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ON LOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RESCINDED THE PRECEDING MOTION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SUGGESTED REWORDING THE MOTION TO ACCEPT <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR'S RECOMMENDATION AND AUTHORIZE HIM TO DETERMINE WHETHER <br />THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE PRICE OF THE AIR CURTAIN DESTRUCTOR STILL HOLDS, <br />AND IF NOT, WHAT THE NEW PRICE WOULD BE, AND REPORT THIS BACK TO THE <br />BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE SUGGESTED THAT WE JUST AUTHORIZE THE ADMIN- <br />ISTRATOR TO DETERMINE IF THE PRICE BID.STILL HOLDS BECAUSE HE FELT IF IT <br />DOESN`T, WE MAY HAVE TO.REBID. <br />ON POTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO DETERMINE <br />IF THE BID PRICE ON THE AIR CURTAIN DESTRUCTOR STILL HOLDS AND REPORT <br />BACK TO THE BOARD. <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON REPORTED ON THE DIESEL FUEL <br />SUPPLY AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE TAKE DELIVERY ON 400 GALLONS AT , <br />A TIME. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY HAD NOT NOTICED ON GULF OIL'S <br />BID THAT THEY ONLY DELIVER IN 6,800 GALLON QUANTITIES. SINCE WE CANNOT <br />i <br />ACCEPT THAT AMOUNT, THEY HAVE ASKED TO BE RELIEVED FROM THEIR BID. MR. <br />NELSON CONTINUED THAT WE WENT TO MACMILLAN OIL IN THE INTERIM BECAUSE <br />OUR SITUATION WAS CRITICAL, BUT IT WAS NOT DELIVERED AT THE BID PRICE. <br />HE NOTED THAT THEY CHECKED WITH THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER, F. L. ADDISON, <br />WHO QUOTED .435 PER GALLON AND THEY WILL DELIVER IN ANY QUANTITY. THIS <br />I <br />IS 2� LOWER THAN THE PRICE WE ARE GETTING FROM MACMILLAN OIL. MR. NELSON <br />I <br />RECOMMENDED THAT THE DIESEL FUEL BID, THEREFORE, BE AWARDED TO F. L. i <br />ADDISON AT .435 PER GALLON. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD REJECT ALL BIDS <br />AND JUST AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATOR TO NEGOTIATE FOR THE BEST PROPOSAL, <br />MR. NELSON FELT THAT IDEA HAD MERIT, BUT NOTED IF THERE SHOULD <br />.t <br />BE A SHORTAGE OF OIL, THE SUPPLIER DOES NOT HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO <br />DELIVER THE COUNTY OIL. IF WE HAVE A CONTRACT, HE IS OBLIGATED. HE, <br />THEREFORE, WOULD NOT RECOMMEND MONTH TO MONTH NEGOTIATION. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM OF ESCALATION ON THE BID <br />PRICE AND POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO GET ABETTER PRICE. HE STATED THAT <br />IN CHECKING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, HE FINDS THERE IS A GREAT <br />DEAL OF DISCREPANCY, AND WE NEED TO GET A CLOSER HANDLE ON THIS PROBLEM. <br />69 <br />