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Commissioner Lyons noted that he is the one who signed the agreement, but after several months' experience with it, he now feels that it is totally unworkable and would suggest that the Commission withdraw from that agreement and substitute another user organization to get together periodically to see if everyone's needs are being met. He emphasized that the things we want to protect against are duplication and the unnecessary purchase of equipment and application of programming hours. Attorney Polackwich believed that the Board may have to ask the County Attorney for his opinion on whether the County can withdraw from the agreement, because it is an agreement between the various constitutional officers. Chairman Scurlock noted that the Sheriff has already withdrawn from it, and he would simply suggest that Commissioner Lyons reconvene the committee and abolish it. Commissioner Wodtke commented that he started on that committee and it did not take them long to get rid of him, and then Commissioner Lyons got appointed to chair the committee. He had been impressed on how well a centralized computer system wo-rked—in o -cher -counties, but agreed, after serving on that committee for a few months, that it seems to be quite evident that our constitutional officers will not make a total commitment and the agreement is unworkable at this time. He certainly hoped that we do not get to a point where we get into a lawsuit, and his only question was that since Freda is a fee officer, as are David Nolte and Gene Morris, are we going to -take the same action against them, or do it on an individual basis, or is this the. starting point? Chairman Scurlock felt this is the starting point because that is where the nucleus is. He also noted that the Clerk and the other officers have an absolute remedy available to them in that they can seek relief through the court system once it is demonstrated -that-their needs are not met. 31 BOOK UD