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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting - October 17, 1980 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS <br />d. cohtinued... <br />Mr. Cira: Do you have a sufficient amount of <br />inspectors for your Department, Kathy? Do you <br />really follow up on these jobs? <br />Mrs. Baumgartner Yes, we do. Right now the <br />inspection component is broken doyen into two <br />parts. We have the inspectors who do the <br />initial inspection of the home. The home is <br />then transferred to a program and is rein- <br />spected by a rehabilitation specialist who <br />wo ld then evaluate what the inspector said, <br />pl s follow the progress of the job. <br />P^r.l C ra: So you shouldn't have these problems. <br />Mrs. Baumgartner: No. As a matter of fact, <br />thE first couple of jobs we have gone on, <br />contractors have been made to correct things <br />as substantial as tearing off a roof that they <br />have out on. So I think that they are being <br />ve strict in their interpretation of what <br />is going on. <br />Mr. Donaldson: Then that will eliminate a lot <br />of �hange orders. <br />Mrs. Baumgartner: Yes. Also, the general con- <br />tractor is now responsible for the -whole job <br />where as before he was only responsible for one <br />portion. <br />Mr. Cira: It seems to me that we are getting <br />many more contractors to bid on these jobs now. <br />We used to have problems getting contractors. <br />Mrs Baumgartner: Yes. We have gone out and <br />cultivated quite a fete contractors. We had a <br />contractors meeting where a number of contractors <br />did show up, I believe we had 53 attend. Dave has <br />been visiting with the contractors and explaining <br />our procedures to them. We are really trying to <br />acc mmodate them in a lot of ways also so that <br />we ill have enough contractors to do the job. <br />23 <br />