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NOV 191980 Booz 45 PACE31 7 <br />$6,622. A LEASE FROM FORD FOR 36 MONTHS AT $195 PER MONTH WOULD AMOUNT <br />TO $7,020. A LEASE FROM HERTZ WOULD BE $165 PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS, <br />OR $5,940. WE WOULD SAVE THERE, BUT THE ADMINISTRATOR NOTED THAT THE <br />SALVAGE VALUE AFTER THREE YEARS IS APPROXIMATELY $1,800 SO THE NET <br />DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO WOULD BE $1,118, OR THE NET COST PURCHASE <br />LESS WHAT THE SALVAGE VALUE WOULD BE THREE YEARS LATER. THE <br />ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT IF THE COUNTY COULD GET A TAX BREAK IN <br />WRITING OFF THE VEHICLE, HE BELIEVED A LEASE WOULD BE THE WAY TO G0, <br />BUT WE DON T GET THAT AND OUR POLICY OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN TO DRIVE <br />A CAR UNTIL IT DROPS APART. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK POINTED OUT THAT MAINTENANCE.COSTS <br />RISE AS A VEHICLE GETS OLDER. HE AGREED THAT WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MAN <br />TO A CAR THEY DO LAST MUCH BETTER THAN IF YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE <br />DRIVING THE SAME CAR. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE SIZE OF THE CAR, AND THE <br />ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT IT WOULD BE A SMALL VEHICLE, POSSIBLY A <br />CHEVETTE OR SOMETHING SMALLER. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR REVIEW THE <br />PERSONNEL IN HIS DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE CARS ASSIGNED TO THEM. <br />ADMINISTRATOR NELSON STATED THAT HE AND THE ASSISTANT <br />ADMINISTRATOR AND THE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, ROBERT DONLON, HAVE CARS <br />ASSIGNED. HE NOTED THAT MR. DONLON AT THIS TIME IS UTILIZING HIS CAR <br />AS SAFETY INSPECTOR FOR THE COUNTY. HE ALSO DOES HAVE RIGHT-OF-WAY <br />INSPECTIONS, BUT THAT MAY DISAPPEAR, PLUS HIS VEHICLE IS USED FOR <br />INTEROFFICE COMMUNICATION BY OTHER PEOPLE. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />HAS A CAR AND THE ZONING DEPARTMENT HAS ONE; THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT <br />HAS ABOUT SIX. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT CARS <br />IN THE ADMINISTRATORS COMPLEX. HE NOTED THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME <br />PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WITH STATE AUDITORS IN REGARD TO UTILIZATION <br />OF THE CARS AND HE LOOKED FORWARD IN THE FUTURE TO CREATING SOME TYPE <br />OF MOTOR POOL WHERE COUNTY PERSONNEL WOULD BRING THEIR OWN VEHICLE <br />TO WORK AND USE THE COUNTY VEHICLES ONLY DURING THE WORK DAY. HE <br />72 <br />