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DISCUSSION AROSE ABOUT GOING TO BID ON THIS ITEM, AND ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WGYL HAS FURNISHED ALL OUR RECORDING AND AMPLIFICATION IN THE COURTROOMS AND THE OLD COMMISSION ROOM; IT IS A SOLE SOURCE DEAL. HE NOTED THAT THEY COULD GO OUT AND BID, BUT DID NOT HAVE TO UNLESS THE BOARD DESIRED IT. DISCUSSION CONTINUED AS TO WHETHER TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE IN THIS REGARD, WHETHER WE WOULD BE SETTING A PRECEDENT IF WE DID NOT GO TO BID, AND WHETHER THE PRICES ARE COMPETITIVE. ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INFORMED THE BAORD THAT THE PRICES HAVE BEEN CHECKED OUT BY THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ARE VERY COMPETITIVE. HE EMPHASIZED THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING THE TECHNICIAN'S SERVICES AND HAVING THIS SYSTEM PROPERLY SET UP, AS WELL AS JUST PURCHASING THE EQUIPMENT. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE ALWAYS HAS BELIEVED STRONGLY IN SUBSTANTIATING THAT WE ARE GETTING COMPETITIVE PRICES AND WOULD LIKE TO BE SURE THAT THIS HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED, BUT HE ALSO FELT HAVING AN ADEQUATE AND RELIABLE SOUND SYSTEM IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE AND THAT IT ALSO IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEONE AVAIL- ABLE LOCALLY TO WORK WITH THE SYSTEM, SET IT UP CORRECTLY AND KEEP IS RUNNING. MR. KONTOULAS CONFIRMED THAT THE WGYL ENGINEER HAS GIVEN US FREE ENGINEERING AND ALSO IS DOING THE LAYOUT FOR THE NEW COMMIS- SION ROOM. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK NOTED THAT HIS MAIN POINT IS THAT WE HAVE A PROCEDURE AND WHEN SPECIFICATIONS ARE DRAWN UP, ALL THE VARIOUS FACTORS CAN BE COVERED. THE CHAIRMAN POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE HERE EITHER TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL OR NOT TO ACCEPT IT. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COM- MISSIONER BIRD, TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL MADE BY WGYL FOR A RECORDING SOUND SYSTEM FOR THE REMODELED COURTROOMS. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER POINTED OUT A 10� ERROR IN THE PROPOSAL WHICH SHOULD BE CORRECTED. 57 JAN 141981 BOX