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o r � <br />that central system together, and at the same time, have within <br />that system sufficient safeguards to protect her ability to live <br />up to her responsibilities. He pointed out that this is the same <br />problem that arose when the idea of centralization was approached <br />in previous years, and he felt certain the Board would run into <br />the same problem with the other constitutional officers. He <br />further pointed out that the Data Processing Committee which was <br />appointed over two years ago, has been unable in all that time to <br />come up with guidelines for determining priorities for use of the <br />system, and for that reason Sheriff Dobeck withdrew from the <br />Committee in September and has gone on record that he wants a <br />stand alone computer separate from the county system. The <br />Property Appraiser and Tax Collector already have their <br />independent systems, and Attorney Polackwich felt that if the <br />Board tries to bring all these people under one organized system <br />and, in effect, treat the constitutional officers simply as <br />another department of the County, they will encounter resistance. <br />He did not believe that Freda Wright would be standing alone on <br />this issue. <br />Chairman Scurlock believed the tail has been wagging the dog <br />too long. He stated that while the Utility Department basically <br />has funded that computer, in three years their needs never have <br />been fully addressed. The Clerk's Department, however, has been <br />totally computerized and that priority has been established as <br />#1. He did not believe the system has to be under the total <br />control of the Clerk, and if we have to go to court to decide <br />what our legal responsibilities are to the Clerk, he felt we <br />should do so. <br />Commissioner Lyons expressed his shock at the Clerk having <br />hired an Attorney as he had been under the impression that she <br />had been in accord with the agreement to go ahead and put the <br />computer under the control of the Board. He noted that it had <br />been agreed that any emergency she might have would be taken care <br />of even to the extent of providing independent programmers for <br />29 <br />OCT 14 1986 BOOK 66 F,; -c $29- <br />