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CHAIRMAN WODTKE THEN BROUGHT UP FOR DISCUSSION REQUEST FROM THE <br />COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR APPROVAL TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS IN ORDER TO PUR- <br />CHASE NEEDED EQUIPMENT, <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD MEMORANDUMS PRE- <br />PARED WITH THE HELP OF FINANCE OFFICER- JACKSON, COORDINATOR THOMAS AND <br />MR, FLINT, AND REPORTED THAT IN REVIEWING THE ROAD AND BRIDGE ACCOUNT, <br />THEY HAD FOUND MONEY IN THE PRESENT BUDGET WHERE THIS EQUIPMENT COULD BE <br />PURCHASED WITH THE EXISTING MONEY AND NOT HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN NEXT <br />YEAR IS BUDGET, HE STATED HE THOUGHT THE REASON THEY WERE ABLE TO COME UP <br />WITH THIS MONEY THIS YEAR WAS BECAUSE THE WORK HAD BEEN TIED INTO LANDFILL <br />OPERATIONS, THE ADMINISTRATOR WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT HE HAD FOUR PIECES <br />OF EQUIPMENT IN THE SHOP BEING WORKED ON, AND THAT THE COST OF REPAIRS <br />IS UNBELIEVABLY EXPENSIVE. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT $100,000.00 HAS <br />BEEN SPENT ON MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT SO FAR THIS YEAR, AND BY OCTOBER <br />OF THIS YEAR, ANOTHER $100,000.00 WILL HAVE TO BE EXPENDED. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS REQUESTED THE BOARD'S PERMISSION TO BUY <br />A D6D BULLDOZER TO REPLACE ONE THAT WAS BOUGHT IN 1960, HE ALSO REgUESTED <br />TO BE AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR A n-4 BULLDOZER, A 955 TRAXCU- <br />VATOR, AND TWO TRACTORS WITH MOWERS, HE NOTED THAT IN ORDER TO DO THIS, <br />A TRANSFER OF FUNDS AND A BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO WAIT A LITTLE <br />WHILE AND SEE HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO ON THE BUDGET AND WHETHER IT WOULD BE <br />BETTER TO PURCHASE THIS EQUIPMENT THIS YEAR OR NEXT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS WHEN HE WOULD <br />GET THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR INFORMED HIM THAT <br />THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADVERTISE FOR MOST OF IT, TAKE BIDS, EVALUATE THEM, AND <br />THEN WAIT SIXTY OR NINETY DAYS TO GET THE EnUIPMENT. <br />COORDINATOR THOMAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED NOS.', <br />AND IF WE WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, HE FELT IT WOULD COST EVEN MORE, <br />MRS THOMAS. NOTED THAT IF WE WAITED AND THEN USED REVENUE SHARING FUNDS TO <br />PURCHASE THIS, IT WOULD AMOUNT TO THE SAME THING AS IF IT WERE PURCHASED <br />NOW, HE STATED THAT HE DIDN'T SEE THAT IT MADE ANY DIFFERENCE AND FELT <br />IT IS A MATTER OF TIME RATHER THAN MONEY, <br />V <br />AUG 3 1977 <br />BooK 30 P��F 2c34 <br />