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JAN 2 3 19 80 BDOK 42 PAGE 579 ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LOY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED ADDING AN EMERGENCY ITEM TO THE AGENDA CONCERNING CONNELL, METCALF & EDDY. FRED H. KIRSCH, OF CONNELL, METCALF & EDDY, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE ONLY HAD TWO RESPONSES TO THE BIDDING. HE COMMENTED THAT THE COUNTY CAN ACCEPT THOSE BIDS BUT IT WAS THEIR FEELING THAT THE BID OPENING SHOULD NOT TAKE PLACE, AND SHOULD INSTEAD HAVE AN EXTENSION OF FOUR WEEKS. MR. KIRSCH THEN SUGGESTED THAT THEY POST A PUBLIC STATEMENT POSTPONING THE 2:00 O'CLOCK P.M..BID OPENING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY -FOR THE OLD HOSPITAL RENOVATION. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT WE SHOULD NOT OPEN THE BIDS AND RETURN THEM -INSTEAD. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED WHEN THE LAST ADDENDUM WAS SENT OUT, AND MR. KIRSCH ADVISED IT WAS LAST MONDAY. COMMISSIONER WODTKE THEN ASKED IF MR. KIRSCH HAD AN INDICATION THAT IF THERE IS AN EXTENSION OF TIME, WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO OBTAIN MORE BIDDERS. MR. KIRSCH ANSWERED AFFIRMATIVELY AND STATED THAT DUE TO THE TIME LIMIT, THE CONTRACTORS WERE BUSY BIDDING ON OTHER JOBS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE WONDERED IF A FOUR WEEK EXTENSION OF TIME WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. FOR BIDS. COMMISSIONER LOY THEN DISCUSSED THE HIGH COST OF ADVERTISING MR. KIRSCH ADVISED THAT HIS FIRM WILL TAKE THE LIST OF CONTRACTORS AND CONTACT THEM, ADVISING THEM OF THE POSTPONEMENT; AND ALSO ADVISE THE PUBLISHERS OF THE DODGE REPORT, WHICH COMES OUT ONCE A WEEK. ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BID - THEY MIGHT FEEL JEOPARDIZED, AND HE WOULD RATHER BE MORE CAUTIOUS THAN NOT, AND SUGGESTED READVERTISING. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD LISTEN TO THE ATTORNEYS ADVICE. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT LEGAL AUTHORITY COULD NOT BE CITED ON THE RIGHT TO EXTEND, AND STATED THAT HIS ASSISTANT, MR. SOVIERO, 3" m