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6. NEWIBUSINESS (Cont'd are, in fact, what he is going to need. You ought to be able to tell a half roof from a whole roof, I would guess. We had one here before where they didn't." Mr. Evans said he was glad Mr. Wiggins said that, and not me. Mr. Madison said when he had submitted contracts with Alternates, which was not a part of the particular specification, "it didn't help in the acceptance or rejection of bids, so it was a policy that was pre - established by the Department that we bid in ac- cordance with those specifications and any change orders that may be required be submitted after the b °ids had been accepted. In other words, I have no authority to change - -I can go out here and look at this job when it is put up for bid - -if there are 20 squares and it says 8, I can't bid 20 squares. I must bid what is on the specification." Mr. Brownell asked Mr. Madison if he is familiar with this sec- tion of the contract which says [read in its entirety]: "Except for the purpose of affording protection against any emergency endangering health, life, limb, or property, the Contractor shall make no change in the materials used or in the specified manner of constructing and /or installing the im- provements or supply additional labor, services or materials beyond that actually required for the execution of the contract unless in" pursuance of a written order from the Local Public Agency author- izing the Contractor to proceed with the change. No claim for adjustment of the Contract price will be valid unless so ordered. All requests for changes in the work to be performed must be in writing and sub - mitted to the Local Public Agency for approval and integration into the Contract." Mr. Madison said that's exactly what "I am requesting now. I re- quested the change order previous to the Commission meeting, and, therefore, there was like a week's lapse of time before the Com- mission had met, and the man had already been employed to do the work, and rather than delay the completion of that construction, I purchased the materials - -I know that that's part of the contract- - but, I did, in writing." Mr. Brownell asked where he had the extra roofing installed - -on the house or on the porches, and Mr. Madison replied, "On both- - the house and the porches." Mr. Crighton added, "The point, in question, here is the fact that Mr. Madison completed the work without Commission approval. We are not working our own homes, and this is public money that we are dealing with, and you all know that we have to be extremely careful with this - -and the point is, that Mr. Madison completed this work of his own volition, without Commission approval, and not when he submitted his request in writing, or anything. It - 10 -