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specifications and subsequently install the equipment, or whether <br />we are going to have a technical expert analyze what we have, <br />look at our planned facility, design the detention electronics <br />system, and prepare the bid specifications for the manufacturers <br />to bid on. In the latter case, the design is ours, and we <br />certainly could not be held captive by any manufacturer. If we <br />had slammed the door on the electronics contractor when the last <br />phase was delayed due to the detention electronics, we <br />undoubtedly would have had to engage the services of just this <br />kind of consultant to analyze what we had, what was being built, <br />and then replace the system. <br />Administrator Balczun believed we could avoid those problems <br />if we engage the services of a technical specialist, such as <br />Bufford Goff & Associates. While he realized the Board's <br />reluctance to spend additional money on any project, he felt this <br />is the most important component of the jail phase. <br />Chairman Scurlock asked if the enormous electronics problems <br />we had in Phase II centered around the fact that the equipment <br />would not work, or were they due to the fact that the <br />subcontractor was not being paid, and therefore, would not do the <br />work. <br />Administrator Balczun explained that ECSI, the <br />sub -subcontractor on the electronics for Phase 11, had alleged <br />that they had not been paid, or had not been paid on time, which <br />is certainly a major concern for any firm. <br />Chairman Scurlock noted that we received another memo <br />yesterday advising that the warranty work is not being performed <br />now because ECSI is refusing to do the work in that Schopke, the <br />general contractor, is not paying them. The Board keeps hearing <br />that the electronics are not working, but it seems the problem is <br />simply because the sub -subcontractor won't come on the job site <br />and do in a timely fashion what he needs to do to correct and <br />fine tune the system. Chairman Scurlock repeated his question <br />about whether the problem is due to poorly designed equipment <br />� APR 19 1988 <br />BOOK 72 PAGE 92 <br />