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
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