Show County Considers Grouping Purchases More Expected to Cut Expense of Departments All elected county officials met with villi the board of co county nt commissioners this week to discuss a more efficient and less costly method method of of ordering supplies and equipment for the tile entire courthouse JOIN JOHN M M. PARK county clerk explained that consolidation consolidation consoli consoli- dation dalion of purchasing for all offices would save time and andI I make it possible to buy in bulk He suggested that these bulk supplies be stored in a separate room which would be opened once each week for distribution of the supplies to the various offices He said the writing and signing of many checks hecks to the same company for supplies for the various offices could be reduced to one check to each company on a consolidation consolida consolida- tion purchasing basis It would also save much bookkeeping b by r having these supplies listed listed listed list list- ed under a non departmental account so that each office wouldn't have to be keeping separate accounts of their pur pur- chases COMMISSIONER G. G Evan Taylor said that special supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies needed by a certain office office office of of- fice and not in m general use would be ordered separately but would still sUll be purchased from Crom the special account He lie said that special arrange arrangements can be made in gross amounts even on perishable materials by having d delivery made only on the amount needed currently current current- ly These materials include and print blue-print- supplies By having ing them delivered delivered delivered de de- livered in this manner there would be no caused during storage Another point brought out during the meeting was that by having a special room for storing the supplies not as much storage space would be needed in the various offices THEY TilEY THEN discussed the tile possibility of obtaining a bulk mailing permit Also discussed discussed discussed dis dis- cussed was the Ule possibility of oC a pick up of all courthouse mail by one person and elimination of some of oC the post office box rentals now paid by the various var var- ious offices Later this week tile the commissioners commissioners commissioners com com- com com- missioners followed through ugh on part of this plan by order ordering ing a postage metering machine machine ma ma- a- a chine from Pitney Bowes Co at a cost of 25 with three advertising slides at 15 each It is to be delivered on or before before before be be- fore May lay 1 This will assist the county treasurers treasurer's office greatly in the mailing of the tax valuation notices wJ which ch arc are to be sent out in May Mar IN OTHER OTIER business the the commissioners approved a contribution of to the tile Junior Livestock Show to be beheld beheld beheld held in Kas Kaysville ille at the county fair grounds on May 1 5 5 They Ther also agreed to let a Mr John Brown take up residence residence resi resi- dence in a house on the golf course grounds at the county Memorial 1 Park in exchange for his services as caretaker of the park This agreement was made on a six months trial Uial basis A WAGE increase for Deput Deputy Deputy Dep Dep- ut uty Assessor Thayne Thale Corbridge Corbridge Cor Cor- bridge was also approved by bythe bythe bythe the commission The increase was from to per hour and became effective as of April 1 On April 15 a special short course in civil defense will be conducted for all courthouse es From 10 to U 11 am a.m. one half of the will take the time course to be conducted conduct conduct- ed cd B B. B M. M Anderson county civil chil defense director Then I the other half hall of oC the will attend the session from Crom 11 am a.m. to 12 noon Both sessions sessions ses arc are to be conducted in inthe inthe inthe the basement courtroom of the courthouse bf bC |