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- <br /> A. RA - Yes, internal. <br /> Q. DW - they don't have the electronic mailboxes? <br /> A. RA - thats right. We also make use of the State courier <br /> system for correspondence between the County and UfTC and <br /> the state offices in Raleigh. It has proved to be very <br /> effective and in particular the Health Department has sent <br /> many of their samples for analysis to the State labs via <br /> the State courier system. <br /> SM I'm sure a lot of people go back and forth but I <br /> think it should be looked at to see if it could be <br /> organized in such a way that it would help because the <br /> feeling I get is that when something has to go; we don't <br /> have a courier system so we get in the car and go and it is <br /> just not efficient. <br /> MC - We should see what is the most efficient now and <br /> economical. <br /> Q. DW - Do you know how much we spend on long distance <br /> telephone calls? <br /> A. RA - our total phone budget is $260,000. Of that $38,000 <br /> is for lease/purchase of the Rolm system and $10,000 is for <br /> a maintenance contract with Centel and the rest is divided <br /> between the lease costs for the FX lines and the mileage <br /> charges which they charge us assisting with those lines. <br /> DW - . there are other long distance services besides AT&T <br /> I , and that <br /> RA - we currently are with the state watts line and they <br /> made that service available last year and they bill us <br /> accordingly. <br /> DW - do you have any idea how much we spend on calls <br /> through AT&T. <br /> RA - No. I do not. I could not give you a figure right <br /> now but I will get that for you. <br /> Q. LW - I don't know how much I spend here on long distance <br /> calls, for example, but you may be able to save 20%. The <br /> state system is fine but those of us who don't have access <br /> to County lines and cannot use the other system there might <br /> be some savings. <br /> RA - the departments located in Chapel Hill? <br /> DW Yes. <br /> BL - you mentioned gas - is that in yet or not. <br /> A. RA - it is just being installed. <br /> Q. BL - how do you propose to buy your gasoline - on an <br /> annual basis? <br /> A. RAL - yes - we will let bids. <br /> Q. BL - do you know why many would be involved in that. <br /> A. RA No, we just sent out requests for bids. <br /> (EMIT M. LLOYD, TAX SPERVISOR <br /> Q. DOW - How many parcels do we have? <br /> A. EL - a little less than 35,000 parcels. <br /> Q. DW - You said there was a seventeen million dollar <br /> increase in the tax base on motor vehicles -is this due to <br /> the tape? <br /> A. EL - This is due to the tape and the extensive search we <br /> did in trying to find every motor vehicle. I feel <br /> comfortable that we have 99% or better of all the vehicles <br /> that we can get. I know of about 4,000 vehicles that were <br /> here January 1, 1984 that are not here now because of our <br /> transit population. We are losing a lot of money to that <br /> but of the ones that we have determinded are still here I <br />