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COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY DISCUSSION <br />WITH THE CONTRACTOR AS TO WHETHER OUR SPECIFICATIONS CREATED SOME <br />OF THIS PROBLEM OR NOT. <br />MR. MARSH NOTED THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS HERE, AND THE INDI- <br />CATION IS THAT THE BOND PROCEDURES MIGHT HAVE ADDED SOME TO THIS. <br />HE COMMENTED THAT SINCE THE BID PROCESS HAS BEEN GONE THROUGH AND ONLY <br />ONE BID RECEIVED, HE FELT IT IS PROPER TO NOTE THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS <br />GONE BACK AND REFIGURED AND IS READY TO DISCUSS A REDUCED COST IF <br />THE BOARD WANTS THIS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS BELIEVED THAT THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO <br />REDO THE BIDS - THAT IT SHOULD BE DONE BY STAFF. <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON STATED THAT ALL THE BOARD <br />HAS TO DO IS REJECT THE BID, AND ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS AGREED THAT <br />THE "3 R's" ARE "REJECT, REVISE AND READVERTISE." HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />IF THE SPECIFICATIONS HAVE SOME AFFECT ON THIS IT CAW ALL BE DISCUSSED <br />BEFORE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT SO THAT WHEN YOU GET <br />THE NEW BIDS, YOU CAN HAVE THESE THINGS IRONED OUT, MR, JENNINGS <br />POINTED OUT THAT WHEN NEW BIDS ARE RECEIVED, IF THEY ARE STILL NOT <br />SATISFACTORY, WE STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF BUILDING THIS WITH <br />THE ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT CREWS. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER DEESON, TO REJECT, REVISE AND READVERTISE THE BIDS RECEIVED <br />FOR PHASE A OF THE WABASSO BEACH PARK IMPROVEMENTS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT QUESTIONED WHETHER IT WAS NECESSARY TO <br />READVERTISE RATHER THAN JUST NEGOTIATE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ADVISED THAT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE <br />WORK, IT WAS NECESSARY TO REBID; IT IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND THE <br />STATUTES REQUIRE IT. HE FELT IF THERE SHOULD BE JUST ONE BIDDER <br />AGAIN, THEN YOU CAN NEGOTIATE IF YOU CAN T DO ANY BETTER, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE TIMETABLE FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT, <br />AND ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS SUGGESTED THAT THE SAME AD BE PLACED IN <br />THE NEWSPAPER BY 5:00 O'CLOCK TONIGHT IN ORDER TO MEET THE TIMEFRAME, <br />AND THEN THE SPECIFICATIONS CAN BE REVISED DURING THE NEXT WEEK, <br />THIS CAN BE DISCUSSED WITH THE CONTRACTOR, AND YOU CAN KEEP ON MOVING. <br />J U L 3 01990 52 neo 44 PAjL <br />-14 <br />