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approximately 50,000 square feet for the storage of vehicles and confiscated goods, and to some extent the 911 portion of that building. He assumed, however, that if we are going to redo it, we would have to redesign it. Commissioner Lyons felt we should not let ourselves get stampeded into shortcuts for buildings that will last 50 years. If we need these buildings, let's find a way to build them, and build them right the first time. Commissioner Bird wished for staff to go back and take a harder look at the Sheriff's Building and the Health Building to make sure that what we are building is done the most cost effective way. Commissioner Lyons did not have a problem with that. He just did not want to see any projects deleted. Chairman Scurlock felt that sometimes we fail to realize that these various bond issues are 30 year issues in most cases, and we can roll them together, refinance, and reduce the debt service to some extent, but the bottom line is that we are going to experience some debt service for 30 years. Commissioner Bird asked if Finance is in the process of giving us some kind of projection as far as debt service is concerned, and Director Baird advised that he prepared a chart a couple of months ago, but it changes constantly due to market fluctuations. Administrator Thomas pointed out that of the $45 -million committed to the various capital projects, only $16 million is either directly or indirectly related to ad valorem taxes. Generally, the balance is all revenue from utility or similar type operations. Commissioner Bird asked if the $4.2 million raised through the sales tax for the Jail is on deposit,and Director Baird explained that at present we have $3.9 million on deposit gaining interest. However, we are $260,000 off. The problem is that we are not sure how much revenue we are going to receive from the 9 JUN 10 1966 BOOK 64 FFnJE 655 I