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Administrator Chandler felt the basic determination that needs to be made is regarding the EMS system and whether there is another system that can provide that. Mr. DeWind noted that they bid this machine at $94,442 and submit that they met the specifications as asked for. Fiat -Allis is excellent equipment backed by a very strong warranty, and he contended that they actually exceeded specifications. Mr. DeWind noted that these machines are working at landfills, and Adams- DeWind Company has been in business since 1958. He pointed out that if this is a rebid, the bids will be rewritten, but everyone knows each others numbers and will change their numbers to some degree. He felt, based on the specs that were sent out, the Board should accept their bid at this time, and then in the future, it would be a good idea to have prebid conferences. Fred Sa.rg informed the Board that he is retired and has been in the long distance transportation field for many years and concerned with maintenance. He claimed the monitoring systems aren't worth anything and that the only thing that is any good is a shutdown system. Mr. DeWind confirmed that there are shutdown systems. Discussion continued at length regarding how specific or how flexible the specifications should be. Director Pinto pointed out that several companies did meet the specifications. He did feel that something good came out of the discussion today, and that is as to whether we should add an automatic shutdown feature. He pointed out, however, that if the machine should happen to shut down when it is holding a log up over the incinerator, that could pose a problem also. COMMISSIONER EGGERT WITHDREW HER MOTION TO TABLE. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman, to reject all bids and have the specifications revisited and rebid. 9 Boar 77 09 JUN 13 1989