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opposed to Command. And I think you need to have that benefit because I would have
answered the question differently if it had been asked of me.
:Mr. Mayor: Did that answer your question, :Mr. Mays?
Mr. Mays: What I was going to ask, :Mr. Mayor. Jim explained probably part of
what I was going to ask. My question gets to a point that I don't know -- maybe thisll is
just going to be the day that we end up on court on half the things that we're dealing with.
I have a real serious problem knowing a lot of agenda items -- we haven't been sued
before, we've been sued, I've sued, I sued y'all. But you know the thing is, I guess I'm
still around so I consider myself coming out on top. But what bothered me about the bid
process of this -- and let me ask this question, and either Ms. Sams or Sheriff Strength
can answer me on this. Is there any stockpile of uniforms on an emergency basis that,
from either one of these companies, that can be purchased for those folks that are in need
right now, to deal with supplying their needs? And my basis for asking that question is
that I'm looking at the point of where this thing has been rejected, sent back, meeting
with both vendors, coming back now with some different guidelines. I got my
Administration with a recommendation, I got the Attorney over in it, I've got the
Purchasing Director over in it, and I certainly want to see our deputies have uniforms.
But this is quite confusion as the devil. He's a little clearer probably than we are on this.
I like to see when bids come up to a point that we either can make a decision on where
the numbers are or make them on best bid or an equal situation. This one here, what I'm
hearing, is you, deal with it one way you're in Court because of one, you deal with it one
way you deal with the other vendor in Court, and you deal with splitting it then you're
dealing with both of them over in Court. Probably what maybe needs to be determined if
there is not a clear cut way to deal with this whole vending process on these uniforms,
and my question for asking about where the surplus is, supply what you need, Sheriff,
from either one of them, we purchase them, and then let the Court make the decision in
terms of [inaudible], because I think you're dealing with two different parameters. This
started off on a unit situation weighted one way. You are talking about now on over sizes
dealing with another way. And:Mr. Mayor, quite frankly, to ask us to make that kind of
decision when I think it ought to have been resolved at the part when it was rejected or
when it was called back in, and the vendors sat back down, they should have had the
opportunity to sign off on one set of rules, come back with one set of numbers, and
whoever's numbers were first at that point, that's where the bid goes. But now I'm
hearing you are weighing this way, if you do the math another way, and that's just not the
way to deal with a bid. And this Commissioner is not going to vote for it. I ain't going
to vote for either of the motions that y'all have got out there. So [inaudible] list of 77
abstentions, you can count that one, too.
:Mr. Mayor: Do you want to continue to participate in the debate, though, :Mr.
Mays?
:Mr. Mays: No, I'm through, :Mr. Mayor. I'm out of it. [inaudible] light up cause
we're going to give depositions on it any way.
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