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