE COUNTY -OWNED AUTOMOBILES FOR HIS FIELDMEN. THERE ARE <br />SEVEN, COUNTING HIMSELF, WHO WOULD BE USING THESE AUTOMOBILES, MR. LAW <br />STATED THAT THEY HAVE A JEEP AT PRESENT THAT THEY SWAP ABOUT, WHICH IS <br />MAINLY USED IN THE AGRICULTURAL AREA. HE FELT THAT THEY COULD MANAGE <br />WITH FIVE NEW VEHICLES TO SHARE BETWEEN THE SEVEN OF THEM. MR. LAW <br />CONTINUED THAT HE ANTICIPAT9S BETWEEN $25,000 AND $30,000 EXCESS WILL <br />BE RETURNED FROM HIS BUDGET THIS YEAR. IF THEY WERE TO SECURE AUTO- <br />MOBILES SIMILAR TO THE DODGE ASPEN RECENTLY PURCHASED FOR THE ASSISTANT <br />ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH CAME TO $6,300, THE FIVE CARS WOULD COST APPROXI- <br />MATELY $31,500; IF HE FIGURED CONSERVATIVELY AND ONLY ANTICIPATED <br />RETURNING $25,000 TO THE COUNTY, HE WOULD NEED AN EXTRA $6,000. MR. <br />LAW STATED THAT HIS QUESTION IS WHETHER THE BOARD FEELS THE COUNTY COULD <br />USE THIS RETURNED EXCESS MONEY TO PURCHASE THE AUTOMOBILES. IF NOT, HE <br />WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE THEM IN THIS YEAR `S BUDGET. IF HE COULD USE THESE <br />RETURNED MONIES, HE WOULD NOT HAVE TO BUDGET THIS LARGE AMOUNT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED WHAT HE HAS IN HIS BUDGET NOW FOR <br />REIMBURSEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES USING THEIR CARS, AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER <br />STATED IT WAS BETWEEN $6,000 AND $7,000. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS DISCUSSED LEASING CARS, AND MR. LAW STATED <br />THAT HE HAS NOT CHECKED INTO THAT, BUT FELT IT WOULD BE AROUND $200.00 <br />A MONTH. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SUGGESTED INCREASING THE EMPLOYEES' SALARIES <br />TO MAKE UP FOR THE SHORTCOMING BETWEEN THE 14 A MILE AND THE ACTUAL <br />55 <br />MAY 2 31979 BOOK 40 PAGE 343 <br />