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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1979 <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY, FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO <br />BEACH, FLORIDA, ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1979, AT 1:30 O'CLOCK P.M. <br />PRESENT WERE ALMA LEE Loy, VICE CHAIRMAN; WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR.; <br />AND R. DON DEESON. ABSENT WERE WILLIAM W. WODTKE, JR., CHAIRMAN, <br />AND PATRICK B. LYONS. ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY <br />ADMINISTRATOR; L. S. "TOMMY" THOMAS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR; <br />GEORGE G. COLLINS, JR., ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- <br />SIONERS; AND VIRGINIA HARGREAVES, DEPUTY CLERK. <br />VICE CHAIRMAN Loy CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND AN- <br />NOUNCED THAT THIS SPECIAL MEETING WAS CALLED FOR THE EXPRESS <br />PURPOSE OF AWARDING THE BID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BARBER AVENUE, <br />WHICH BID WAS RECEIVED AT THE MEETING OF AUGUST 8, 1979, AND <br />REFERRED TO KUNDE, DRIVER, SIMPSON & ASSOCIATES, INC., FOR EVALUA- <br />TION. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS <br />THE CONSULTANT'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. THE BOND IS IN ORDER <br />AS CONFIRMED BY THE ATTORNEY. THE TABULATION IS CORRECT, AND THE <br />CONSULTANTS RECOMMEND THAT THE BID OF DICKERSON, INC., BE ACCEPTED. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE BID OF DICKERSON, <br />INC., OF STUART, FLA., FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BARBER AVENUE, AS BEING <br />THE LOWEST AND BEST BID MEETING SPECIFICATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF <br />$336,143.79. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS COMMENTED THAT THE ENGINEERS' <br />ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS $470,000, AND WITH ENGINEERING FEES, ETC., <br />THIS WILL RUN CLOSE TO $400,000. HE FELT THAT WE HAVE A GOOD CON- <br />TRACT, A GOOD ESTIMATE, AND GOOD ENGINEERS. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO THE TIME SCHEDULE, AND <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THE CONTRACT SETS OUT A TIME LIMIT <br />OF 305 CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE NOTICE TO PROCEED. HE STATED THAT <br />`I2. SHEPARD OF DICKERSON, INC., HAS SUBMITTED A CONTRACT. THIS <br />AUG 171979 <br />F00K 4 Feu . 368 <br />