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• Mr. Oxian stated that Commission members should all receive a report on the property value study, especially new members. 3. City/County Survey Books: Mr. Oxian reported that all commission members who did not have a city survey book and a county survey book (especially a county book) should have one, even though they may be old. He mentioned that a new survey will be done in the very near future. He suggested that anyone who is interested in a house becoming a landmark, either county or city, should be told to the committee. If anyone would like to see an area become a district, either county or city, should be told to the district committee. Mr. Oxian stated he'd like to hear from anyone besides himself or Mr. Duvall, Mr. Talley or Ms. Choitz who have been the only ones lately to suggest landmarks. 4. Office Space/Supplies and Furnishings: Mr. Talley spoke of the recarpeting in the storage room which we have a small part for ourselves. This has created a problem due to the fact that we have _stacks of county and city summary reports and inventory reports (and no place to put them) which are out dated, but a few could be used for historical records. Mr. Talley also reported that the Historic Preservation Commission received a phone call from the City of South Bend asking for our official wish list on two computers that will be networked with the Engineering department and Code Enforcement. Also, we gave our request to the county commissioners for two telephones with two lines, one which will be hooked up to a fax machine which was given to us by MACOG, which will be installed on the second line. Mr. Talley stated that we had excess office furniture and would like to see nicer office furniture installed. • Mr. Oxian asked Mr. Duvall if we ever get rid of the old county reports. Mr. Duvall said that we do occasionally. He stated that they are out dated and we have no real use for these books except for historical documentation. Ms. Choitz suggested asking around at the library, or the archives, or the state to see if anyone would have use for these books for their records. Mr. Oxian suggested that people in historic districts may have some use for them. Ms. Choitz suggested putting "obsolete" across the front of the books to alleviate any confusion. Mr. Talley asked Ms. DeRose about the procedure of getting rid of old office furniture and obsolete printers, etc. Ms. DeRose said that most non-profit organizations give their old stuff to other similar goal oriented non-profit organizations. Mr. Talley asked about selling old printers, etc. for parts. Ms. DeRose said she would have to check with the county auditor if they belong to the county. Mr. Duvall stated that every year MACOG does an inventory but he has never seen the county come around to inventory anything we have in our office. He felt the printers could be depreciated. Ms. DeRose, again, suggested checking with the county auditor. Mr. Oxian said that the computers were bought through a federal matching grant. He felt the printers were given to us from MACOG or possibly through the grants, he wasn't sure. Mr. Oxian suggested checking with the state board accountant before getting rid of anything. Mr. Talley stated that the phone man would be here in- the next week, plus we have computers coming and we need to move on getting the office in order. Ms. DeRose said the real question was whether we could sell our old equipment and if so, what account would the money go into. 5. HPC Account: Ms. Choitz spoke of having an account that we could put is money into. She first heard about this through the Alliance of Commissions. Ms. DeRose said she was surprised at that since it raised a tax question in her mind. Mr. Duvall stated that LaPorte and Elkhart have nonreverting line items where they can transfer income to the county, where as our funding retires at the end of the year. If we had a non -reverting account, we could deposit grant monies into that account. Ms. Choitz stated she had heard about