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7. NEW OUSINESS (Cont'd opies of the proposals were in the packets. Commissioner Cira 'eferred to the G. R. Nunemaker Construction proposal, stating he firm just bid for the "Railing per plan" and if there is more etail on this bid? Mr. Brownell advised the railing will be recisely like the railing on the bridge, around the three sections f the seating area along the edge towards the river, along the dge towards the north, and one section along the west side on hat seating area. r. Wiggins made the motion to award this contract to the low idder, G. R. Nunemaker Construction, for their bid amount of 996.00; said motion seconded by Mr. Cira. ommissioner Robinson raised the following question: "I am not ure the cheapest price is the best price. You got one in the mill ere that's basically very explicit and what he plans to do; the ther people you are buying a prig in the poke. It doesn't say any - hing other than they are going to put up a railing. How do you now you are getting the best price ?" Mr. Brownell stated that we ill draft a contract. Commissioner Robinson further added, "At ie same time, the man puts what he is going to use in writing. iia states: 'Our quotation is based upon using pressure treated )lmanized Lumber, and we plan to anchor to existing concrete with ig bolts and shields of the diameter called for.' The railing )uld be a lot of things." C mmissioner Wiggins stated they all bid on the same plan. Mr. G ne Evans, Executive Secretary, Civic Planning Association, in- q ired, "What does the plan say; do we have copies of the plan? I don't deny it is a good question; I was wondering the same thing. M% Brownell advised the plan was before the Commission in a prior meeting. We will draft a contract and have it signed by both the contractor and the Commission before this can take effect, so the contract will have all the provisions any way according to the p an made up by our engineer. R garding Commissioner Wiggins' question directed to Mr. Edwin R. Bauer, Assistant Director, if he furnished the contractors with a set of the specifications on that for the bidding, Mr. Bauer advised all the specifications were right on the drawing, a d in addition to these three contractors who bid, four other contractors were asked to submit a bid and they chose not to. These are all union contractors. President Nimtz stated there is such a discrepancy here in the bid amounts submitted that he is inclined to favor Commissioner Ro inson's comment here, that there is so much difference here in this. Co missioner Wiggins referred to the engineers cost estimate ba ed upon unit costs of the previous bidders indicates a cost fa for range of $1,126 (low figure) to approximately $1,800 (high fi ure), and he feels that it doesn't look like any big job and co ldn't see the $2,000 plus figures for doing that work.