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FEB 2 2 1984 x 56 PACE 08 emphasized that actually he will be saving the Board money .because the Trim Bill expenses are their responsibility. Director Barton concurred that if we don't pay for the printer now, we will still be stuck for the $10,000 it will cost to send out the Trim Bills and we won't have that money available to buy the machine. He did not feel there is any way to defer payment on it. Administrator Wright stated that after having just sat through the audit interviews, he felt comfortable with our cash position and would recommend that we buy the printer out of contingency. Commissioner Wodtke expressed concern about having enough money to pay hospital bills for indigents, noting that we have been hit with some very large bills for this in the past, and the Administrator stated that even including that, he still would feel comfortable recommending the purchase. Commissioner Bird asked what savings we could antici- pate receiving in this fiscal year.from the purchase of this printer, and Mr. Nolte noted that we would save the cost of several people going over to the printer and the cost -of using someone else's computer at $45.00 an hour, or about $6,000. The Board would save on the Trim Notices right off and if his office could print the Tax Roll in September, it would save more money out of his budget. Commissioner Lyons asked about transferring expenses out of one column into a capital expenditure column to offset all these projected savings. Discussion followed as to how the two $5,000 amounts will be transferred and how these expenses are split between the Property Appraiser and the Board. Chairman Scurlock confirmed that it won't be until next year's budget that we see a reduction and clarified that we actually are coming up with $18,400 - $13,400 plus the 8