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Commissioner Bowman pointed out that this purchase would result in a savings of $16,000 over a year's time, and Chairman Scurlock noted that he is in favor of saving the money; he just questioned the timing of doing this now rather than waiting until the new budget year. We had a lot of complaints from the public about the size of our reserve last year, and he wanted to build up our reserve rather than continue to go into contingencies. Commissioner Bowman asked if this can wait three months, and Director Wright stated that it could if the frequencies are still available for us to rent, but he did not know that they will be in another 30-45 days. He noted that he has been pursuing getting these frequencies since last August. Chairman Scurlock asked if there isn't some way that we can work out using the $10,000 that is budgeted and defer the total purchase until October 1st. Questions arose as to the balance left in contingency, and OMB Director Baird advised that we started out the budget year with about 1.2 million in reserve, and if this item were approved to be taken from contingency, we will be down to $150,000. He explained that we encountered some large unanticipated expenses, mainly related to .law enforcement, i.e., additional correction officers, etc. Discussion ensued at length as to various alternatives for acquiring the equipment without going to contingencies, and Administrator Balczun asked if possibly the contractor would agree to execution of a lease/purchase agreement now and then sometime subsequent to October 1st, have a caveat that the County, at its option, could convert to a straight purchase without incurring lease/purchase penalties. It was generally agreed that was a good solution, and Director Wright wished to note for the record that he had recommended acquiring this equipment either through the lease/ purchase program or interfund borrowing as he is aware of the JUN 14 BOOK 73 ?ArF 38 1 �