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basically a matter of which we deem as being the correct procedure, and I personally
think the unit cost method is always the, safest and most economical way to go, and I
think that's what we should do.
Mr. Mayor: We have a motion on the floor to postpone this. Mr. Brigham, you
want to speak to the motion?
Mr. J. Brigham: Yes, sir. First of all, if it's a motion to postpone, is that the same
as a motion to table, Mr. Wall, or does it take precedence?
Mr. Wall: Well, a motion to table would just carry it to the end of the meeting,
but a motion to postpone is in order and would be voted on first.
Mr. J. Brigham: All right. That's the first question. I'm kind of like Mr. Bridges.
I might be responsible cause I sit in on one of them meetings to try to come up with a
solution to this problem. I wasn't the only one sitting in. But it is a question of how you
massage numbers, and I thought we had consensus on what the numbers was on how we
were going to arrive at this weighted average, and I don't see consensus. I've talked to
the Sheriff s office and I have talked to the Purchasing Department in the last weeks, and
we're at odds with ourselves on what the averages are. Given that, I guess the only way
we can go is based on the unit cost. The Sheriff, I understand you have some type of
inventory, and you can't really, from what your department tells me, they can't tell me
what's in inventory.
Mr. Strength: [inaudible]
Mr. J. Brigham: They say we've got a quartermaster and he's got stock, but we
don't know what we have.
Mr. Strength: [inaudible]
Mr. J. Brigham: Right.
Mr. Strength: [inaudible]
Mr. J. Brigham: You have shortcomings. And from what I saw of the order
awhile ago, that number in this bid and this weighted average looks like the numbers that
I was looking at, the number of items requested in the last [inaudible], which was in
April. I talked with Ms. [inaudible] -- I'm sorry, Mary Ann, the old habits ring through.
I'm of the opinion that either we've got to postpone it or we've got to vote. I think we
need to go on and vote. I don't think in two weeks we'll be in any different situation that
we're in today.
Mr. Mayor: Mr. Shepard, and then we'll call the question on the motion to
postpone.
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