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Show Our Readers Write Wendell's letter inaccurate many of them are returned to printers in the same office. This report availability was instituted in-stituted before Kennington came to office, and has been available, and even enhanced for her, during her term. In spite of all these capabilities, there is always room for improvement We are constantly making efforts to fill the gaps. There are some departments without computer terminals, who do require bringing paperwork to the courthouse for processing. Once processed, the information is available through the county terminal ter-minal network to managers and department heads. We are committed com-mitted to making these services available to all as soon as funds will allow. For the last two-plus years, the county has investigated the possibility possi-bility of moving from Mainframe technology to a networked, ClientServer technology. Our efforts are beginning to bear fruit We believe that after an initial investment, we will be able to reduce the county outlay for computational com-putational costs by thousands of dollars a month! CraigS,Howe System Programmer Data Base Administrator Davis County Information Systems Department Dear Editor: It is in the public interest to clear the air concerning many suppositions supposi-tions being presented as fact by Pearl Wendell. Davis County has an outstanding integrated information processing system, cared for by dedicated professionals. pro-fessionals. The employees in the auditor's office, apart from Mrs. Kennington, will verify this statement. state-ment. I am aware of no requirement to provide quarterly balance sheets or profit and loss statements for the county. We are under a strict budgetary process that requires a balanced budget each year. (If only we could get that same commitment from the federal government) Annual statements are prepared according to state requirements, and some of these statements do require some manual interpolations as of yet This is partly because computers com-puters are not intelligent, only people peo-ple possess the skills required to create meaningful reports. Reports are currently available on demand that reflect the financial health of the county. These include details of expenditures, revenues, receipts and budgets for any requested re-quested period of time. These reports may be requested through terminals in the auditor's office, and I The editor invites and welcomes letters for pub- I lication in these columns. However, they must be I signed and also bear the writer's address and I telephone number. There is a limit of two per month from any one contributor and letters will not be printed without including the writer's I name. The length should not exceed 500 words. |