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Item _#1 <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Lyons, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bowman, the Board unanimously authorized <br />the transfer of $750 from the sale of surplus voting. <br />machines from the general fund into the elections <br />equipment account to be used towards the purchase of <br />(2) used PBCs at $500 each. <br />11 1 <br />Supervisor Robinson advised that she would have to get the <br />remaining $250 from another account. <br />Item #2 <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Lyons, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bowman, the Board unanimously <br />authorized the purchase of 64 voting machines from <br />Election Supplies Limited for $12,160 with the funds to <br />come out of the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund account <br />which currently has a balance of $300,000. <br />Commissioner Bird asked if we still consider these voting <br />booths as state of the art, and Supervisor Robinson felt the <br />punch card systems are going to be around for a long time, and <br />that probably we would not want to even consider changing <br />equipment until after the next census. She noted that 3 counties <br />are still using paper ballots, 10 are using the old voting <br />machines, but the majority of the counties are using the punch <br />card equipment. Some new systems coming on the market are very <br />good, but very expensive. It would cost the County $500,000 for <br />one of these new systems compared to the $100,000 we have <br />invested in the present system. She noted that Florida Statutes <br />require that we have one voting booth for 125 registered voters, <br />and also one booth in every precinct is to be used as a <br />demonstrator. <br />21 <br />Y 141996 Boa 64 -V AG F.4? <br />