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FOR ELECTRICAL WIRING AND SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ROOF MOUNTS. HE THEN WENT ON TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED WITH THE CEILINGS AND THE DUCTS AND STATED WE COULD HAVE CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING IN THE WHOLE SOUTH END BY GOING TO A 7-1/2 TON AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. COMMISSIONER WODTKE WONDERED WHY THE BOARD HAS TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS WHEN THEY ARE PAYING AN ARCHITECT. MR. KONTOULAS EXPLAINED THE PROCEDURE IS THAT HE HAS TO WRITE ALL THESE THINGS UP AS CHANGE ORDER PROPOSALS TO THE ARCHITECTS; THEY THEN WRITE TO THE CONTRACTOR WHO PRICES THEM OUT; AND IT EVENTU- ALLY COMES BACK TO HIM. THIS ALL TAKES THREE TO SIX WEEKS. COMMISSIONER LYONS EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THESE PROPOSED CHANGES HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY THE LAWYER'S ASSOCIATION, AND HE DID NOT KNOW HOW THEY FIT IN WITH THE BUILDING. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT THE ONLY PROBLEM HE HAS IS WITH THE WALL THAT ALREADY HAS BEEN STUDDED IN. HE AGREED THAT WE NEED THE JUDGE, THE JURY, THE PRESS AND THE ATTORNEYS, BUT HE DID NOT SEE THE NEED TO HAVE ROOM TO PUT IN HUNDREDS OF SPECTATORS, NOR DID HE SEE THE BENEFIT OF MOVING IN AND TEARING OUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. MR. KONTOULAS COMMENTED THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED THIS WITH JUDGE SMITH AND APPARENTLY THE ONLY REASON FOR ENLARGING THE COURT - ROOM IS TO GET A LARGER AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION. HE ALSO PREFERRED NOT TO MOVE THE WALL ALREADY STUDDED IN, ESPECIALLY AS IT WOULD AFFECT THE LIGHTING. HE NOTED THAT IF THE BOARD DID NOT WISH TO APPROVE ALL THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME, THEY COULD SIMPLY INSTRUCT HIM TO WRITE THEM UP AS CHANGE ORDER PROPOSALS TO THE ARCHITECT AND HAVE THEM PRICED OUT. HE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE WORK GOES ON IN THE MEANTIME, AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE TO DELAY, IT COSTS MORE. COMMISSIONER LYONS ALSO FELT THAT EXPANDING THE ONE COURT - ROOM WAS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS, WHICH COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT HAVING TO BACK UP. MR. KONTOULAS CONCURRED THAT THE OTHER ITEMS WOULD INVOLVE MORE MINOR CHANGES AND FURTHER NOTED THAT THE 2-1/2 TON AIR CONDI- TIONING UNIT WHICH HAS BEEN PURCHASED CAN BE RETURNED. 59 JUR 2 51980 BOOK U . PA. a8 .