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AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, ADMINISTRATOR NELSON EXPLAINED THE REASON FOR LACK OF BID INTEREST IS BECAUSE THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE EXTREMELY HIGH FOR THIS SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT. HE ADDED THAT THE DIRECTION HE RECEIVED FROM THE BOARD WAS TO GET A GOOD SOUND SYSTEM, AND ASKED THE TECHNICIAN FOR THE COURTHOUSE TO WRITE THE SPECIFICATIONS. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED IT BOTHERED HIM TO HAVE A MAN BE THE COURTHOUSE EXPERT, WRITE UP THE BID SPECIFICATION, AND THEN BID ON IT. LENGTHY DISCUSSION ENSUED, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS WERE WRITTEN FOR NO SPECIFIC BRAND NAME - JUST SO THEY REACHED A CERTAIN QUALITY. ADMINISTRATOR NELSON ADVISED THAT THE SPECS WERE SENT OUT TO FIVE BIDDERS, WITH JUST ONE RESPONSE. SOME SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME IN WITH THEIR OWN DESIGN. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED CONCERNING THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACT. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE BID COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT THE BID OF WGYL FOR THE AUDIO SOUND SYSTEM IN THE COUNTY COMMISSION CHAMBERS, AS BEING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID MEETING SPECIFICATIONS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,628.50, AS DESCRIBED IN THE JULY 6, 1981 MEMORANDUM FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BID COMMITTEE. NEWSMAN MARK WEINBERG, OF RADIO STATION WTTB, DISCUSSED THE SOUND SYSTEM WITH THE BOARD AND REQUESTED THAT SOMETHING BE BUILT IN TO ENABLE THE NEWS MEDIA TO LISTEN TO THE TAPES WITHOUT INCONVENIENCING THE COURT PERSONNEL. ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT IT ALL DEPENDED ON HOW THE JUDGES WERE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE NEWS MEDIA,AT THE COURTHOUSE. ADMINISTRATOR NELSON SUGGESTED MR. WEINBERG SPEAK TO THE BAR ASSOCIATION ON THIS MATTER. THE BOARD NEXT CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING MEMO REGARDING THE VEHICLE INSPECTION PROGRAM: BOG 6 PAGE 04-1 JUL 15 1981