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NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE MADE WITH ANOTHER FIRM. HE ASKED IF THE BOARD <br />WISHED TO SELECT MORE THAN ONE FIRM IN THE EVENT WE SHOULD NOT REACH <br />AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRST ONE SELECTED. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEETHE <br />BOARD PICK MORE THAN ONE, AND HE PERSONALLY FELT THE FIRST TWO INTER- <br />VIEWED GAVE THE BEST PRESENTATIONS, WHICH HE DID NOT FEEL WAS ANY <br />REFLECTION ON THE OTHER TWO. <br />.COMMISSIONER LOY ALSO FELT THE BOARD IS FORTUNATE IN THE FIRMS <br />THEY WERE ABLE TO INTERVIEW. SHE NOTED THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO <br />BE OF TREMENDOUS IMPORTANCE AND FELT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD <br />MAKE A UNANIMOUS DECISION. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT HE WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THE <br />BOARD REJECT ANY OF THE FOUR, BUT DID FEEL THE BOARD SHOULD PICK OUT AT <br />LEAST TWO SO THAT THERE WILL BE ONE BACK-UP, IN THE EVENT THE FIRST <br />SELECTION DOES NOT WORK OUT, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE HAD NO CHOICE BETWEEN <br />NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, AND IF IT WERE EITHER OF THOSE, HE WOULD <br />BE GLAD TO MAKE THE VOTE UNANIMOUS. <br />THE CHAIRMAN AGREED THAT THE TWO HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CON- <br />SIDERED ARE THE FIRST TWO, <br />IT WAS THE GENERAL CONSENSUS'THAT THE FIRST TWO WERE PREFERRED, <br />AND IT WAS AGREED TO HAVE A WRITTEN BALLOT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE COUNTED THE WRITTEN BALLOTS AND ANNOUNCED <br />THAT THE FIRST CHOICE IS THE FIRM OF CONNELL, METCALF & EDDY; STOTTLER, <br />STAGG & ASSOCIATES BEING THE SECOND CHOICE. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />DEESON, THE BOARD, HAVING CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS TO EMPLOY A CONSULTING <br />ENGINEERING FIRM FOR THE HOSPITAL CONVERSION, UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED <br />THE FIRM OF CONNELL, METCALF & EDDY FOR FURTHER NEGOTIATION ON A <br />PROPOSAL TO CARRY OUT THIS PROJECT; AND FURTHER AGREED THAT IF ADDITIONAL <br />$ NEGOTIATIONS ARE NECESSARY, THAT THEY WILL BE MADE WITH THE FIRMS OF <br />STOTTLER, STAGG & ASSOCIATES; SVERDRUP & PARCEL & ASSOCIATES, INC.; <br />AND BREIL - RHAME, POYNTER & HOUSER, IN THAT ORDER. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY, THE CHAIRMAN, <br />.E <br />OCT 18 1978 <br />37 <br />J <br />