Fayetteville

government agencies are "all ready and

set" to have computers up and running Jan.

1, 2000, said city finance director Lynn Raven.

But

if the computers don't work, a contingency plan

is in place to conduct city operations manually,

Raven told the City Council last week.

Personal

computers in City Hall and in the water and

police departments have been tested and are Y2K

compliant, said Raven, except for two.

Replacement of the noncompliant computers is

budgeted for and will be accomplished soon, she

said.

Also,

the Fire Department's incident reporting software

is out of date, she said, and the company that

provides it is not offering an upgrade.

"We're looking for a vendor to replace

that," she said.

Letters

have been sent to utilities and other vendors

that affect city operations, and 70 percent have

replied that they are Y2K ready, Raven said. A

second wave of letters is on its way to the

remaining 30 percent.

"We're

all ready and set," she said.

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