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and have another contractor who is trying to qualify them. They also do not have a county occupational license yet. Vice Chairman Lyons emphasized that we certainly do not want to see any delay on this because it is water to the jail. He did not understand how we got'this far with the bid, and Mr. Boone explained that this was not brought to staff's attention until after they had written their recommendation, and they were anxious to award to the low bidder because there is a consider- able saving - $7,000. More questions ensued re the licensing, and Assistant Utilities Director Barton explained that a corporation can't take the test for a general contractor's license, only an individual can, and that individual then can attach his license to a corporation. When and if that individual leaves the corporation, he takes his general contractor's license with him. This is what is going on and complicating the issue with the corporation that is low bidder, and it is up to them to get a replacement general contractor to qualify them. Discussion continued re the timeframe. Vice Chairman Lyons wished to know if the second low bid will hold for two weeks, and this was confirmed. It was also determined that the second low bidder is properly licensed. Commissioner Bowman asked if there is any chance the second bidder could cause some trouble because of this circumstance, and Attorney Vitunac explained that we have a right to waive technicalities on our bids. Also, we have a letter from the general contractor saying he is going to lend his name to the corporation; it just hasn't gone through the Building Department appropriately yet. ON MOTION by Commissioner Wodtke, SECONDED by Com- missioner Bird, the Board unanimously (4-0) awarded the bid from the South Gifford Road Water Main Exten- sion to the low bidder, Coastline Utilities, in the 11 Bou 64 PA, -UE 788 I