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DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE PRICE OF NEW METERS, WHICH MR. ENG STATED -RUN AROUND $35.00 APIECE. ENGINEER BEINDORF POINTED OUT THAT YOU REALLY CANT BE TOO CRITICAL OF INDIVIDUAL ITEMS ON A BID BECAUSE THE BIDDERS WILL BUMP THE PRICE UP IN SOME PLACES AND THEN DROP IT IN OTHER PLACES. AS AN EXAMPLE, HE NOTED THAT ON FLUSHING THE SYSTEM, ONE FIRM BID $2,500 WHILE THE OTHER BID $10,000. CHAIRMAN VIODTKE DISCUSSED THE WATER ALLOCATION FOR THE AREA, AND ENGINEER BEINDORF STATED THAT, BASED ON THE CONSUMPTION INDICATED IN THE REPORT, IT WOULD TAKE CARE OF APPROXIMATELY 1,200 UNITS. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THE ENGINEERS HAVE HAD ANY EXPERI- ENCE WITH DRIVEWAYS, INC., OR DONE ANY CHECKING ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY, AND THEY STATED THAT THEY HAVE NOT. HE THEN INQUIRED ABOUT THE TOTAL DIFFERENCE IN THE BIDS AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT AMOUNTS TO APPROXIMATELY $13,000. ENGINEER .JONES STATED THAT THEY CAN EASILY CHECK ON DRIVEWAYS, INC., JUST BY MAKING A FEW PHONE CALLS TO COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY HAVE WORKED, CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND IN- QUIRED ABOUT THE TIME PERIOD IN THEIR BID. MR. ENG STATED THAT THEY GAVE THEM 75 DAYS TO COMPLETE THEIR WORK. HE CONTINUED THAT THE CONTRACT CAN BE AWARDED AS SOON AS THE PURCHASE OF U.D.U. IS COMPLETE, AND THEY COULD HAVE A PRE - CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE PROBABLY WITHIN A WEEK, AND THE COMPANY COULD START WORK A WEEK AFTER THAT, THE CHAIRMAN POINTED OUT THAT THIS WOULD TAKE US UP INTO SEPTEMBER, AND MR. ENG STATED THAT THE 75 DAYS IS TO COMPLETE ALL THE WORK, AND AS SOON AS THE SYSTEM IS FLUSHED, THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND TIE IN.THE SCHOOLS BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE. MR. ENG COMMENTED THAT WITH.A $13,000 DIFFERENCE, HE DID NOT FEEL WE COULD ACCEPT THE HIGHER BID UNLESS SOMETHING IS DRASTICALLY WRONG WITH DRIVEWAYS, INC. THE BOARD AGREED. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE BID OF DRIVEWAYS, INC., ON 7 I BOOK 35 PAb .104