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® a � <br />MR. NELSON STATED THAT HE PERSONALLY WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE <br />BID OPENINGS; PERSONNEL DIRECTOR DONLON WAS ACTING CHAIRMAN. THE <br />BID OPENING WAS HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES AND <br />WAS PROPERLY ADVERTISED. MR. NELSON NOTED THAT IN REGARD TO THE <br />FLAT BED DUMP TRUCK, THEY SENT IT OUT TO A NUMBER OF COMPANIES, BUT <br />ONLY RECIEVED ONE BID; THE SPECIFICATIONS CALLED FOR A FORD 700 OR <br />EQUAL SO OTHERS COULD HAVE MET THE BID. IN REGARD TO THE WHEEL <br />BALANCER, THEY FELT POSSIBLY THE DO NOT NEED ONE THIS SIZE AND RECOM- <br />MEND THAT THE BID, WHICH WAS VERY HIGH, NOT BE ACCEPTED, INSTEAD OF <br />REBIDDING, THEY WILL JUST WAIT TO SEE HOW MUCH NEED WE HAVE FOR SUCH <br />AN ITEM. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BID <br />COMMITTEE AS SET OUT IN THEIR MEMO OF AUGUST 16, 1979. <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON REQUESTED THAT AN EMERGENCY <br />ITEM BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA IN REGARD TO THE SANITARY LANDFILL. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADDED TO TODAY'S AGENDA THE EMERGENCY <br />ITEM REQUESTED BY THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR, <br />MR. NELSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS <br />OF TRYING TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMUM LOCATION FOR THE AIR CURTAIN DE- <br />STRUCTOR. IN BUFORD, SOUTH CAROLINA, THERE IS AN AIR CURTAIN DESTRUC- <br />TOR OF SIMILAR MAKE AND MANUFACTURE IN OPERATION, AND MR. NELSON FELT <br />IT WOULD BE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO SEND OUR LANDFILL SUPERVISOR TO <br />BUFORD TO OBSERVE ITS OPERATION AND LOCATION. HE CONTINUED THAT IT <br />HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT ABOUT 5 ACRES SHOULD BE USED FOR THE AIR CUR- <br />TAIN DESTRUCTOR, BUT THE ONE IN BUFORD ONLY COVERS ONE ACRE, AND IT <br />IS IN A LARGER COUNTY THAN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR <br />LANDFILL SUPERVISOR REX HALEY TO GO TO BUFORD, S.C., TO OBSERVE THE <br />OPERATION AND LOCATION OF THEIR AIR CURTAIN DESTRUCTOR, <br />25 <br />AUG 2 21979 noK 41 PACE394 <br />