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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final March 11, 2025 <br />Recommended Action: Approve the list of checks and electronic payments for the time period of February 1, <br />2025 to February 7, 2025 <br />Attachments: Comptroller Division Staff Report <br />Approved <br />9.C. 25-0314 Designation of Excess Equipment as Surplus and Authorization for <br />Disposal and Trade -In <br />Recommended Action: Staff recommends the Board declare the items on the Excess List for 031125 as <br />surplus, and authorize their disposition, as indicated. <br />Attachments: Staff Report for 031125 <br />Excess List for 031125 <br />Approved staffs recommendation <br />9.D. 25-0329 Authorization to Increase Blanket Purchase Orders <br />Recommended Action: Staff recommends the Board of County Commissioners waive the requirement for <br />bids and authorize increases to the listed Purchase Orders, as approved by Budget. <br />Attachments: Staff Report <br />Chairman Flescher initiated the discussion on waiving the requirement for bids and <br />authorizing increases to the following Purchase Orders. He turned the meeting over to <br />County Administrator John Titkanich. <br />Administrator Titkanich referred to staff's memo dated February 25, 2025, and <br />presented the three (3) requests. <br />1) Eastern Pipeline Construction for Directional Drilling; 2) Eastern Pipeline <br />Construction for Directional Drilling; 3) Sandridge Golf Club Pro Shop inventory from <br />three vendors. <br />Chairman Flescher expressed concern that waiving the requirement for bids could <br />undermine transparency and lead to cost overruns. Doing so could allow department <br />heads to allocate funds without prior discussion, approval, or public awareness of <br />such actions. <br />Administrator Titkanich acknowledged the Chairman's concerns regarding budget <br />adherence. He stated the purchasing team prepared this agenda item for a policy <br />adjustment due to rising utility pipe costs that may exceed the budget. He continued <br />that the Pro Shop inventory had regularly been on the Consent Agenda and included <br />in budget amendments, with amounts already allocated at the start of the fiscal year. <br />Indian River County, Florida Page 3 <br />