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JAN 141991 �° <br />BOOK. 45 PACE 626 <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECESSED AT <br />12:50 O'CLOCK P.M. AND RECONVENED AT 2:15 P.M. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS <br />PRESENT. DEPUTY CLERK VIRGINIA HARGREAVES TOOK OVER FOR DEPUTY <br />CLERK JANICE CALDWELL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. <br />ADMINISTRATOR NELSON COMMENTED THAT EVEN THOUGH, WITH THE <br />DONATION OF PLANTS BEING MADE TO THE WABASSO BEACH PARK PROJECT, THEY <br />MIGHT NOT REQUIRE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF PLANTS BID ON, THEY WOULD LIKE <br />TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THE BID IN ITS FULL AMOUNT OF $6,500 TO ALLOW <br />THEM SOME LATITUDE. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK WISHED TO BE ASSURED THAT THE UNIT <br />PRICES WOULD HOLD FIRM AS WELL AS THE TOTAL AMOUNT, AND THE ADMINIS- <br />TRATOR CONFIRMED THAT THEY WOULD. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD, TO ACCEPT THE BID OF GLENN & MIKE'S LANDSCAPING <br />FOR THE LANDSCAPING PLANTS FOR WABASSO BEACH PARK IN AN AMOUNT NOT <br />TO EXCEED $6,565.18, THE FUNDING TO BE FROM ACCT. #302-000-169-15.00. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE PRESENT <br />FREEZING WEATHER AND THE MARGINAL PROBABILITY OF SUCCESSFUL REPLANTING <br />OF CERTAIN OF THESE PLANTS AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. HE FELT UNLESS <br />THERE IS SOME SENSE OF URGENCY THAT WE SHOULD NOT MAKE THIS ACQUISTION <br />Y <br />AT THIS -POINT. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK POINTED OUT THAT HIS MOTION WAS <br />MADE SPECIFICALLY ON A "NOT TO EXCEED" BASIS TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY, <br />AND THE ADMINISTRATOR ASSURED THE BOARD THAT HIS STAFF IS WORKING ON <br />THIS PROJECT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE URBAN FORESTER AND THEY ARE <br />ATTUNED TO THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND <br />CARRIED 4 TO 1 WITH COMMISSIONER FLETCHER VOTING IN OPPOSITION. ' <br />"m <br />