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ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT VERO BEACH FIRE EQUIPMENT OF FORT FIERCE, IS LOW IN TWENTY CATEGORIES, AND THEY ARE, THEREFORE, THE LOW BIDDER, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE BID OF VERO BEACH FIRE EQUIPMENT OF FORT PIERCE FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHER SERVICE FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING MARCH 1, 1973, AS BEING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID MEETING SPECI- FICATIONS, AS SET OUT ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS NEXT REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT OF THE FOUR BIDS SUBMITTED ON AERIAL PHOTO COVERAGE, ONE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN ALL THE OTHERS, AND THAT ONE COMPLIED WITH ALL SPECIFICATIONS, OF THE OTHER FIRMSJONE DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED DEPOSIT CHECK AND THE OTHER TWO ONLY GAVE A PRICE ON ONE SET OF PRINTS, THE ADMINISTRATOR NOTED THAT THE BOARD COULD DECIDE TO WAIVE REQUIREMENT OF THE DEPOSIT, BUT HE FELT SINCE ALL SPECIFICATIONS WERE NOT MET, WE SHOULD REBID, ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED HE ACTUALLY DID NOT SEE ANY REAL REASON TO REQUIRE A DEPOSIT, BUT IT WAS REQUIRED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS, HE DID NOT FEEL THERE WOULD BE ANY REAL PROBLEM WITH ACCEPTING THE LOW BID AND WAIVING THE DEPOSIT. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER POINTED OUT THAT THE LOW BIDDER STATED IN HIS LETTER THAT THEIR CHECK WAS ARRIVING BY CERTIFIED MAIL, MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT OF A DEPOSIT CHECK AND TO ACCEPT THE BID OF KUCERA AND ASSOCIATES, INC,, OF LAKELAND, FOR AERIAL PHOTO COVERAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,393,00 FOR THE FIRST SET AND $7,525.00 FOR THE SECOND SET, AS THE LOWEST AND BEST BID, IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE BOARD DID NOT FEEL IT WOULD BE FAIR TO REBID NOW THAT THE BIDS HAVE BEEN OPENED AND MADE KNOWN, THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION, COMMISSIONERS DEESON, SCHMUCKER, AND SIEBERT VOTED IN FAVOR, CHAIRMAN WODTKE VOTED IN OPPOSITION, THE MOTION CARRIED. W FEB 2 2 1978