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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PARIS AUGUST 24, 2004 The City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas met in Special Session, Tuesday, August 24, 2004, at Love Civic Center, 2025 S. Collegiate Drive, Paris, Texas. Mayor Curtis Fendley called the meeting to order with the following Council members present: Jim Bell, Jay Guest, Mary Ann Fisher, Don Wilson, Karen Wilkerson and Rick Poston. Also present were Interim City Manager Terry Townsend, City Attorney Larry W. Schenk and Asst. City Clerk Sherian Dixon. Mayor Fendley called for a discussion with a Brinkley Sargent Architect from Dallas, regarding plans, specifications, and the bidding process for the reconstruction and conversion of the UARCO Building to a new Police, court and jail facility. Mayor Fendley indicated that Council would like to know why the bids were so much over the budget and where they need to go from here. Police Chief Karl Louis came forward and introduced, Hal Sargent. Mr. Sargent th said they bid the project out on August 5 and there was one bidder, Harrison, Walker and Harper, who bid $588,000 over budget. Mr. Sargent asked for permission to re-bid the project. He indicated that they had looked into changing several electrical items, changing the glass and aluminum system to a simpler system, eliminating the shielding in the courtyard, simplifying the entrance canopies, taking the audio-visual part of the project out of the bid and making it a separate line item, and revising the security cameras. Mayor Fendley asked how much he thought that would reduce costs. Mr. Sargent said he felt that some contractors didn’t bid because of the distance to Paris. He also felt there wasn’t much competition among the subcontractors because there was only one general contractor. He said some of the people who didn’t bid said they like to bid on building a new building instead of doing a remodel. He said he did explain to some contractors that this was a clean project now and that the building was basically a warehouse now and they said they would be interested in bidding, then.