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SCREEN. USING THE DRIVE SCREEN METHOD WOULD -MAKE THE COLLECTION OF <br />SAMPLES LESS EXPENSIVE, AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING A DROP FROM <br />$50.00 PER SAMPLE TO $40.00. <br />MR. TESSIER CONTINUED THAT ON THE TEST WELL THEY ARE <br />RECOMMENDING A CHANGE IN PRICE DOWN TO $12,130 BASED ON COMPARABLE <br />DRILLERS IN THE AREA, AND ALSO THE JOB WAS BID WITH STAINLESS STEEL <br />WELL SCREENS WHILE THE BID SPECIFICALLY CALLED FOR IRON SCREENS, WHICH <br />ARE ABOUT HALF THE PRICE. MR. TESSIER FURTHER NOTED THAT THE BIDDER <br />ASSUMED THAT THE OBSERVATION WELLS WOULD REQUIRE 10' OF SCREEN AND <br />THEY ONLY REQUIRE ABOUT 3', WHICH AGAIN WOULD DROP THE PRICE. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS QUESTIONED THE REASON FOR USING <br />IRON SCREENS RATHER THAN STAINLESS STEEL, OTHER THAN THE COST <br />DIFFERENTIAL, AND MR. TESSIER EXPLAINED THE REASON IS BECAUSE THIS <br />IS AN EXPLORATORY WELL AND NOT A PERMANENT ONE, BUT IN ANY EVENT <br />IRON SCREEN WILL STAND UP FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED HOW THE OVERALL PRICE COMPARES WITH <br />THE ORIGINAL BID. <br />ENGINEER BEINDORF STATED THAT IT WILL SHOW ONLY A COUPLE <br />THOUSAND DOLLARS DIFFERENCE IN A LUMP SUM, BUT IF WE GET INTO THE <br />UNITS, IT WILL MAKE A FURTHER DIFFERENCE. HE STATED THAT THEY FELT <br />THERE WAS ENOUGH REDUCTION TO WARRANT NEGOTIATIONS, AND INFORMED THE <br />BOARD THAT MR. MCCULLERS HAS AGREED TO THESE FIGURES. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INQUIRED ABOUT THE TIME FRAME, AND ENGINEER <br />BEINDORF STATED THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH A TIME FRAME <br />BECAUSE SUBSURFACE WORK HAS MANY UNKNOWNS - YOU HAVE GOT TO TEST AND <br />SEARCH AND THAT IS WHAT TAKES THE TIME. ONCE.THE CONTRACTOR IS GIVEN <br />NOTICE, IT IS NORMALLY REQUIRED THAT WORK BE STARTED WITHIN TEN DAYS. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE A <br />CONTRACT WITH MCCULLERS AND HOWARD WELL DRILLING, INC. <br />CONSISTENT WITH THE PRESENTATION MADE BY MR, TESSIER OF GERAGHTY & <br />MILLER AND AGREED TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A PERFORMANCE BOND WITH <br />THE PROVISION THAT NO PAYMENT WILL BE MADE UNTIL THE WORK IS COMPLETED <br />TO THE ENGINEER'S SATISFACTION. <br />JUN 2 11978 30 . BOOK 35 PAGE141i <br />