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ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS COMMENTED THAT THEY ADVERTISED, ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS, AND RECEIVED ONE OR TWO CALLS AND ONLY ONE LETTER OF INTEREST FROM KUNDE, DRIVER, SIMPSON & ASSOCIATES, INC., WHO ALREADY HAVE MEN WORKING IN THIS AREA DOING ROAD PROJECTS FOR THE STATE. HE -EXPLAINED THAT FOR MOST LARGE COMPANIES, THIS JOB IS NOT OF THE MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT MOVING THEIR PERSONNEL INTO THE AREA. MR. JENNINGS THEN INTRO- DUCED MR. BEN C. SIMPSON, WHO IS THE FORMER DOT DISTRICT ENGINEER, AND HIS ASSOCIATE, .JOHN SAXON. MR. SIMPSON APPROACHED THE BOARD AND STATED HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT GIVING THE KIND OF PROTECTION THE COUNTY NEEDED AT A COST IT COULD AFFORD. HE STATED THAT .JOHN SAXON, WHO HAS RETIRED AFTER 31 YEARS WITH THE DOT, WOULD BE WORKING WITH THEM ON A PART TIME BASIS, AND IF SELECTED BY THE COUNTY FOR THIS PROJECT, WOULD ADMINISTER THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. MR. SIMPSON EXPLAINED THAT HE RAN A COST ESTIMATE OF APPROXIMATELY $400,000, ANTICIPATING THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST WOULD BE ABOUT 7o TO 8%. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF MR. SIMPSON WOULD BE ABLE TO ANALYZE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MR, JENNINGS 4ND GIVE THE BOARD A TIME SCHEDULE,,AND FINALIZE A WRITTEN CONTRACT WITHIN TWO WEEKS IN ORDER THAT THE BOARD COULD HAVE A PROJECTION OF A BID DATE, AND MR. SIMPSON REPLIED AFFIRMATIVELY. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, THAT THE BOARD REQUEST KUNDE, DRIVER, SIMPSON & ASSOCIATES, INC. TO PRESENT A PROPOSAL TO THE COUNTY LEADING TO THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF BARBER AVENUE: PREPARATION OF THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, EVALUATING OF THE BIDS, AND THE ACTUAL SUPERVISION OF THE PROJECT. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT MR. SIMPSON WOULD GIVE THE BOARD A PROPOSAL FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO ACCOMPLISH CON- STRUCTION OF BARBER AVENUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. '•� THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 35 BOOK 39 PAGE116