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even plug in the cost of painting a water tower and determine its <br />effect on the annual budget, whether a rate increase might be <br />called for, what it is going to do to our rate structure over the <br />next 20 years, etc. <br />Director Pinto advised that another very important thing is <br />that the system itself doesn't know if you are talking about <br />utilities or not, and it can be used in many other areas in the <br />same format to preduct what your operating expenses will do to <br />your rate structures. He stated that he could not recommend too <br />highly that we proceed with these systems. <br />Chairman Scurlock believed we then would end up with an <br />independent billing system as well as a capital project tracking <br />system. <br />Director Pinto stated that it will not necessarily be an <br />independent billing system. This will take a look at what we are <br />doing now and make recommendations on what we need to do to <br />establish a more streamlined billing system. We will end up with <br />something that will either utilize what we have or request <br />another way to go. <br />Chairman Scurlock commented that actually there is 40 hours <br />of Coopers & Lybrand's time from last year and 40 hour from this, <br />but whether the Administrator wants to allocate all 80 hours to <br />this particular project, he did not know. <br />Director Pinto indicated that he certainly would lobby for <br />the use of those hours. <br />APR 121988 <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Com- <br />missioner Wheeler, Commissioner Bird having left the <br />meeting, the Board unanimously (4-0) approved the <br />two proposals for services from Coopers & Lybrand as <br />recommended by staff in memo dated March 29, 1988. <br />56 BOOK 72 PACE 72 <br />