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Discussion ensued as to any areas where we can find additional money to pay for this, and Commissioner Wodtke asked about any contingency account in the Property Appraiser's budget. Property Appraiser Nolte informed the Board -that his department budgets on a very conservative basis, and they have no contingency funds. Administrator Wright pointed out that this is something we are going to have to pay for when we do our next budget, and actually all we are doing is paying for it now instead. Board members continued to express concern about continually dipping into the Board's contingency account, and Commissioner Lyons inquired if there is any way we could pay for this in two parts. - Director Barton did not believe this could be arranged at the price we are paying for it, and Administrator Wright felt this printer is very much needed and there may be other things we can do without. Discussion continued at length as to the amount of funds remaining in the contingency account, the amount already spent out of contingency this year, the quality of the printer, and its anticipated longevity, etc., Property Appraiser Nolte believed it would meet all the County's requirements for the foreseeable future, and explained that while it certainly is not state-of-the-art, which would be considerably more expensive, it is a 1200 line per minute printer and would cut printing time by almost half. Mr. Nolte stressed that the reason it has-been necessary for them to go outside for the printing is because of the Legislative time frame; otherwise his office could do this work here. He continued that although he cannot purchase the printer in his current budget, if the Board could approve the purchase now, he believed that possibly next year something could be worked out. Mr. Nolte 7 cc`��° BeOX 56 PACE207