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• • • • RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM • Under the Water Commission, the department has been able to be progressive in its operations . Prior to 1970, the only means of communications was by telephone. A lot of lost time occurred due to the inabilityto contact, field personnel . New work assignments could not be made until .field • personnel returned to the base yard or until they called on the telephone after completing an assignment-. In January 1970, the department obtained an F.C.'C. license and installed • a radio communications system. Improved efficiencies resulted. Field personnel can now communicate with the base yard and the central office. Many problems can now be solved over the radio. New work assignments can be given over the radio without having to .travel back and forth from job- site to the base yard or without having to hunt for a telephone. At the present time, the entire County is on this communications system initiated by the Water Department. It currently serves as the heart of the Civil Defense's communications system during disasters. Base stations are now located, in addition to the Water Department, at Public Works, Civil Defense, Parks and Recreation, Office of Aging; and even the Mayor's car is equipped with a mobile. radio. ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM Another area where the department has been able to display its progressiveness ' is in the area. of data processing. Back in 1964, the County and the department • were to obtain data processing equipment on a share basis. However, after deliberations, the County (Board of Supervisors at that time) voted down the proposal . The then Water Board decided that the department could not operate. under its old billing system any longer nor could the department wait for the County to ,be ready for electronic data processing. • • -5-