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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1975 <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />FLORIDA MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, <br />FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1975 AT 7:30 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT <br />WERE ALMA LEE LOY, CHAIRMAN; WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR., VICE CHAIRMAN; <br />EDWARD J. MASSEY; EDWIN -S. SCHMUCKER AND WILLIAM WODTKE. ALSO <br />PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; L.S. "TOMMY" <br />THOMAS, COUNTY COORDINATOR; JACK HOCKMAN AND ELIZABETH FORLANI, <br />DEPUTY CLERK AND PAUL D. BURCH, ATTORNEY TO THE B OARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS, <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. <br />THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR INFORMED THE BOARD THAT AT THE BOARD <br />MEETING OF JANUARY 22, 1975 THE BID FROM FRED COYNE CHEVROLET WAS <br />ACCEPTED, AND HE IS NOW REPORTING THAT HE WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE <br />FOR IMMEDIATE. DELIVERY OF A 1975 TRUCK IN THE AMOUNT OF THE BID PRICE <br />OF $4,038.69 AND TWO 1974 TRUCKS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,855.38 EACH. <br />THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT AT THE BOARD MEETING <br />OF DECEMBER 18, 1974 THE BOARD ACCEPTED BIDS FOR A MOTOR GRADER, AND <br />AT THE JANUARY 22, 1975 BOARD MEETING THE BID FROM LINDEN INDUSTRIAL <br />MACHINE CO.,.'LAKELAND FOR A CHAMPION MODEL D -560 -HD MOTOR GRADER <br />WAS ACCEPTED, SUBJECT TO THE COUNTY 'ATTORNEY'S REVIEW AND APPROVAL. <br />THIS MOTOR GRADER HAS A TWO CYCLE ENGINE, WHICH DOES NOT MEET THE <br />SPECIFICATIONS CALLING FOR A'FOUR CYCLE ENGINE. <br />NED HODGES THE AREA REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHAMPION MOTOR GRADERS <br />AND. ED HUFFMAN THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR LINDEN INDUSTRIAL MACHINE CO. <br />WERE PRESENT FOR THIS DISCUSSION. <br />ATTORNEY BURCH STATED THAT SINCE THERE IS NO LONGER A BID STATUTE <br />IN THE STATE HE RECOMMENDS REJECTING ALL BIDS AND TO NEGOTIATE WITH <br />LINDER INDUSTRIAL MACHINE CO. TO BUY THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AT <br />THE SAME BID PRICE, <br />JOIN 291975 souk <br />PAGE 2 <br />