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JUN 2 5 19 90 aom 43 PAcE 863 YOU BUY OFF THE FLOOR WILL NOT STAND THE STRESS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY. OFFICERS MUST HAVE CARS WHICH THEY CAN MANEUVER AND WHICH WILL HOLD UP, AND HE, THEREFORE, BUYS SPECIAL BUILT CARS WITH HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT. HE EMPHASIZED THAT YOU NEED A SUBSTANTIAL CAR FOR MEN WHO SPEND EIGHT HOURS A DAY IN THEM GOING OVER ALL KINDS OF TERRAIN. HE THEN TALKED ABOUT "OPEN END" CONTRACTS WITH LEASING AGENCIES, AND FELT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COSTS UNTIL YOU TURN THE CARS IN. THE SHERIFF INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE GOT FIGURES FROM TWO LEASING AGENCIES THIS MORNING, AND THEY INDICATED A TWO- YEAR CONTRACT WILL RUN $385 PER MONTH AND A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT $600 PER MONTH, AND THE ONLY THING THEY FURNISH IS THE CAR, THE TAG AND COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT THE FIGURES HE GOT FROM HERTZ IN ATLANTA ARE CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT: THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A HEAVY DUTY CHEVY MALIBU FOR $183. COMMISSIONER LYONS DID NOT BELIEVE THIS QUESTION CAN BE ANSWERED TODAY, BUT JUST REQUESTED THAT THE SHERIFF KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND SEE ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS WHETHER WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO LOWER THE COST OF THE AUTOMOTIVE END. HE FRANKLY DID NOT SEE WHY PROCESS SERVERS COULDN'T USE FOUR CYLINDER CARS. COMMISSIONER DEESON STATED THAT HE DID KNOW SOME COUNTIES ARE OPERATING SMALLER VEHICLES, SUCH AS POPE COUNTY, OSCEOLA AND BREVARD. SHERIFF JOYCE AGREED AND NOTED THAT ST. LUCIE ALSO HAS SOME, BUT HE FELT YOU MUST CHECK THE DOWNTIME THEY HAVE AND FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE PRICE ON SOME OF THE SMALL CARS IS MORE THAN ON SOME OF THE LARGER ONES. COMMISSIONER LYONS CONCURRED, BUT POINTED OUT THAT IT IS THE GAS WHICH IS EATING US UP. THIS OUT WITH COUNTY PURCHASING. HE REQUESTED THAT THE SHERIFF CHECK SHERIFF .JOYCE AGREED THAT HE WOULD CHECK AS REQUESTED. VICE CHAIRMAN Loy INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WHEN THE DECISION IS FINALLY MADE AS TO THE NUMBER OF CARS AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IS _ ® 14