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DEC 19 1979 <br />BQOK 42 PAGE 366 <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN LOOKING <br />AT THE BID, IF WE KNEW WHAT MONEY WAS ALLOCATED, WHAT WAS OBTAINED <br />FROM THE GRANT, WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR THE MATCH, ETC, <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS BELIEVED THAT IT WAS TO BE $47,000 <br />FROM THE STATE -AND $17,000 FROM THE COUNTY, WHICH WOULD TOTAL ONLY <br />$64,000 AND WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE UP THE EXTRA $6,000. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT TODAY WE HAVE ONLY ONE CHANNEL TO HANDLE ALL MEDICAL MATTERS, <br />TRAFFIC, ETC., AND WHEN WE GO TO THE NEW SYSTEM, ALL THE DISPATCH WILL <br />BE HANDLED ON ONE CHANNEL AND THE MEDICAL MATTERS ON OTHER FREQUENCIES. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT POSSIBLY THE ONLY GINGER- <br />BREAD INCLUDED IS THE HAND HELD PORTABLES, BUT COMMISSIONER LYONS <br />POINTED OUT THAT NOW YOU CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE EMERGENCY ROOM <br />WHEN YOU ARE WITH A VICTIM OUTSIDE OF THE AMBULANCE, AND THIS CAN BE <br />A PROBLEM, PARTICULARLY DOWN AT THE BEACH. <br />.JOHN MACKLE, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MOTOROLA COMPANY, <br />ASKED FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />MOTOROLA IS THE CORPORATION THAT HAS INSTALLED EVERY EMERGENCY MEDICAL <br />SYSTEM IN SOUTH FLORIDA AT THIS TIME AND THAT HE HAS BEEN COMING UP <br />TO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SINCE JULY AND WORKING ON THIS. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT HE DID GIVE MR. MCCOLLESTER A FIGURE OF ABOUT $90,0001 WHICH WAS <br />WELL WITHIN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FIGURE OF APPROXIMATELY $100,000, AND <br />EVERYTHING MOTOROLA DID WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING <br />WOULD BE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE. HE STATED THAT BEFORE THE COM- <br />MISSION MADE THE AWARD OF THE BID, HE WISHED TO GO ON RECORD THAT <br />MOTOROLA WAS THE ONLY RESPONDENT TO THE INITIAL BID REQUEST, AND THEY <br />BID ON THE EXPECTATION THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD BE PROVIDED. <br />SINCE IT WAS DENIED, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SHOULD HAVE SO AOTIFIED <br />MOTOROLA. HE NOTED THAT THE LOW REBID WAS ALSO OVER BUDGET, AND <br />STATED THAT IF WE ARE LOCKED INTO THE $64,000 FIGURE, THEY WOULD LIKE <br />TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGN A SYSTEM WITHIN THE BUDGETARY <br />GUIDELINES FORMULA, AND THEY REQUEST A REBID. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS POINTED OUT THAT THE REQUEST FOR BID <br />WAS THE SAME TO ALL BIDDERS, AND THEY ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO <br />BID THE SAME ITEMS. HE DID NOT SEE WHY ADDITIONAL TIME TO FIGURE <br />