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186 <br /> <br /> Mr. Kenneth K£ser, Elections Board Chairman, and Mr. Mark Speas, Elections <br />Board Secretary, spoke in support of the Business Records Corporation equipment. <br />Mr. Speas also asked that the contract with Business Records Corporation be <br />increased by $10,000.00 in order to purchase an automatic acc~n~latlng program <br />for vote tabulation. <br /> Mr~ Ed O'Day, Regional Manager with Business Records Corporation, and Mr. <br />Russell Sloss, Marketing Representative, addressed the Board relative to that <br />company's bid for the voting equipment, <br /> Motion was made by Commissioner Melvin and seconded by Chairman Lentz to <br />table consideration of the voting equipment bid until the September 5th meeting. <br />The second was then withdrawn by Chairman Lentz. <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Simmons with <br />Commissionecs Hamby, simmons, and Moss voting for and Chairman Lentz and <br />Commissioner Melvin voting against, the Board made a specific finding that the <br />bid of Creenha].~, Thomas and Associates is not at this time a responsible bid <br />based on a finding that they have not received certification by the State Board <br />of Elections and that the equipment the company proposed for the County's use <br />is not presently in existence, and further the Board awarded the bid in the <br />amount of $178,349.00 [$204,959.00 (Equipment) + $1,390100 (Freight) <br />$28,000.00 (Trade-in value of 35 V2-1 Tabulators)] to Business Records <br />Corporation as recommended by the Cabarrus County Board of Elections and subject <br />to a successful test operation of the Business Records Corporation equipment in <br />the September 26, 1989 City primacy election. <br /> Mr. Michael M. Rufftn, County Manager, informed the Board that $92,500.00 <br />is currently budgeted for the purchase of the voting machines and that the <br />County is taking bids from financial institutions for the lease/purchase <br />financing for the balance of the contract. <br /> The Board declined to take action on the $10,000.00 request for the <br />automatic accumulating program until after the test election. <br /> <br /> August 21, 1989 Minutes of the Board of Commissioners <br /> <br /> <br />