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Fr AUG 191981 47 %E 217 THE BID TABULATIONS FOR PART I - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; PART II - REVERSE OSMOSIS EQUIPMENT; AND PART III - REVERSE OSMOSIS EouIPMENT SUPPORT FACILITIES ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK. MR. ROBBINS ADVISED THAT 14.BIDDERS RESPONDED FOR PART I; 7 BIDDERS RESPONDED FOR PART II; AND 4 BIDDERS RESPONDED FOR PART III. HE COMMENTED THAT THIS WAS LOOKED AT IN VERY GREAT DETAIL; IN FACT, HIS ENTIRE STAFF HAD GONE THROUGH THE EVALUATION. MR. ROBBINS THEN EXPLAINED THAT HE AND HIS STAFF TOOK EXCEPTION TO SOME STATEMENTS IN THE LETTER FROM HYDRANAUTICS, INC., ONE OF THE BIDDERS. HE SPOKE OF THE CRITERIA HE AND HIS STAFF USED FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BIDS; THEN REVIEWED THE PROJECT COST SUMMARY; AND EXPLAINED THE -SHORT --;FALL OF $425,808.51. HE ADDED THAT THEY ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED AN OVERRUN BUT BASED ON THE ACTUAL BIDS RECEIVED, THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING CONTINGENCIES. MR. ROBBINS COMMENTED THAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY BUDGETED THE PURCHASE OF 10 ACRES OF LAND BUT THE ACTUAL PURCHASE WAS 42 ACRES FOR $210,000; WHICH MADE THEM $160,000 OVER BUDGET. HE ADDED THAT THE PROJECT WAS ESTIMATED IN 1979 AND ESCALATION FIGURES WERE USED. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE TREATMENT PLANT WAS $96,000 OVER BUDGET. MR. ROBBINS EXPLAINED THE DEDUCTS TO THE BOARD. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK FELT THE ENGINEERING SERVICES WERE APPROPRIATE, AND POINTED OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DELAY IN THE PROJECT DUE TO LACK OF INFORMATION FROM FMHA. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. FINANCE DIRECTOR BARTON EXPLAINED THE INTERIM FINANCING. HE STATED THAT WHEN THE $450,000 BECAME DUE, THERE WAS $500,000 WORTH OF SECURITIES PLACED AS COLLATERAL TO SECURE THAT LOAN, COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED THAT HE DID NOT LIKE INTER - FUND BORROWING, BUT IT APPEARED IT WAS THE ONLY VEHICLE THAT WAS REASONABLE. HE COMMENTED THERE WAS NO AD VALOREM TAX MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO BE USED TO SUPPORT THIS SYSTEM.