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Fr- -7 NOV 19190 aoox 45 PAGE255 INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS EXPLAINED THAT HE.AND FINANCE OFFICER BARTON WERE TRYING TO SHOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS REGARDING OVER -RUNS, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL. HE AND MR. BARTON FELT THAT THIS WAS AN ACCURATE REPORT. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK INQUIRED WHO WAS INVOLVED IN LOOKING OVER AND REVIEWING A CHANGE ORDER, ADMINISTRATOR NELSON EXPLAINED THAT A CHANGE PROPOSAL IS WRITTEN UP, SENT TO THE ARCHITECT, AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO THE CONTRACTOR FOR COSTING OUT. HE ADDED THAT IT IS SENT BACK TO THE ARCHITECT FOR THEIR REVIEW, THEN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE KONTOULAS CHECKS IT OUT, AND IT IS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL - THEN THE CHANGE ORDER IS MADE. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ALONG THOSE LINES AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FINANCE OFFICE REVIEWS IT AND RELATES IT TO THE AVAILABLE FUNDS. CHAIRMAN LYONS NOTED THAT REMODELING AN OLD BUILDING IS FULL OF SURPRISES, NOT ONLY FOR THE OWNER BUT FOR THE ARCHITECT AND THE BUILDER AS WELL. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT NOBODY HAD ANTICIPATED, SUCH AS A HOLE ABOUT 3' X 4' IN ONE OF THE MAJOR BEAMS AT THE ADMINISTRATION COMPLEX, OVER THE OPERATING ROOM, AND AS A RESULT, THEY HAVE A MAJOR STRUCTURAL PROBLEM THERE. COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED ABOUT CHANGE ORDER #8 AND WONDERED IF THE FIGURE LISTED WAS THE ORIGINAL BID PLUS THE CHANGE ORDERS ALL ADDED TOGETHER. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON RESPONDED AFFIRMATIVELY. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER WANTED CLARIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM AND WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS JUST A REVIEW, OR IF APPROVAL WAS NEEDED. CHAIRMAN LYONS ADVISED THAT IT WAS JUST A STATUS REPORT; THE BOARD WANTED TO KNOW HOW THEIR SITUATION WAS REGARDING MONEY. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT THE BOARD SEEMS TO GET A CHANGE ORDER AT EVERY MEETING, AND THE BOARD WANTS TO BE KEPT INFORMED