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ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS NEXT RECOMMENDED ACCEPTING THE BID OF <br />DEWIND MACHINERY CO. FOR A FIAT-ALLIS DIESEL POWERED TRACTOR WITH BLADE <br />AT THE STANDARD BID PRICE OF $65,115. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THERE <br />ARE TWO BIDS THAT ARE LOWER, BUT THE BID OF CASE POWER & EQUIPMENT CO. DOES. <br />NOT MEET SPECIFICATIONS, AND LINDER INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT CO. BID ON A <br />JAPANESE -MADE KOMATSU TRACTOR, ON WHICH HE HAS NO TRACK RECORD AS THERE ARE <br />NONE IN USE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT ANY <br />EQUIPMENT WE HAVE IS NO BETTER THAN THE SERVICE WE CAN GET ON IT OR THE <br />AVAILABILITY OF PARTS AS WE HAVE VERY LITTLE STANDBY EQUIPMENT, AND WHEN <br />WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN, IT IS AN EMERGENCY. ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS NOTED THAT <br />THE KOMATSU MAY BE A FINE MACHINE, BUT HE FEELS IT WOULD BE AN EXPERIMENT <br />OR PILOT PROGRAM. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER AGREED THAT MAINTENANCE IS CRITICAL. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT EXPRESSED,CONCERN ABOUT THE $7,000 DIFFER- <br />ENCE IN PRICE AND ASKED IF WE ARE SURE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE <br />AVAILABILITY OF PARTS. <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR NOTED THAT WITH ONLY ONE OF THESE MACHINES <br />IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, HE FEELS THE AVAILABILITY_ OF PARTS IS QUESTIONABLE. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY POINTED OUT THAT OUR EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST <br />WITH BEING "FIRST` HAS NOT BEEN TOO GOOD AND ALSO DOWN TIME IS VERY COSTLY. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE BID OFDhWIND MACHINERY CO., FORT <br />LAUDERDALE, FOR A DIESEL POWERED TRACTOR WITH BLADE, FIAT-ALLIS 14C, <br />AS BEING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID MEETING SPECIFICATIONS, IN THE AMOUNT <br />OF $65,115.00, FOR THE REASONS AS SET OUT ABOVE. <br />FREDA WRIGHT, CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT, INTRODUCED TWO NEW <br />EMPLOYEES OF THE DATA PROCESSING DEPARTMENT - .JOE MATTHEWS, HEAD PROGRAMMER, <br />AND RALPH ANTHONY, HIS ASSISTANT. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT A VACANCY HAS <br />OCCURRED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL <br />DUE THE ABSENCES OF ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR MORE THAN THE ALLOWED <br />NUMBER OF MEETINGS. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0, 77-93 APPOINTING TERRENCE D. <br />MARR TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES <br />COUNCIL. <br />11 <br />