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the architects have to take responsibility somewhere along the line for some of these problems. Commissioner Wheeler felt it is a two-way street. They said the project requires 5 million dollars, and somebody said take 4 million and make it work. Commissioner Bowman asked if Frizzell is saying they hired a "cheapo" kitchen consultant because we cut the budget. Mr. Disney commented that he is just saying they hired the consultant and the information presented was reviewed; it was installed; the kitchen does not work as intended; and they are not using that consultant again. Chairman Scurlock asked who paid for that, and Mr. Disney stated that indirectly the county ended up paying for it. Chairman Scurlock wished to know why we are paying for it when we hired a professional to design the whole project. Mr. Silver believed we need to look at the total scope of this issue and wished to address this in the next agenda item as a separate issue. Discussion continued regarding the present kitchen being totally inadequate, and Commissioner Eggert asked if what is proposed for booking would remain adequate. Capt. Reese noted that what is proposed will cover 1200 inmates, which should be adequate for some years to come; however, he pointed out that they already are 300% off of their earlier projections. Commissioner Eggert noted that they don't have any booking area there now; it is just done in the hall; and Capt. Reese agreed and noted that actually they had a better booking system at the old jail. Commissioner Bird asked why that design is so bad, and Capt. Reese advised that some areas were cut out of the original plan. Chairman Scurlock felt that somewhere along the line someone would have come back and told the Board that it is impossible to do this based on the budget you have established. If that was 35 APR 121988 BOO! 72 PAGE 35