{"id":6440,"date":"2013-10-30T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T20:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=6440"},"modified":"2013-10-30T16:07:21","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T20:07:21","slug":"videos-special-bid-review-meeting-vlcia-2013-10-29-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/videos-special-bid-review-meeting-vlcia-2013-10-29-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Special bid review meeting @ VLCIA 2013-10-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiHbeUOoU0TCmIXf80TxNf7D\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/dv17SSb_Z2k\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nWith\r\na bare quorum of 3 out of 5, VLCIA\r\nChair Mary Gooding\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7x8JHVhnHXI&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHbeUOoU0TCmIXf80TxNf7D&#038;index=1\">\r\nsaid they had finally purchased their own office space\r\nand would henceforth pay neither lease nor rent<\/a>\r\nusing our tax dollars.\r\nI&#8217;d like to congratulate them for a thorough public bid review.\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dv17SSb_Z2k&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHbeUOoU0TCmIXf80TxNf7D\">\r\nProject Manager Allan Ricketts<\/a> reviewed the project\r\nincluding the bids on &#8220;the second document in front of you&#8221;\r\nthat the taxpaying public didn&#8217;t get to see.\r\nHe did summarize the bids, and they even showed them\r\non a slide:\r\n<table>\r\n<tr><td>$273,595<\/td><td>Cauthan<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>$232,445<\/td><td>Kellerman<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>$274,900<\/td><td>Quillian Powell<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>$262,557<\/td><td>Taylor<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>$244,000<\/td><td>True North<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/10580024093\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Bids\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3751\/10580024093_fa24e728f3_z.jpg\" alt=\"Bids\"><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nA board member wanted to know if the bids were all local.\r\nRicketts said they were.\r\n<p>\r\nMr. Matt Hart, with IPG, project manager on the project,\r\nclarified <!--more-->that 4 of 5 are local, and Taylor Construction\r\nis out of Thomasville.\r\nHe elaborated that another firm did not provide a bid\r\nBarber(?) Construction out of Morven.\r\nAll bidders provided a 10% completion bond.\r\nHart provided much more detail of the process.\r\n<p>\r\nAll the bids came in over the target of $232,000,\r\nso the slide also lists alternates.\r\nEven with alternates, Kellerman came in with low bid.\r\nAlternates were for things like parking lot, paint interior or exterior,\r\nstair nosings, etc.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/10579784136\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Alternates\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3667\/10579784136_3dfb56a751_z.jpg\" alt=\"Alternates\"><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nEventually the board voted to accept the low bid.\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/special-bid-review-meeting-vlcia-2013-10-29.html\">more background<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiHbeUOoU0TCmIXf80TxNf7D\">\r\na video playlist:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiHbeUOoU0TCmIXf80TxNf7D\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nVideos: Special bid review meeting\r\n<br>\r\nReview bids for new office,\r\n<br>\r\nSpecial Called Meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA),\r\n<br>Norman Bennett, Tom Call, Roy Copeland, Mary Gooding, Chairman, Jerry Jennett,\r\nAndrea Schruijer, Executive Director, J. Stephen Gupton, Attorney, Tom Davis, CPA, Allan Ricketts, Project Manager,S. Meghan Duke, Public Relations &#038; Marketing Manager, Lu Williams, Operations Manager,\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 29 October 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a bare quorum of 3 out of 5, VLCIA Chair Mary Gooding said they had finally purchased their own office space and would henceforth pay neither lease nor rent using our tax dollars. I&#8217;d like to congratulate them for a thorough public bid review. 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