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FEB 2 71980 Bou 42 PAu 797 THE RENOVATION OF THE COURTHOUSE WITHIN A NINE MONTH PERIOD AND TO COMPLETE THE ADMINISTRATION COMPLEX IN ABOUT 15 MONTHS. CHAIRMAN SEIBERT FELT THAT WOULD POSE A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM. MR. KONTOULAS NOTED THAT THE PROBLEM INVOLVED IS THAT OF MOVING PEOPLE, BUT POINTED OUT THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OUTSIDE WORK THAT CAN BE DONE. MR. REINHOLD EXPLAINED THAT HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH PRICES GOING UP BECAUSE OF INFLATION, AND CAN `T AFFORD TO WAIT UNLESS THE BOARD IS WILLING TO PAY FOR IT, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY WHY THEY BID THE JOB AS THEY DID. DISCUSSION ENSUED ON THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN RUNNING THE TWO JOBS PARALLEL. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHAT THE BOARDS LAST DECISION WAS IN REGARD TO TRYING TO WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS OF MOVING EMPLOYEES, AND MR. KONTOULAS STATED THAT HE BROUGHT THIS PROBLEM TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION AND IT WAS DISCUSSED, BUT NOTHING WAS DECIDED. COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED IF THERE IS A WAY WE CAN ARRANGE TO KEEP THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE WAY AND KEEP THE TWO JOBS GOING, ASSUMING WE HAVE TO LEASE SOME SPACE TO DO IT. MR. KONTOULAS STATED THAT IT IS A MATTER OF RELOCATING THE SHERIFF, SOME OF THE CLERKS PEOPLE AND THE COUNTY COURT, AND THEN YOU COULD START SHUFFLING PEOPLE. HE NOTED THAT IT IS A TIGHT SCHEDULE, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT IT WOULD INVOLVE MOVING SOME PEOPLE OUT TEMPORARILY WHO WILL BE COMING BACK, BUT COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THE MAIN QUESTION IS WHETHER IT CAN BE DONE. % INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS COMMENTED THAT MR. AEINHOLD HAS A VERY VALID REASON AS FAR AS INFLATION AND COSTS ARE CONCERNED AND POINTED OUT THAT THE TIME ELEMENT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO US FROM THE STANDPOINT OF INVESTMENT OF THESE FUNDS AND THE INTEREST RATES ON THE MARKET. HE POINTED OUT THAT WHEN YOU ADD 1/4% ON FOUR MILLION DOLLARS OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST A FEW DOLLARS, AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE 28 DAY DELAY ON THE BIDS COST US $1,500 A DAY JUST FROM THE INVESTMENT POINT OF VIEW.