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MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Adams, <br />SECONDED BY Commissioner Eggert, to acquire <br />one medium and one large wheelchair for the <br />Courthouse. <br />Commissioner Bird wanted it understood that a person would be <br />using it at their own risk. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE QUESTION and the <br />motion carried unanimously. <br />Judge Vocelle also asked that they include benches inside the <br />building for handicapped people to sit while waiting. Director <br />Dean said he might be able to locate some chairs. Commissioner <br />Eggert believed that benches would be better for people who are <br />handicapped. Director Dean will work on it. <br />Moving on to the sound problems in the Courthouse, items 4 and <br />5, Clerk Barton pointed out that the cameras in Courtrooms 6 and 7 <br />were entirely different from the cameras in the other five <br />courtrooms and the installation is incomplete. He explained they <br />had started using those two courtrooms for civil- cases because <br />attorneys brought their own court reporter to a civil case. <br />However, occasionally, a judge will have to move to another <br />courtroom for a temporary hearing -because of taping requirements. <br />Since the systems are different, staff will have to be cross - <br />trained in order to run both recording systems properly. <br />Chairman Macht recalled it was done on purpose because those <br />courtrooms were not -intended to be used until a future date anyway. <br />Director Dean advised that the two courtrooms were equipped <br />with cameras like those used for appearances from the jail. The <br />other courtrooms have equipment designed for recording only. So, <br />there are two different kinds of equipment, but the software is <br />under contract and the funds have been set aside. Bruce Boyd of <br />Precision Sound had informed him it would be completed by July <br />17th. <br />Judge Vocelle assured the Board he would be back if the two <br />courtrooms were not ready by the 17th. <br />Commissioner Eggert asked if the sound problems in the other <br />courtroom been corrected, and Director Dean thought the problem had <br />been resolved and explained that a correction was made to the watts <br />of the speaker connections. <br />21 <br />June 20, 1995 - w®K 95 pAcE 468 <br />