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Chair Jacobs asked about the Animal Services kiosks and Todd Jones said that the <br />Animal Services department is interested in having publicly available touch screens so the <br />public can query on animals that are available far adoption andlor have been recently <br />impounded and may be lost. <br />Chair Jacobs asked about the placing of pictures of animals on their website and <br />Todd Jones said that the technology is in place to do so, but they need to incorporate that into <br />the intake process so that as soon as an animal is admitted, they are photographed right away <br />rather than after the fact. They are still trying to resolve the intake issues. <br />Chair Jacobs said that he almost had an animal put to sleep there because when he <br />called na one could identify the animal. He would like some resolution to the computer <br />problems at the animal shelter. Todd Jones said that they would follow upon this. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to Land Records and the three items being <br />purchased this fiscal year and he asked about this. Todd Jones said that they were able to find <br />some monies in the current capital and they were also able to use a lot of the cost reductions <br />enabled by the storage area network. The additional money requested for next year is to make <br />sure that all of the workstations can interconnect with the new system. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that some of this stuff is collection of data to be used by the <br />State. He said that it seems that there is a whole different set of unfunded mandates where <br />counties and other local governments have to feed into certain State databases at their cost. <br />He would like to know what the State is requiring that the County has to provide and send. <br />e. Efland IBuckhorn Water Sewer Update <br />Pam Jones said that the County Engineer certified the low bidder; so the $1.5 million is <br />the bid that will be brought forward on May 4tn <br />f. Other Projects <br />Commissioner Halkiotis asked about the $25,000 for Lake Michael and Donna Dean- <br />Coffey said that it was $75,000 total and $25,000 is left, which was to build a pier, a playground, <br />and other improvements. <br />With no further items to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m. <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Donna S. Baker <br />Clerk to the Board <br />