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ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR <br />COMMISSIONERS LOY AND WODTKE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSOCIA- <br />TION OF COUNTIES CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, JUNE <br />29TH THROUGH JULY 3RD, 1980. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS REPORTED THAT TOM MASON. CHAIRMAN OF <br />THE LIBRARY STUDY COMMITTEE, MADE A REPORT TO THE LIBRARY BOARD AT <br />THEIR LAST MEETING. THEIR REACTION WAS THAT THEY WOULD WANT A <br />COMMITTEE FORMED TO ADDRESS THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LIBRARY <br />REPORT AND TO MAKE THEIR OWN REPORT AND THAT THERE WAS STATE MONEY <br />AVAILABLE FOR THIS PURPOSE, COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT THEY <br />ASKED HIM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE EVENT THE LIBRARY DOESN'T DO <br />ANYTHING AND THEY WANT ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR NEXT YEAR. HE STATED <br />THAT HE TOLD THEM HE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY APPRECIABLE ADDITIONAL <br />FUNDING UNTIL THE TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE OF THE LIBRARY WAS UP- <br />GRADED AS IN THE REPORT. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS CONTINUED THAT, IN CONNECTION WITH <br />THE 911 COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM, HE HAS SEEN A JOINT REPORT FROM THE <br />SHERIFF AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE, AND INTERESTINGLY, THE NEW AND <br />SOMEWHAT SOPHISTICATED 911 SYSTEM IS BY FAR THE CHEAPEST IN THAT <br />IT REQUIRES NO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL IN ORDER FOR ANYONE TO CALL 911. <br />THE ADDRESS OF THE PERSON CALLING WOULD BE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN <br />BEFORE THE OPERATOR: THE PERSON CALLING COULD EVEN COLLAPSE AND THE <br />ADDRESS STILL WOULD BE THERE. HE COMMENTED THAT IT WAS LEFT TO HIM <br />TO SEE IF WE COULD OBTAIN ANY OF THE FUNDS ALLEGED TO BE AVAILABLE <br />FOR 911. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS HAS CHECKED AND HAS <br />FOUND THAT THE $163.000 AVAILABLE HAS BEEN COMMITTED. HOWEVER, IT <br />WAS SUGGESTED THAT SHOULD WE DECIDE WE WANT TO GET INTO THE 911 <br />PROGRAM, THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS WHEN THE STATE LEGISLATURE WAS <br />ABLE TO GET THE EQUIPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE. THE MOST <br />SOPHISTICATED SYSTEM FIGURES OUT TO BE ABOUT $1.50 PER MONTH PER <br />PERSON SO THAT ANYONE COULD CALL FROM ANY TELEPHONE AND GET THE <br />EMERGENCY SERVICE. COMMISSIONER LYONS SUGGESTED THAT SOMETIME IN <br />THE NEXT MONTH WE ASK THE TELEPHONE COMPANY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION <br />&S <br />