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r MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF $6,209.28 TO THE FIRM OF KUNDE-DRIVER- SIMPSON & ASSOCIATES, FOR WORK DONE IN ADDITION TO THEIR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT THERE WAS A PROVISION IN THE CONTRACT WHICH DEALT WITH ADDITIONAL WORK. HE ASKED IF THAT PROCEDURE WAS FOLLOWED AND IF THERE WAS WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION. MR. SIMPSON STATED THAT THEY DID DISCUSS THE ADDITIONAL WORK WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR)BUT THEY DID NOT WAIT TO GET WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION BECAUSE OF THE URGENT TIME FRAME UNDER WHICH THEY WERE WORKING. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WOULD VOTE FOR THE MOTION BECAUSE OF THE URGENCY OF THE TIME FRAME, BUT THAT HE WOULD NOT OTHERWISE. COMMISSIONER Loy COMMENTED THAT ON THESE PROJECTS THERE WAS ALMOST DAILY CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE ENGINEERS AND THE ADMINISTRATOR BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE TIME CONSTRAINT TO GET THESE IN ON THE OFF SYSTEMS ROAD PROGRAM. ' THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE WORK DONE WAS NOT DONE UNDER THE USUAL PROCEDURES FOLLOWED BY THE DOT, AND THIS WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE USE OF FEDERAL MONIES. ' CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THE COUNTY WERE TO BE IN A POSITION TO BUILD LUNDBERG & HOBART ROADS NOT USING FEDERAL DOLLARS, WHETHER THE ROADS WOULD HAVE TO BE BUILT TO THESE SPECIFICATIONS OR IF THEY COULD BE DONE AT LESS COST. MR. SIMPSON STATED THAT THE PLANS COULD BE MODIFIED, AND THE ROADS COULD BE BUILT FOR LESS. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF WE WOULD NEED ALL NEW DESIGNS AND SPECI- FICATIONS, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT MONEY YOU DO IT WITH. HE NOTED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVES IT A "LINCOLN CONTINENTAL" JOB; THE COUNTY BUILDS SERVICEABLE•ROADS, BUT NOT 22 MAY, 2 3 i9 800K O PAGE cU+