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6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd City of South Bend forces and which had been removed from Co tract by Change Order No. 1 .......................... $ 445.00 Total Increase ............ $2,481.30 Less Decrease ............. 991.50 Net Increase ......... $1,489.80 Commissioner Robinson said the question he has doesn't exactly pertain to this request for added funds, but he asked Mr. Slabaugh, "Could you tell me approximately how much money Nautilus Construction Company has left in their so- called bank to complete this construction job ?" Mr. Slabaugh advised the balance that will be left with the above amount approved for payment is $83,538.40. Commissioner Robinson said he will get to that a little later in this meeting. Motion was made by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Cira and carried, for the approval of Change Order No. 3 to Plaza Park Contract No. 1, with Nautilus Construction Corporation, for an increase in contract amount of 1,489.80, or an amended contract total of $201,248.30, in Project Indiana R -66. Subject to Legal Counsel and HUD approval. d. Change Order No. 4 to Plaza Park Contract No. 1, Indiana R -66: Com ission approval was requested of Change Order No. 4 to Plaza Par< Contract No. 1, with Nautilus Construction Corporation, for a t irty (30) day extension of time, or a contract completion date of lune 1`5, 1976, per memorandum dated May 6, 1976, from the Bureau of ublic Construction, Project Indiana R -66. Mr. Brownell read the letter which stated they have no objection to the request providing that "no delay whatsoever shall be caused in the completion of work by other contractors. A change order for extra work items, over -runs or under -runs is being processed wit the new date of contract completion. With your approval, legal cou sel and HUD concurrence, the time is extended 30'days to June 15, 197 Motion was made by Mr. Wiggins for the time extension and seconded by 4r. Donaldson. The Chair asked if there were any further ques- tio s, and Commissioner Robinson responded against the motion, "I im against this so- called motion that we are prepared to take a vota on,for the simple reason that they have asked for a delay once .before due to weather; I think that is beyond their control. I think the reason they are asking for this increase in time now could be under their control. My other reason is to be fair to the employers in our area where they work in hazardous areas where they mig t be subjected to vandalism, they should have their own security sys em. It seems as though this construction company of Nautilus- - the ' want our city policemen and people like this to do this on the time of the taxpayers' money to protect their property and their jobs. How much more lenient is this Board or the Commission here goi g to take on their behalf, when if it was some other contractor, or ven a contract that is sometimes awarded to various subcontractors or eneral contractors where they have penalty clauses on the time lim t; if he gets an extension of time every time he comes and asks for it, he never will have any incentive to get the darn project done." We CHANGE ORDER NO. 4 TO PLAZA PARK CONTRACT NO. 1 AP- PROVED, R -66