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ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD THAT THE BID OF ARNOLD FORD SALES OF VERO BEACH ON A 1977 2 -DOOR SEDAN BE ACCEPTED. HE NOTED THAT THE BID OF THE SUNSHINE DODGE COMPANY OF MELBOURNE IS $2.29 LOWER, BUT FELT THE LOCAL BID WOULD BE PREFERABLE BECAUSE OF AVAILABILITY OF PARTS AND SERVICE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE BID OF ARNOLD FORD SALES FOR 1977 2 -DOOR FORD MAVERICK AS BEING THE BEST BID MEETING SPECIFICATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,294,02, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR. THE ADMINISTRATOR ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE BID OF MCLAIN IN- DUSTRIES ON THE TRUCK MOUNTED HOIST & HAUL UNIT, WHICH WAS THE ONLY ONE RECEIVED, BE ACCEPTED, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE BID OF MCLAIN INDUSTRIES FOR ONE TRUCK MOUNTED HOIST AND HAUL UNIT, AS BEING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID MEETING SPECIFICATIONS, IN THE AMOUNT OF -$9,150,00. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT COMMISSIONER Loy HAD REQUESTED HIM TO HAVE ADDED TO TODAY Is AGENDA AN ITEM IN REGARD TO SPONSORING A GRANT THROUGH THE YMCA TO CONDUCT A SWIMMING PROGRAM FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADDED TO TODAY'S AGENDA AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION FOR A GRANT FOR A SWIM PROGRAM DUE TO THE DEADLINE DATE OF FEBRUARY 15TH. TERRENCE MARR, DIRECTOR OF THE YMCA, APPEARED AND WENT OVER THE APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT WITH THE BOARD. HE EXPLAINED THAT THIS PROGRAM WOULD ENCOMPASS ALL THE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE COUNTY, AND THE MAIN THRUST OF THE PROGRAM IS NOT TO MAKE THEM PROFICIENT SWIMMERS, BUT TO ItDROWN- PROOF It THEM, MR. MARR STATED THEY WOULD LIKE TO RUN THE PROGRAM DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND HAVE THREE ONE-HOUR SESSIONS IN THE AFTERNOONS, MR. MARR CONTINUED THAT THE GRANT IS A STATE GRANT WHICH MUST BE MATCHED BY THE COUNTY, BUT HALF OF THE MATCH CAN BE 11IN-KIND,It THE GRANT TOTALS $11,400, AND THE COUNTY'S SHARE WOULD BE $5,700, OR $2,850 IN CASH AND $2,850 °IN-KIND, 11 HE NOTED THAT THE YMCA WOULD CONTRIBUTE THE POOL RENTAL AND THAT THE SCHOOL BUSES COULD TRANSPORT THE CHILDREN TO THE YMCA, BUT BECAUSE OF DOUBLE SESSIONS, PARENTS WOULD HAVE TO ARRANGE TO PICK THEM UP, 76 E� 91977 �e��$ g .N