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�NOV 14 1984 wx 8 . Administrator Wright affirmed that is why staff has spent countless hours with the architect trying to cover everything possible. Mr. Bail continued that they have one problem to work out concerning scheduling. To award these contracts, the plans first have to be approved by the Department of Corrections. He hoped to work it out so the whole process can be done in 30 days, but he did not feel they will get the comments back from the D.O.C. in two weeks time. Administrator Wright commented that they had planned on a December bid, but may have to go into January. It was noted that if the Board approves the final plans today, they will go immediately to D.O.C. Chairman Scurlock inquired when we have to be under construction as related to the sales tax, and Attorney Brandenburg stated that it is not necessary to be under construction at any particular time, but only to indicate by January 1st what contracts have been entered into for building of the facility. Discussion ensued as to how we pay for the facility from the sales tax monies, and the Administrator reported that we will receive monthly installments from the state. We are looking at an 18 month time frame and are anticipating the money will be slightly ahead of the payments. Once we see exactly how much we are dealing with and estimate what we have to pay out, we can figure more exactly; we may have to do some interim financing. Further discussion ensued regarding the fact that it is the responsibility of the Department of Revenue to educate the merchants re the new sales tax collection. Commissioner Wodtke noted that many businesses will have to make computerized change -overs, and he would hope the D.O.R. gets its instructions out before Christmas so the merchants can be prepared to deal with this correctly and not run the risk of having to pay penalties. He also wished to know if the merchant 36 M M r