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lVlr. Kuhlke: I so move.
Mr. Shepard: Second.
Mr. Mayor: We have a motion and a second to award the business to Sidney's.
Sheriff, did you want to speak to this? These are your uniforms.
Mr. Strength: I'll just take a second. I became concerned over the last couple of
months when nothing was being done on awarding this contract. The contract ran out the
31 st of July. Therefore we have no contract. I have folks down there that can't get pants
hemmed, we cannot order anything. I contacted Mr. Kolb, went up and talked to him,
voiced my concern with him, and asked him to please look at it and make a decision. All
I want is uniforms. Who gets the bid is up to you gentlemen. I do concur with what Mr.
Kolb said. I told him that day, look, make a decision for me, I will support that decision,
which I am.
Mr. Mayor: Thank you. Anyone else who would like to be heard? Mr. Beard
and then Mr. Williams.
.'t Mr. Beard: Mr. Mayor, maybe I'm a little confused on all of this, but as it was
discussed in the committee meeting, there's an understanding that there was a little
problem here because it appears that either the Administrator and the Director had some
differences in what they, in who should receive this bid. And you know, I don't
particularly care, I'm kind of like the Sheriff in the sense I know he needs the uniforms
and we need to make a decision today. But I think that decision should be made fair and
in consistency with what we've done and what has been worked out. I really don't
support the Administrator in his suggestion on this, and I probably and the opposite on
this.
Mr. Mayor: Thank you, Mr. Beard. Mr. Williams?
Mr. Mayor: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Like Mr. Beard, in committee we talked
about this to some extent, and I'm still not satisfied with the way the recommendation has
come forth. I would like to hear from Purchasing if I can, Ms. Sams. I got a couple of
questions I need to ask her.
Mr. Mayor: Ms. Sams, if you'd come to the podium.
Mr. Williams: I think fIrst of all I need to mow whether or not is this the normal
way. Is this the same way we've been doing the bid process over the years?
Ms. Sams: Yes, sir. We have over the years. As the Sheriff has said, something
has to be done to geitlie Sheriff some uniforms. Where the disagreement comes is on the
bid tabulation sheet. Over the years, we have allowed vendors to bid a straight bid for
uniforms. We have not addressed the issue of surplus charges for the larger sizes. When
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