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AUG 2 21979 BOGK 41 FaGE 405 DISCUSSION CONTINUED, AND TAX COLLECTOR GENE MORRIS NOTED THAT IF WE WOUND UP WITH ONLY TWO SUNCOM LINES, HE FELT IT WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT. MS. HIRSCHBERG NOTED THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE TO BE EVALUATED. MS, HIRSCH BERG CONTINUED HER PRESENTATION, NOTING THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING THE 400 PBX SWITCH. WITH THIS SYSTEM, YOU CAN FORWARD CALLS TO ANOTHER TELEPHONE - HAVE A 3 -WAY CONFERENCE CALL - CODE YOUR PHONE TO CALL YOU BACK WHEN A LINE IS NOT BUSY, ETC. SHE DIS- CUSSED OUTWARD RESTRICTIONS. SHE NEXT DISCUSSED THE TWO TIER PAYMENT PLAN. UNDER TIER A FOR.FIVE YEARS,IF YOU SIGN THE CONTRACT AND SOUTHERN BELL IS GRANTED A RATE INCREASE, YOUR PLAN DOES NOT CHANGE DURING THAT TIME. TIER A DISAPPEARS AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT PERIOD. TIER B, THE ON-GOING MAINTENANCE, WOULD BE THE ONLY PART OF THE CON- TRACT THAT IS AFFECTED BY A RATE INCREASE. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WOULD PICK THE TIME FRAME AND WOULD BE GUARANTEED THAT 2/3 OF YOUR PRICES WOULD NEVER CHANGE DURING THAT PERIOD. MS. HIRSCHBERG THEN DID A COST COMPARISON BETWEEN THE KEY SYSTEM AND THE DIMENSION SHOWING THAT THE KEY SYSTEM IS CONSIDERABLY MORE EXPENSIVE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED ABOUT AFTER HOURS CALLS, AND MS. HIRSCHBERG STATED THAT THEY CAN BE ARRANGED FOR THROUGH NIGHT CON- NECTIONS IN PARTICULAR GROUPS. THE NIGHT SERVICE IS BUILT IN. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF SHE HAD MET WITH ALL THE CON- STITUTIONAL OFFICERS, AND MS., HIRSCHBERG STATED THAT THEY HAD SURVEYS DONE OF EACH DEPARTMENT AND MET WITH WHOMEVER WAS AVAILABLE. SHE STATED THAT SHE WOULD BE GLAD TO MAKE ANOTHER PRESENTATION IF THE BOARD DESIRED, BUT NOTED THAT THEY DID HAVE A MEETING WHEN ALL DEPART- MENT HEADS WERE INVITED, AND REPRESENTATIVES DID ATTEND. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON NOTED THAT THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION HAD COMMENTED THAT SHE NEEDED PARTICULAR SERVICE AT CER- TAIN TIMES, AND THIS CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF. VICE CHAIRMAN LOY DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR A PRIVATE LINE, AND MS. HIRSCHBERG INFORMED THE BOARD THAT INVIDIDUAL LINES CAN BE RUN IN AT ANY POINT, BUT THE CHARGE FOR THIS WOULD BE OVER AND ABOVE THE DIMENSION SYSTEM.