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I will list the firms in the order they were ranked in each area of <br />service: <br />A. Wastewater Effluent Disposal <br />1. Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan <br />2. Camp, Dresser and McKee <br />3. Dyer, Riddle, Mills & Precourt <br />B. Water Treatment <br />1. Camp, Dresser and McKee . <br />2. Post, Buckley, Schuh, & Jernigan <br />3. DSS Engineers Inc.. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS , <br />The Utilities staff recommends the Board of County Commissioners <br />approve this ranking of firms by the selection committee, and by doing <br />so approve the signing of contracts with the aforementioned firms. <br />Chairman Scurlock questioned DDS Engineers, Inc. being <br />ranked third on water treatment, because they have lost at least <br />3 of their top people in the last 90 days. He was not sure that <br />he would like to see us go to #3 in the negotiating process, <br />unless their staff level has improved, and suggested adding the <br />firm that was ranked #4 to the short list give us more <br />flexibility. <br />Utilities Director Terry. Pinto advised that after the Board <br />takes action today, he would be coming back with a recommendation <br />for replacing DDS, even on their current projects, because of <br />changes in their personnel. <br />Commissioner Eggert noted that there has been some publicity <br />in the paper recently concerning Post -Buckley, and she was <br />concerned when she noticed they have been ranked #1 on wastewater <br />and #2 on water treatment. <br />Chairman Scurlock clarified that the case down in Palm Beach <br />involves a bad piece of equipment. The City of Palm Beach <br />settled with the out-of-state contractor, and the contractor is <br />suing Post -Buckley for failure of performance on a specified <br />material. <br />Director Pinto realized that there has been a lot of comment <br />on the matter, but he didn't feel there was a negative there <br />JUL 12 198831 now 73 fani 237 <br />