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Q. DW - is it all due to growth? <br /> A. JH - I don't know where they are coming from if it is not <br /> due to growth. The land is being split, new people moving <br /> in and each time Kermit picks up a automobile I get a tax <br /> bill for it. <br /> Q. DW - How many did he pick up? <br /> A. JH - He is putting them on faster than I can collect them. <br /> ._, A. KL - as of last count in something in excess of 2,000. <br /> JH - it is running about 5,000 additional bills a year so <br /> .', that in itself has put an additional workload into my <br /> office. Also this year there are more taxpayers paying in <br /> person. Normally we have one day where we have a line; <br /> this year there were three days. <br /> 1; <br /> 16 '4 Illi MONS, DMA_PXXIESSING MANAGER <br /> The biggest thing that would affect the upcoming budget would <br /> ... be the expansion of service to the private sector in our land record system. <br /> There seems to be a lot of interest of private attorneys and realtors of <br /> installing terminals and hooking into our system through their own personal <br /> computers. This would be on a private basis. We would have to spend same <br /> €.) money to upgrade our system to insure the security of our other systems. If <br /> we do any expanding some of the older systems like finance and recreation <br /> will need upgraded or a newer type machine. <br /> 1 i <br /> g Q. SM - I would encourage you to computerize over in Social <br /> Services. There is going to be a request coming from <br /> Social Services for two or three additional people to take <br /> care of forms and I don't think we should be adding new <br /> personnel at this time and for this function. I think <br /> that with the capabilities we have we should be looking at <br /> what can be done. I think this is a big priority. <br /> ■ <br /> A. KB - we have been talking with TOm and that is the biggest <br /> department that we are doing very little for and we have <br /> not been able to put our finger on a lot of things we can <br /> do. You run into the privacy problems and we are working <br /> on this. This will be one of our goals for the coming <br /> 4, year. We will do something in that area. <br /> Q. DW - Is there anything being done at the state level? Is <br /> , any county doing anything? <br /> A. KB - the state is taking over most - the food stamp <br /> program went on the state system and I think the AFDC is on <br /> the state system. They have three or four terminals <br /> installed . . . <br /> , Q. SM - If you put a computer system in the county the state <br /> . will work with you to integrate your system with theres and <br /> Q. MC - They probably have same of the same but not as many <br /> of the privacy problems as Social Services. <br /> A. KB - for the Health Department the state offers the route <br /> to either put in stand alone micros -IBM-PCs and we will <br /> provide the software and then that eliminates you sending <br /> us discs or floppies instead of having to send us forms. <br /> That also had the option to say okay if you want to <br /> diverge it - if you have an adequte system and you can <br /> generate us a mag tape then you can send us this tape and <br /> not the forms. This is the type of system could do for <br />— Social Services. <br /> Q. DW - This is something that really needs to be addressed. <br /> Do you have any ideas on how that might be . . . <br /> A. KB - We have looked at several counties which are doing <br /> what they call case management -we have not seen a good <br />