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F7- N ®Y 2 5 1986 BOOK 66 PA P. 49,3 is the delay in the release of funds for the positions and related computer hardware. Commissioner Wheeler suggested that we delay putting in the CAD system until it can be installed in the new building in order to save double installation costs and then delay the hiring of the additional personnel for a few more months. Sheriff-'Dobeck explained that he needs to have the system installed in the old facility in order to train personnel, and pointed out that there is no great expense in having the equipment hooked up once it is purchased. Sheriff Dobeck recommended that the total cost of the system be placed into a portion of -the bond that is being considered so that they could go ahead and purchase the equipment now as it takes somewhere in the neighborhood of 6-8 months to get delivery. Chairman Scurlock advised that refinancing the $9.85 million bond issue probably would not be feasible due to the current spread in the interest rates and the changes in the new tax reform laws. We are looking at new funding to come up with the shortfalls on various other projects, and he felt that we are going to have to sit down in the very near future and identify our priorities because there is probably $6-8 million in requests for additional funding. Sheriff Dobeck emphasized that the equipment will not be a recurring expense and that we have the opportunity now to make this an item that can be put into the bond issue, whereas if it comes to the Board next year, it will be a capital item. Going ahead now would allow them to become operational, and they would not need to come back for at least 10 years with requests for hardware funding. Perhaps they would need to comeback for software, but not hardware. Director Baird reviewed the following memo dated 11/3/86: E- - I 30 M