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6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd to re -nail the front porch ceiling and paint two coats, and that is a deletion to the contract amount of: $53.00. Mr. Crighton said he presumes that originally the front porch was in repairable condition at that time; now, it no longer is. The increases in the change order amount to: $1,352.50, less decrease of $53.00, for an increase in contract amount of: $1,299.50. These changes would increase the contract total to: $7,770.03. The Chair asked if there were any questions from the Commis- sioners, and Commissioner Chenney said he would like to know how come all these contracts come in with change orders, requesting close to $800.00, $900.00 or $1,000 more, and what do they bid on in the first place? Mr. Crighton advised the contractors bid on the original specifications as they were written. As to who makes out the specifications, Mr. Crighton advised it was the staff running that particular project at that time. None of the personnel on that staff are with us now. Commissioner Cira, addressing the Chair, recommended faster action on these. Commissioner Wiggins said that he believed that we are probably on top of it now, but that we are still picking up the problems from some time back. Mr. Crighton advised they have corrected the procedures. These problems existed last year under the Revenue Sharing Program, and that neither he nor his staff was present at that time. He added that under the Community Development Program, we have accelerated procedures considerably and have also taken action on the conditions that constitute an emergency. We now have the capabilities of correcting emergencies immediately, as opposed to waiting, prior. He advised we are also under the Revenue Sharing Program and are required to pay the wage scale in accordance with the Department of Labor, our labor costs are considerably higher; e.g., on the first change order above on labor costs, it is $132.00, and that's $8.98 per hour for labor and $7.37 per hour for common labor for the roofer. Under the Community Development ranks, we are required to pay the prevailing union rate for South Bend. Although the con- tractors don't have to be union; we have to pay union rates. Under Revenue Sharing, the rates were higher than the union. For confirmation of the statement, Commissioner Wiggins asked, "The rates that have been under the Labor Department rates are higher than the prevailing union rate ?" Mr. Crighton con- firmed the statement in the affirmative, that it is for our Project. Mr. Wiggins moved for the approval of Change Order No. 1 to Rehabilitation Contract No. 49, for an increase in contract amount of: $1,299.50, or an amended contract total of: $7,770.03. Motion was seconded by Mr. Cira and carried.