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MS. HIRSCHBERG INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PROPOSED SYSTEM <br />WOULD HAVE A CENTRALIZED SWITCHBOARD AND WOULD SERVE THE HOSPITAL <br />BUILDING, THE CURRENT COURTHOUSE, THE ANNEX, AND ALSO HAVE EXTENSIONS <br />TO THE COUNTY .SAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUNCOM. THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS <br />WOULD BE CONNECTED AS ONE SYSTEM, MS, HIRSCHBERG POINTED OUT THE <br />BENEFITS OF A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM - BETTER INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC - <br />MULTI ELEMENT, MULTI KEY EQUIPMENT -INTERCOM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN <br />ALL DEPARTMENTS - AND A SWITCHBOARD THAT IS SUNCOM ADAPTABLE, SHE <br />CONTINUED THAT THERE IS RATE STABILITY ON A TIER RATE - PRIVACY BECAUSE <br />NO ONE PICKING UP THEIR PHONE CAN LISTEN TO YOU - AND THERE IS ROOM <br />FOR FUTURE GROWTH TO A CAPACITY OF 400. THE EQUIPMENT IS SOLID STATE <br />AND COMPUTERIZED; THE PROGRAM IS STORED ON TAPE AND IS REMOTELY CON- <br />NECTED TO FORT LAUDERDALE FOR MAINTENANCE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF SUNCOM CAN BE MONITORED BY DE- <br />PARTMENTS. <br />MS. HIRSCHBERG EXPLAINED THAT SUNCOM IS BILLED BY THE STATE <br />AND YOU GET A PRINT-OUT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO PRO RATE TO EACH DEPART- <br />MENT. SHE STATED THAT SHE WOULD WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO FIGURE OUT A <br />PRO RATING METHOD. <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON FELT THERE IS SOME PROBLEM <br />WHEN PEOPLE DO USE LONG DISTANCE INSTEAD OF THE SUNCOM, I.E., WHEN <br />THEY GET A BUSY SIGNAL ON SUNCOM. <br />MS. HIRSCHBERG STATED THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO NEED TO PLACE <br />LONG DISTANCE CALLS UNLESS THERE IS AN EMERGENCY. SHE NOTED THAT IF <br />YOU HAVE SUNCOM AND YOU STILL ARE BEING BILLED FOR LONG DISTANCE, YOU <br />ARE WASTING MONEY. SHE SUGGESTED THAT ONLY CERTAIN STATIONS SHOULD <br />HAVE ACCESS TO SUNCOM. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON ASKED WHAT FORMULA THE STATE USES TO <br />ASSIGN SUNCOM LINES, AND MS. HIRSCHBERG STATED THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW; <br />THAT THIS IS DONE OUT OF TALLAHASSEE AND SINCE THE COUNTY IS NOT NOW <br />ON A CENTRALIZED SWITCHBOARD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE BILLS <br />FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND THEN EVALUATE. THEY WILL NOT DO THIS <br />UNLESS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A CENTRALIZED SWITCHBOARD. <br />35 <br />AUG 2 21979 Bw 4i PAGE 4®4 <br />