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Mrs. Forlani is still asking approval to purchase this item from Radio Shack/Vero Beach. Commissioner Eggert asked what the problem was with the one from Sebastian, and Mrs. Forlani explained that Modern Electronic has done nothing in the way of service, whereas the Vero Beach store has been working with her for an entire year. The Purchasing Manager went ahead and ordered the machine from Sebastian without having verbal approval or written requisition; nor did he have approval from the Budget Director that the money was even there. He went ahead on his own. Chairman Scurlock clarified that this computer was originally bid as a Utilities item, which is where the bid spec was prepared, and then the Utilities Dept. decided they did not need the computer. Mr. Ambler went and bid it, thinking that Mrs. Forlani needed a computer and this would meet her needs without her actually having to sign off on it. That is how he understood it. Mrs. Forlani confirmed that Mr. Ambler had no authorization, and Chairman Scurlock pointed out that if we are going to go out for bid, we want to prepare the specifications a little differently than the ones prepared by the Utilities Dept. Administrator Balczun explained there are a few problems involved here. Hopefully the vendor to whom the original contract was awarded last week will not have acted already in reliance on the Board actions last week, but if they have, hopefully somebody will have a need for the Tandy, and we can try to work that out. Further, this alternative unit will have to be put to bid because it exceeds $2500. Mrs. Forlani advised that Charlie Cook from the Vero Beach store said that the Tandy Corporation must honor the bid from the Sebastian store, which is their franchise, and she did not feel we need to go to bid because we are getting the exact price that. the Sebastian store quoted in their bid. The demo computer. from 3 BOOK 72 i',,�E 502 JUN 71988