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DEC- 31900 BOOK 45 PAGF.378 SHOULD DELAY THEM TWENTY DAYS, THEY WOULD EXPECT TO SHOW THE BOARD THAT THEY WERE DELAYED - THEY DO NOT EXPECT CARTE BLANCHE. COMMISSIONER BIRD STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS WAS TO BE JUSTIFIED, AND CHAIRMAN LYONS FELT WE MUST RELAY ON OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE, HERCULES KONTOULAS. MR. KONTOULAS STATED THAT WE WILL HAVE THIS PARAGRAPH ON ALL FUTURE CHANGE ORDERS AND AT THE COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACT WILL DETERMINE THEN HOW MANY DAYS WE GRANT. WHAT WE ARE SAYING TO THE CONTRACTOR IS THAT WE WILL CONSIDER THE COSTS AND EXTENSION OF TIME AT THE PROPER TIME. CHAIRMAN LYONS ASKED WHETHER, PURSUANT TO THIS CONVERSATION, MR. SNODGRASS WOULD STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE COUNTY SAYING `MAY." MR. SNODGRASS STATED THAT THEY DONT MIND THE COUNTY SAYING THERE ItMAY " BE A DELAY, BUT IF THERE IS, THEY WANT IT STATED THAT THEY "WILLu BE PAID, I.E., THERE MAY BE A DELAY, AND IF THERE IS, THE COUNTY WILL COMPENSATE REINHOLD FOR IT. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY READ IT TO SAY THAT WE WILL PAY FOR THOSE TWENTY DAYS, AND HE WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE WORDING THAT IF THERE IS A DELAY, WE WILL PAY FOR IT. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE COUNTY IS ADMITTING THERE MAY BE A ZO DAY DELAY AND WE ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF ALL THESE DAYS ARE CUMULATIVE, AND MR. SNODGRASS STATED THAT THEY ARE NOT. HE EXPLAINED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING SIMULTANEOUSLY SEVERAL ITEMS OF EXTRA WORK, AND THEIR ONLY CONCERN IS TAKING ON THE EXTRA WORK WITHOUT HAVING ANY PROTECTION AGAINST PAYING DAMAGES FOR BEING LATE, THEY NEED SOMETHING IN THE CHANGE ORDERS SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT OR THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROTECTION. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED THAT HE COULD SEE REINHOLD'S POINT, BUT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS w :-