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only constitutional officer who does not have her own computer system. Mr. Hylton advised that currently Data Processing is running at 80% capacity, but there have been requests from several departments which have not been met, such as Planning. Mr. Hylton noted that there were 24 users when he started work with the County and now there are 180. The State has mandated that the Clerk must institute by 1990 the transfer of all statistical crime reporting from the Sheriff's Dept., and two full-time people are trying to get that together. However, he felt that they have utilized the IBM 38 to the best advantage with the 4 full-time programmers on payroll at the present time. He felt possibly some consideration could be given to a reduction in staff in the 1990-91 budget year if the Clerk isn't hit with any more major changes. Director Baird believed that since we have such a low contingency balance going into this year, there should be some effect on the Clerk's Office, but he felt what Mr. Hylton is saying is that there won't be a $32,000 effect on the Clerk's budget. Chairman Scurlock suggested that we place the $32,000 in the Elections budget at this time and then make some final determinations. That way we would be addressing it up front, and then if we have any line item transfers or budget amendments, such as possible decreases on the Clerk's side, they can be done at the appropriate time. Supervisor Robinson said she has been trying to be straight forward right from the beginning, and emphasized that it should be in her budget. She had asked for this back in 1986-87 and 1987-88 but the reason she didn't go ahead and try to get another system prior to this is that all the systems were priced at $50,000 and up, and she couldn't justify coming to the Board and asking for that amount. The $32,000 cost for this system would a a one-time expense and would come under capital improvements. SEP 1 9 1999 BOOK 74 r; L �M