HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/17/1979FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1979
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO
BEACH, FLORIDA, ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1979, AT 1:30 O'CLOCK P.M.
PRESENT WERE ALMA LEE Loy, VICE CHAIRMAN; WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR.;
AND R. DON DEESON. ABSENT WERE WILLIAM W. WODTKE, JR., CHAIRMAN,
AND PATRICK B. LYONS. ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR; L. S. "TOMMY" THOMAS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR;
GEORGE G. COLLINS, JR., ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS; AND VIRGINIA HARGREAVES, DEPUTY CLERK.
VICE CHAIRMAN Loy CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND AN-
NOUNCED THAT THIS SPECIAL MEETING WAS CALLED FOR THE EXPRESS
PURPOSE OF AWARDING THE BID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BARBER AVENUE,
WHICH BID WAS RECEIVED AT THE MEETING OF AUGUST 8, 1979, AND
REFERRED TO KUNDE, DRIVER, SIMPSON & ASSOCIATES, INC., FOR EVALUA-
TION.
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS
THE CONSULTANT'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. THE BOND IS IN ORDER
AS CONFIRMED BY THE ATTORNEY. THE TABULATION IS CORRECT, AND THE
CONSULTANTS RECOMMEND THAT THE BID OF DICKERSON, INC., BE ACCEPTED.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMIS-
SIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE BID OF DICKERSON,
INC., OF STUART, FLA., FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BARBER AVENUE, AS BEING
THE LOWEST AND BEST BID MEETING SPECIFICATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF
$336,143.79.
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS COMMENTED THAT THE ENGINEERS'
ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS $470,000, AND WITH ENGINEERING FEES, ETC.,
THIS WILL RUN CLOSE TO $400,000. HE FELT THAT WE HAVE A GOOD CON-
TRACT, A GOOD ESTIMATE, AND GOOD ENGINEERS.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO THE TIME SCHEDULE, AND
ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THE CONTRACT SETS OUT A TIME LIMIT
OF 305 CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE NOTICE TO PROCEED. HE STATED THAT
`I2. SHEPARD OF DICKERSON, INC., HAS SUBMITTED A CONTRACT. THIS
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SHOULD BE SIGNED, ALONG WITH THE PERFORMANCE BOND, AND SUBMITTED
TO THE COUNTY CONSULTING ENGINEERS. ATTORNEY COLLINS REQUESTED
THAT MR. SHEPARD GIVE THE ENGINEERS AS MUCH NOTICE AS POSSIBLE
PRIOR TO BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMIS-
SIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO
EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH DICKERSON, INC., UPON RECOMMENDATION OF
THE ATTORNEY AND THE ADMINISTRATOR.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED,
AND CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 1:40 O'CLOCK P.M.
ATTEST:
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