Laserfiche WebLink
N 0 V 14 1984 <br />Goof 58 pnr S57 <br />Commissioner Bowman wished to know if we can't lease rather <br />than purchase, and Mr. Dean explained that if we continue to <br />lease, we will spend another $126,000 and still won't have any <br />equity. We can purchase the system for approximately $76,000, <br />and if we requested cancellation of our contract, the balance of <br />the contract would have to be satisfied. <br />Commissioner Wodtke asked if we own the system and want to <br />buy another one, what will this system be worth to someone else? <br />Administrator Wright noted that the system we have is <br />working; it is not as if we have to throw it away. <br />Commissioner Bowman expressed concern that the system will <br />become obsolete. <br />The Administrator pointed out that all you do on a telephone <br />is talk on it, and we do have considerable capability for <br />expansion of lines; in fact, we are not even up to halfway yet. <br />General Services Director Dean reaffirmed that staff has <br />recommended that we enter into a five year agreement to purchase <br />the existing telephone system for $76,611.53. The lease <br />payments, including the maintenance agreement, would be $2271.16 <br />monthly for the first year. Right now we are paying $4200 <br />monthly just to lease. Basically, purchasing will cut the <br />monthly payments in half, but they will be spread out a bit <br />longer. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Bird, SECONDED <br />by Commissioner Bowman, the Board unanimously <br />(4-0) accepted the staff recommendation to retain <br />our present telephone system and enter into an <br />agreement with AT&T to purchase it as originally <br />proposed on October 10, 1984. <br />DISCUSSION REGARDING FEC TRAIN WHISTLES <br />Chairman Scurlock reported that the following letter has <br />been received from Florida East Coast Railway Co.: <br />20 <br />