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r <br />DEC 51979 nox 4.2 PAGE 184 <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON REPORTED THAT THE BID <br />SPECIFICATIONS ON THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMMUNICATION <br />EQUIPMENT, WHICH WERE QUITE EXTENSIVE, WERE ALL FOR NOUGHT BECAUSE <br />EVEN THOUGH AN INVITATION TO BID WAS SENT TO SIXTEEN COMPANIES, <br />ONLY ONE BID WAS RECEIVED. THE ONE BID RECEIVED WAS SO FAR OUT <br />OF LINE THAT THE BID COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT IT BE REJECTED AND <br />THAT ITEM #30 BE REBID TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING WE CAN AFFORD. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO HOW THIS BID COULD BE SO FAR <br />OFF WHEN THE GRANT SUPPOSEDLY WAS BASED ON WHAT THE SYSTEM WOULD <br />COST. MR. NELSON NOTED THAT COMMISSIONER LYONS WAS A PART OF THIS <br />ENTIRE PROCESS AND HELPED DETERMINE THAT IT SHOULD BE REBID. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED THAT COMMISSIONER LYONS.HAD <br />INFORMED HIM THAT SEVERAL OF THE LARGER COMPANIES DID NOT SUBMIT <br />BIDS AND WOULD DO SO THE NEXT TIME. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER Loy, COMMISSIONER DEESON AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE VOTED IN FAVOR, <br />THE BOARD REJECTED THE BID RECEIVED ON ITEM #30 AND AUTHORIZED <br />THAT THIS ITEM BE REBID. <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />PIPPIN TRACTOR SUBMITTED THE LOW BID ON THE DIESEL TRACTOR, BUT IN <br />TESTING OUT THEIR TRACTOR, IT WAS FOUND THAT IT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH <br />WEIGHT ON THE FRONT END TO BE UTILIZED IN PULLING THE SCRAPER, <br />THEY WERE INFORMED THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A COUNTERWEIGHT ON <br />IT TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE WANTED IT TO DO. WITH THE COUNTERWEIGHT, <br />IT DOES WORK AND IS ACCEPTABLE, AND IT IS THE BID COMMITTEE'S <br />RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT THE LOW BID OF PIPPIN TRACTOR COMPANY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THERE WERE <br />ONLY TWO BIDS RECEIVED AND ASKED WHY NONE WERE RECEIVED FROM KELLY <br />TRACTOR CO. AND MINTON EQUIPMENT. <br />THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR REPORTED THAT THEY WERE MAILED <br />BID INVITATIONS ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS FELT IT IS HELPFUL TO CALL PEOPLE <br />ON THE TELEPHONE AND SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD MAKE IT A POLICY TO <br />CALL AND REMIND THEM ABOUT THE BID JUST BEFORE THE BIDS ARE DUE <br />6 <br />