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ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED IF ENGINEER ROBBINS NEEDED AUTHORITY <br />TO MOVE ON STEP 2. MR. ROBBINS STATED THAT THEY DO NEED AUTHORIZATION <br />TO PREPARE THE STEP 2 APPLICATION; THERE WILL BE SOME FEES; AND HE <br />WOULD HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR SUBMITTING THE STEP 2 APPLICATION READY <br />BY THE NEXT AGENDA. <br />CHANGE ORDERS - RENOVATION OF COURTHOUSE <br />CONSTRUCTION PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE HERCULES KONTOULAS <br />APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD TO DISCUSS CHANGE ORDER #4 FOR THE COUNTY <br />COURTHOUSE. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,569.73, AND <br />MR. KONTOULAS EXPLAINED THAT A PARAGRAPH WAS ADDED TO THE EFFECT THAT <br />THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE WORK MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL TIME BEING <br />REQUIRED BEYOND THE CONTRACT COMPLETIONIAND THE OWNER AT A LATER <br />TIME WILL CONSIDER THE TIME EXTENSIONS WHICH THE CONTRACT MAY ASK FOR. <br />MR. KONTOULAS NOTED THAT HE MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR, AND IT WAS DE- <br />CIDED TO HAVE THIS PARAGRAPH ON EACH CHANGE ORDER IN ORDER NOT TO <br />CAUSE A DELAY NOW DICKERING ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME NEEDED. <br />CHANGE ORDER #4 DEALS WITH CHANGES TO THE CIRCUIT COURTROOMS <br />AND LOBBY WALLS. MR, KONTOULAS EXPLAINED THAT, IN THE COURSE OF RE- <br />MODELING, WINDOWS WERE ELIMINATED WHICH LEFT A VOID IN THE PANELING, <br />AND, THEREFORE, THE CHANGE ORDER WAS RECOMMENDED BY HIM TO THE <br />ARCHITECTS AS A NECESSITY FOR THE SAKE OF APPEARANCE. HE INFORMED <br />THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CEILING HEIGHTS IN THE COURTROOMS <br />9:'!3" "AND 11'4" - AND HAVE TWO WALLS THAT ARE DRYWALL. MR. KONTOULAS <br />STATED THAT THESE PROBLEMS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH ON THE CON- <br />STRUCTION PLANS, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER ERROR BY THE ARCHITECTS. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED ABOUT THE PROBABLE COST AND <br />WHETHER IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $13,000. <br />MR. KONTOULAS EXPLAINED THAT ON THE CONTRACTORS COST SHEET, <br />THEY WANTED 20 EXTRA DAYS AT THE RATE OF $300.00 A DAY; SO, RATHER <br />THAN GIVE THEM A BLANK OKAY RIGHT NOW WITH MATERIAL AND LABOR PLUS <br />DAYS, HE ASKED THE CONTRACTOR TO HOLD THIS IN ABEYANCE TO SEE IF IT <br />ACTUALLY WILL REQUIRE 20 DAYS ADDITIONAL. <br />NOV 191980 41 BOOK 45 FAuE•286 <br />