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$60,000 bid bond, but Attorney Collins again pointed out that we can only call the bond, if we accept Ivey's bid. Commissioner Bird felt if we accept his bid, then we let Stottler, Stagg off the hook. He has heard comments from some contractors to the effect that they have designed a building that would be very expensive to construct; he did feel they have missed the mark on some of the things they put in this building which have caused it to come in so far above budget; and he was in favor of having them redesign and not have to pay for it. Commissioner Scurlock agreed with Commissioner Bird that there are some problems with the architectural design and that ran up the cost. He finds it hard to believe that one contractor would miss the mark by $600,000. Commissioner Bird believed that actually a $1.8 million project is not that big a deal to these major construction companies. Mr. Ivey agreed that it really is not. All the contractors use basically the same subs and 800 of the work is subbed out. He stated that he could provide the Board with a list of all the subs and the numbers they supplied and would submit this for the Board to review if desired. It was indicated the Board did wish to review such documen- tation, and it was submitted by Mr. Ivey. The Chairman thereupon recessed the meeting for 10 minutes so Board members could review the material presented. The Board reconvened with the same members present, and Commissioner Bird wished to know, if it comes to the point that we ask that the building be redesigned, if the architect then would have access to some of the details of these bids or the ability to meet with some of the contractors who bid in order to determine which items are heavy and where we apparently missed the mark on the construction cost. He asked what the architect would normally do in a case like this. 61 POCK 1 6 f'A F• lU